Tuition will go up for PASSHE schools unless state increases funding
Mechanical bull rides, hay rides, and an inflatable costume race will be among the draws at the Avella Area Community Festival Saturday. It gets underway at 4 p.m. at Little A Town Arena in Avella. Food and drink vendors will be there, along with live music, caricature and tattoo artists, a bouncy house, photo booth and duck pond. Fireworks will cap off the festivities at about 9:30 p.m. Children visiting the festival will be able to get free Junior Historian passports and receive a swag bag. First, they will pick up a Junior Historian passport, then visit history booths at the festival, collect a sticker at each booth and turn in the completed passport to receive the free swag ...
Retirees meeting AFSCME Retirees Local 8402 will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, at Sarris Library in Canonsburg. Coin club meeting The monthly meeting of the South Hills Coin Club will be July 14 at 7:30 p.m at the Bethel Park Municipal Building, 5100 W. Library Ave. All members and the general public are invited. This month's program will be the annual summer pizza party celebrating the nation's 250th anniversary. A 50/50 will be offered, and children's prizes will be awarded. Membership applications are now being accepted. For more information, call 724-984-6611. Pilates classes Westminster Presbyterian Church in Upper St. Clair will offer Pilates classes on Wednesdays, ...
The Whiskey Rebellion Festival returned to downtown Washington Friday and Saturday, bringing food, music, historical reenactors and more. It all commemorates the 1790s Whiskey Rebellion, which saw farmers in western Pennsylvania rising up against the federal government over an excise tax on ...
The Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 received A's all around as the 85-year-old, 1.2-million-pound steam engine, hauling 25 cars, chugged into little Leetsdale during a whistle stop on July 11. The Ferry family from Bethel Park gave it a triple-A rating. Twelve-year-old Elizabeth and her ...
A man convicted of killing and raping a 12-year-old Greene County girl 20 years ago is no longer facing the death penalty after the court determined he met the standards for intellectual disability. The sentence for Jeffrey Martin, 68, was amended to life in prison without parole in Greene ...
Jack Natili got to realize a lifelong dream Saturday afternoon. Natili, a Peters Township grad, had a big junior season at Cincinnati and the Colorado Rockies selected him with the first pick in the third round of the Major League Baseball draft. “It was an incredible moment for sure,” ...
The Wild Things’ offense ended its two-day hiatus and returned Sunday in full force, just in time for the Frontier League’s four-day all-star break. Washington’s Jeff Liquori, Anthony Brocato, Andrew Czech and Caleb Ketchup, the Nos. 3-6 hitters in the lineup, combined for eight hits, ...
PITTSBURGH – Paul Skenes won his second straight start after going winless for nine in a row as the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 10 runs in the fourth inning to rout the Milwaukee Brewers 14-5 Sunday and head into the All-Star break with a three-game sweep. What was slated to be a high-profile ...
Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties and features a remarkably high number of local governments. Each parcel of land within the commonwealth falls into a specific city (57), borough (956), incorporated town (1), or township (1,546). The large number of municipalities resulted from early ...
The popularity of outdoor living spaces has increased dramatically over the last decade. The National Association of Home Builders notes that industry projections estimate the outdoor living market will reach $26.8 billion by 2027. That’s a testament to the popularity of spaces that are ...
