‘Bell to bell’ bill ban on student cellphone use advances
Washington County officials are appealing the decision by the state鈥檚 opioid settlement fund review committee to reject eight grant applications put forward by the county for various projects battling the drug epidemic in the region. The Dispute Resolution Committee overseeing the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust fund will hold a public hearing at 12:15 p.m. March 13 to allow county officials to explain why the eight projects deemed 鈥渘on-compliant鈥� in December should be given a second look. The county is appealing the decision of seven of the eight that were rejected since Commission Chairman Nick Sherman acknowledged the request by North Strabane ...
The Greene County commissioners approved a slew of tourism-related at their most recent meeting, including money for local events tied to America鈥檚 250th anniversary and repairs to some county facilities. The $265,000 for the county鈥檚 Tourism Assets Improvement Project will be used to repair the roofs of the Greene County Fairgrounds arena barn and the Mon View Roller Rink in Greensboro. Funding came through a Commonwealth Financing Authority Local Share Account grant announced in December. The arena barn roof has been leaking, while a storm last year blew off part of the roller rink roof, said board Chairman Jared Edgreen. 鈥淭hey patched it for now, but it鈥檚 going to be a ...
Lucas Piatt acquired more than DNA from his fabled father. Much more, including an unquenchable entrepreneurial spirit, business acumen, and the ability to succeed - all enveloped within an easygoing manner. Jack Piatt, his dad, was a visionary, a Washington County icon who late in the 20th ...
The president of Peters Township High School鈥檚 senior class is in jail after local police accused him Friday of running a criminal network where in which he 鈥渃atfished鈥� juvenile teenagers, convinced them to share inappropriate images and videos and in some cases extorted them. Zachariah ...
State police accused a woman this week of defrauding her mother out of $1,400. Erica Bardell, 42, of McDonald, allegedly convinced her mother that she was being held against her will and needed the money to be released, state police said. Bardell's mother, a 70-year-old resident of Summerhill Township, Cambria County, sent Bardell the money in increments between Feb. 13 and 15. According to state police, Bardell admitted she was not in danger and was "just trying to get money." State police charged her with theft by deception and financial exploitation in Cambria County. As of Thursday's deadline, there was no docket listed for Bardell in the Unified Judicial System of ...
CONNELLSVILLE TWP. 鈥� The play was designed for Emma Larkin to inbound the ball and get it right back. Geibel Catholic was locked in a 53-53 tie with visiting St. Joseph in their WPIAL Class A quarterfinal game at the Swamp and Larkin had already poured in 34 points for the Lady Gators so ...
MORGANTOWN, W.VA. 鈥� It would seem there is no safe place for the WVU men鈥檚 basketball team to hide these days. The comforts of home have become uncomfortable, the result of three straight losses inside Hope Coliseum. Road games were once a recipe for disaster, yet the Mountaineers (16-10, ...
It鈥檚 hard to say if it鈥檚 a dependable sign of spring, but it is different. For the last couple of days, we鈥檝e been seeing chipmunks scurry around atop the deep but diminishing snowpack here in the mountains. Otherwise, we haven鈥檛 seen a chipmunk around our place since before ...
Cheers: We鈥檙e in the home stretch of the TikTok成人版鈥檚 annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. It鈥檚 not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...
It鈥檚 hard to say if it鈥檚 a dependable sign of spring, but it is different. For the last couple of days, we鈥檝e been seeing chipmunks scurry around atop the deep but diminishing snowpack here in the mountains. Otherwise, we haven鈥檛 seen a chipmunk around our place since before ...
