Cleanup continues after high winds pummel region
Following months of public discussion, the South Strabane Township Board of Supervisors will soon be holding a public hearing on an ordinance regulating data centers. The hearing will take place at 6:30 p.m. March 31 at the South Strabane Township Fire Department building at 172 Oak Spring Road. Township officials have been working on drafting the ordinance since last fall, when real estate firm JLL began marketing a CNX Resources-owned, 1,400-acre tract of land off of Zediker Station Road as an ideal site for a data center. The land has still not been sold, and there are no current plans for a data center at the property. Large crowds have turned out to public meetings in South ...
Numerous fundraisers are planned for a California Area School District sophomore who was killed Friday night in an electric dirt bike accident. Roscoe Volunteer Fire Company has scheduled two community events to benefit the family of Ayden Stahl, 16, of Roscoe, who died after the electric dirt bike he was riding struck a fallen tree felled by high winds Friday on Highland Drive behind Adamson Stadium in California at about 8:30 p.m. Stahl’s death was ruled accidental by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. The cause of death was listed as multiple blunt force injuries to the head and trunk. California police Chief Jim Smith called it a "freak accident," noting there ...
A blood drive provided by Vitalant will be held at Citizens Library from noon to 4:30 p.m. Friday. Sign up for a time slot at vitalant.org (use code 100559994 for the Citizens Library location) or by calling 877-258-4825. Donors will be automatically entered in a drawing for a $10,000 gift card for donations made between March 1 and April 5.
It’ll be a few more months until the cast-iron bridge in Brownsville reopens. But, said state Department of Transportation Project Manager Scott Faieta, there’s a good reason for that. “The focus is on … maintaining the historic nature of the bridge, which means that there are some ...
The Fayette County coroner is seeking help identifying a man whose body was found in the Youghiogheny River near Dawson Sunday night. In a release, Dr. Bob Baker said the man was a middle-aged white male, bald, with an athletic build and a tattoo of a mountain range on his right shoulder. The man was found by two fishermen around 7:35 p.m., said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Kalee Barnhart. There is no indication of how the man died, Barnhart said. Baker said an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause and manner of death. Baker asked the public to call 724-430-1270 with any information that could help identify the man.
The Pennsylvania State Grange and Grange Foundation are offering scholarship opportunities to post-secondary students. The Pennsylvania State Grange Foundation Scholarship is available to all students, regardless of grange membership, entering their junior or senior year of college. Up to four, $500 scholarships will be awarded based on merit and commitment. The Deaf Interpreter Scholarship will be awarded to those enrolled in a credible program leading to certification as an interpreter for the deaf. The award is $250. The Grange Scholarship Endowment at Penn State University recognizes the outstanding work of an undergraduate student enrolled in at least their sophomore year ...
The men’s basketball teams at California and Gannon have played quite a series this season. Four times the Vulcans and Golden Knights have met, with each team winning a pair of games. College basketball, however, is not decided by a series. That’s why Gannon is still playing today and ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Noel Acciari scored the go-ahead goal at the 8:03 mark of the third period to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Utah Mammoth 4-3 on Saturday night. Acciari won a battle for the puck with Nick Schmaltz and scored on a close-range snap shot to help the Penguins ...
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Cameron Young picked up a big title to go with his major talent Sunday, hitting the shot of his career to 10 feet on the wind-blown island green for birdie and winning The Players Championship when Matt Fitzpatrick missed an 8-foot par putt on the final ...
Periodically, a news story comes across my iPad that I just can’t stop thinking about. This story started like this: “On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar.” That opening line drew me in almost as fast as “A Florida man ..." “The caller was the bartender,” and ...
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is seeking grant applications for its Canoe Access Development Fund (CADF), which supports projects to improve canoe and kayak access to the region's waterways. The fund provides technical assistance and grants of up to $5,000 for the construction and ...
