Remember those who served

On the day Kathleen Varner Teagarden of Waynesburg turned 19 – June 6, 1944 – her husband parachuted into Normandy with the 82nd Airborne Division. Last June, at the age of 99, she visited the area where Robert Teagarden landed and fought during D-Day, the Allied invasion to end the Nazi ...
Communities throughout the country took time Monday to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Among those was Monongahela, where the Monongahela Veterans Council’s Memorial Day Ceremony was observed at Monongahela Cemetery. The ceremony came after the city’s Memorial Day Parade. Mayor ...
Those who spoke Sunday at the National Cemetery for the Alleghenies shared a similar message: When celebrating Memorial Day remember those who gave their lives while fighting for their country. “The biggest thing about Memorial Day is (to honor) those who died in combat,” said Rocky ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — Mason Rudolph has been in the NFL for more than half a decade now. And like any quarterback that has figured out a way to stick around, he's gotten pretty good at guessing where the pressure might be coming during a given play. During the ...
Carmichaels’ baseball and softball teams have both been highly successful over the years but did something for the first time in school history Friday. The Mikes and Lady Mikes will both be playing for a WPIAL championship this week in the same season for the first time. Both will have a ...
Riverside scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to defeat Bentworth 4-3 in the WPIAL Class 2A third-place softball game Tuesday at Plum High School. The loss does not end Bentworth’s season. The Bearcats (10-11) will enter the PIAA tournament Monday as the fourth-place team from ...
It is a somber sight to see towering smokestacks fall. They serve as monuments to a past era, symbols of industry and progress – until they are no longer needed. Last month, the demolition of the Homer City Generating Plant in Indiana County marked the end of a once mighty, coal-fired power ...
The UPMC Washington Teen Outreach will hold its 23rd annual Community Awards Night at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Washington Park Elementary School, 801 W. Wheeling St.in Washington. The public is invited. The event recognizes individuals, community agencies and businesses that have provided ...