Pa. GOP assigns overseer to reorganize Washington Co. Republican committee
Police investigating a drug death in Monessen raided the Washington County coroner鈥檚 office Wednesday after authorities said they were unable to get an autopsy report and other investigative materials surrounding a man鈥檚 deadly overdose last year. Detectives with the Monessen Police ...
More than 100 pets were removed from the home of a Belle Vernon man kept in what police called "deplorable, filthy conditions,鈥� including lack of clean food or drinkable water. John Saxberg, 57, faces more than 1,000 charges related to animal cruelty, including more than 50 felonies. ...
Monongahela rye once helped foment an insurrection in Western Pennsylvania during the whiskey rebellion in the late 18th century. More than two centuries later, rye whiskey鈥檚 rebellious roots might be spreading elsewhere in the state. State Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll, recently ...
MORGANTOWN 鈥� Steve Sabins will be watching this weekend鈥檚 MLB Amateur Draft with both anticipation and with his fingers crossed. The draft begins at 1 p.m. Saturday and will run through the first four rounds (135 picks), while rounds 5-20 will be on Sunday. After guiding the Mountaineers ...
MIAMI 鈥� Ashleigh Hallam teaches English as a second language at her local library in Indiana. Soccer is now teaching her Spanish as a second language. For her, this World Cup couldn't make more sense. Hallam is among a sizable number of English-speaking people in the U.S. who are doing ...
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 HUNTER-TRAPPER INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE NOTE: Must be 11 years old to register. Students must ...
At about 9 years old, I decided I wanted to build a treehouse. We had a sturdy black walnut tree in our backyard, and I had amassed a pile of old weathered fence slats with enough splinters to disable a battalion of enemy soldiers. I had a handful of nails I had painstakingly pulled from ...
The Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail (LHHT) tracks the spine of Laurel Ridge for 70 miles from Johnstown to Ohiopyle. This year marks the popular path鈥檚 50-year anniversary. The next time you鈥檙e around Johnstown, heading south on Route 219 near Windber, look west (right) from the highway. ...
