Twenty residents apply for open Fayette County commissioner seat

Mollie Byrne recalls spending summers with her family at a camp on the Juniata River in Bedford County, in south central Pennsylvania. In the evenings, visitors gathered near an old farmhouse to watch as thousands of bats emerged and flew into the night sky, providing a spectacular aerial ...
As a sixth-grade teacher at Calvary Chapel Christian School in Brownsville, Kierra Cannon would lead her history class in mock elections, teaching them about the importance of their rights as citizens and of doing things with integrity. Over the past few weeks, she’s gotten a new ...
UNIONTOWN Drug conspiracy: Darion Seehoffer, 20, of Uniontown is accused by the Fayette County Bureau of Investigation of trying to sell a brick of heroin laced with fentanyl to a confidential informant in November, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday. Police said the informant ...
SLIPPERY ROCK — It was a tough day for the local Class 3A schools in the Herald-Standard coverage area at the WPIAL Individual Track & Field Championships on Wednesday at Slippery Rock University, but Laurel Highlands advanced three athletes to the state championship meet that will ...
WAYNESBURG — Jefferson-Morgan used a 10-run second inning to take control in Thursday’s game against Greensburg Central Catholic in the first round of the WPIAL Class A softball playoffs at Waynesburg University’s softball field. Despite an 11-0 lead after two innings, the Lady ...
PITTSBURGH — Tessa Dellarose has had quite a week. The Brownsville Area High School graduate returned home to Grindstone on May 9 after finishing up her junior year at the University of North Carolina, and starting Monday, she began her tour promoting the Pittsburgh Riveters SC. Dellarose ...
On a summer evening in Milwaukee, with his team mired near the bottom of the National League, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan emerged from the dugout mid-game. Bragan headed toward the umpires. Strangely enough, he was sipping from a small drinking carton. Moments earlier, the brash Bucco ...
(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) NEW TRAIL AT LAUREL HILL STATE PARK The Scenic View Trail at Laurel Hill State Park ...