People seeking to clear their record of a criminal conviction can now do so online in Pa.

Teachers from the Carmichaels Area School District鈥檚 union voted unanimously Monday to allow its negotiating team to authorize a strike. The 66-0 vote came immediately after members of the Carmichaels Area Education Association overwhelmingly voted down a tentative agreement with the district, the CAEA said in a release Tuesday morning. CAEA President Brianna Rice said in the release the lopsided outcome 鈥渄emonstrates the disrespect with which the board has treated its teaching staff,鈥 which is negatively affecting the educational environment. 鈥淥ur plan for now is to return to our classrooms and to our students,鈥 she said of the 78-member union. 鈥淏ut we expect the ...
Over the past five years, 22,502 motorists across Pennsylvania have been cited by police for school zone violations. That number, provided by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, breaks down as 14,920 citations for speeding in school zones and 7,582 for illegally overtaking or ...
Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the oldest of the 鈥減andemic babies鈥 鈥 born in early 2020 鈥 are heading off to kindergarten this month. And while the 3.5 million U.S. children born between March 2020 and 2021 have been more resilient than anybody could have ...
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The increased popularity of soccer in the area has brought numerous sellouts to Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh鈥檚 Station Square, but Pittsburgh Riverhounds owner Tuffy Shallenberger has his sights set on much-larger crowds at the soccer-specific stadium that currently has a capacity of ...
Eli Cernuska and Mason Ritz each shot a 39 to share medalist honors in Frazier鈥檚 226-234 victory over Yough on Monday in boys Section 8-2A golf play at Linden Hall Golf Course. John Sinchar had a 45 and Nash Fouch carded a 46 for the Commodores (2-1, 2-2). Gavin Seich鈥檚 57 closed the ...
Before she became the special education coordinator for grades K-6, the district technology coordinator and the elementary reading interventions coordinator for the Uniontown Area School District, Dr. Lauren Clemmer was Lauren George, a decorated golfer for the Red Raiders. Clemmer, a 2001 ...
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 ...
AccuWeather, the independent weather provider service, published an article last week showing the FEMA Risk Maps ranking every county in the United States for their susceptibility to natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, droughts, winter storms, extreme heat and cold, high winds ...