VetPets empowers veterans, first responders through support animals
Uniontown’s police chief has resigned from his position, continuing a trend of officers leaving for positions elsewhere that has left the department down several staff members. Delbert DeWitt had been with Uniontown since 2011, becoming chief a decade later. Mayor Bill Gerke said the resignation came to his attention yesterday. DeWitt has not formally submitted a resignation letter to City Hall, Gerke said. He has taken a similar position as police chief for Robert Morris University, a private college in Pittsburgh, city staff said Tuesday. Gerke said the city is actively looking for a replacement. The department is now down to 12 members, several below its usual size, Gerke ...
Editor’s note: This article is a part of Helping the Helpers, our annual series to raise awareness for nonprofits throughout the area. For years, Point Marion Community Park has served as the venue for a number of volunteer-run events, among them the Albert Gallatin Regatta, Fall Fest and ...
After a seven-year experiment with at-large seats, the West Greene School District will be returning to having all seats on the nine-members board elected by region. In a hearing Monday, Greene County Judge Jeffry Grimes granted the district’s petition to gradually replace the three at-large ...
One person escaped uninjured after a home caught fire in Peters Township Tuesday morning. According to Washington County 911, crews were dispatched at about 3:35 a.m. to 446 Thompsonville Road. A man escaped the home and was not injured. According to 911, the state police fire marshal was ...
McGuffey used a layup by Wyatt Frazee with 20 seconds remaining to take the lead and went on to a 47-45 victory over host Ligonier Valley in a nonsection boys basketball game Tuesday night. Frazee’s basket put McGuffey ahead 46-45 and Sam Stout added a free throw with seven seconds left. ...
Geno Calgaro, a member of the St. Francis football team, was named to the All-Northeast Conference first team as a linebacker. Calgaro, a Canon-McMillan graduate, finished with a team-leading 105 tackles with five games of at least 10 tackles. The sophomore led the NEC in tackles per game ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Beckett Sennecke scored a short-handed goal with 1 second remaining to force overtime, Leo Carlsson scored in the shootout and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Tuesday night for their fifth win in seven games. The 19-year-old Sennecke eluded three ...
I am only 18 months away from turning 80, and truthfully, the way things are going, if seven more of my classmates pass away, I could end up being the valedictorian of my high school class. One thing I’ve consistently observed in life is the ongoing display of consistency that humankind ...
The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter. Despite little to no daylight — plus months of frigid temperatures — people who live in northern Europe and above the Arctic Circle have learned how to cope mentally and physically with the annual onset of the winter blues, ...
