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Washington, Greene and Fayette County school districts will receive more than $5.4 million in state grants to support safety measures and mental health services for students and staff, according to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Deliquency’s School Safety and Security Commission. The grants are part of $47 million approved by the committee “to improve safety, security, and mental health supports for students and staff at schools across the Commonwealth.” The awards include nearly $509,700 for Carmichaels Area School District in Greene County, and more than $486,000 for Ringgold Area School District and nearly $359,000 in Charleroi School District Washington County. In ...
Three Washington High School students won awards at the third annual NAACP ACT-SO (Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics) held at Robert Morris University on April 6. Carter Spruill, president of the Coraopolis NAACP Chapter, presented award certificates to Alyvia Price for poetry, Car’Liyah Walden for a short story, and junior Tiana Ellis for a sculpture during a presentation at Wash High last week. Ellis won a gold medal in the sculpture category and will compete in the national competition in Las Vegas in July, in conjunction with the NAACP National Convention. Walden earned a bronze medal. The students also received a financial award. ACT-SO ...
A rematch of the Republican primary for the 50th state House District is now set for the fall. Stephanie Waggett, who lost to state Rep. Bud Cook in the Republican primary last week, secured enough Democratic write-in votes to run against him again in November. According to unofficial ...
CARROLL Rape allegations: Harrison Carr, 57, formerly of Carroll Township, is charged by Carroll Township police with rape of a child, aggravated indecent assault of a child, sexual assault and indecent exposure. According to the criminal complaint, the youth, now 14, reported multiple assaults to police in October 2023. Carr is accused of sexually assaulting the victim more than 50 times between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. In 2021 Carr pleaded guilty to similar charges against three different victims and is currently incarcerated in SCI Greene in Franklin Township, according to online court records. McDONALD Assault alleged: Carmina Skye Chiovitti, 19, of McDonald, is charged by ...
SOUTH FAYETTE – Bass Pro Shops has announced plans to build a new store in the Pittsburgh region. It is set to be located in South Fayette Township’s Newbury Market, according to a news release from the retailer. Located just off Interstate 79 near Bridgeville, it would be the third Bass Pro Shops store in Pennsylvania and the first in the Pittsburgh region. The 100,000 square-foot, two-level store, called “Outdoor World,” is projected to open early in 2026. The announcement that a Bass Pro Shops store is coming to the region has been a long time coming – almost 20 years ago, ambitious plans were announced for a Bass Pro Shops store off Racetrack Road in South Strabane ...
Alexa Zawacki went 3-for-4 with a grand slam and six RBI, powering Trinity Trinity to a 9-2 win at Bethel Park in a key Class 5A Section 4 game Monday. The win leaves Trinity (6-3, 10-4) a half-game behind first-place Connellsville. Bethel Park falls to 5-5, 7-8. Bethel Park led 1-0 before ...
Bethel Park moved into sole possession of first place in Class 5A Section 2 with a 10-1 victory over visiting Trinity on Monday. Bethel Park (6-3, 8-5-1) led by only 2-0 before breaking the game open with a five-run fifth inning and tacking on three more runs in the sixth. Four different ...
WAYNESBURG — When Clint Hurdle was the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates he used to tell his players to wash it off and get ready for the next day following a loss. Waynesburg coach George Taylor didn’t use Hurdle’s exact quote to his players after a 4-1 setback to Mount Pleasant on ...
Sure, we’ve had our days of unseasonable warmth lately, but remember that stretch back in January when it was so cold we could have ducked into a meat locker to warm up? Football fans in Kansas City surely do. On its way to winning its second Super Bowl in a row and its third since 2020, the ...
A trip to the Laurel Highlands is always a beautiful one, especially as the weather warms. The winding roads, tidy farms and sun-dappled woodlands are a wonderful reminder of the beauty of our state. Nestled within 150 acres of woodland about 60 miles south of Pittsburgh, is a place that has ...
