Elections officials are hoping for better than average turnout for Tuesday’s primary despite few competitive races on the ballot. The polls open at 7 a.m., and all mail-in ballots must be received at a voter’s county elections office before the polls close at 8 p.m. The biggest races this ...
Cherie DeVaux made racing history on May 2 when she became the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby in its 152-year history. Just two weeks after Golden Tempo, a 23-1 longshot, rallied from last place to beat Renegade by a neck, another woman trainer, Brittany T. Russell, is ...
Standing at the front of the First Presbyterian Church 1795 in Washington on Wednesday, Jaime Martinez, executive director of Frontline Dignity, scanned the group that sat in the pews. The gathering - about 45 people in all - included teachers, a business owner, retirees, a social worker, an ...
As temperatures rise and more people head outdoors, experts say tick season is already underway across Pennsylvania, a state that consistently ranks among the highest in the nation for Lyme disease cases. May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and Pennsylvania is, indeed, a Lyme disease ...
Back in the early days of the 1800s, when the United States was barely out of the cradle and large parts of the continent were still uncharted to its East Coast settlers, the idea of a highway constructed with federal funds was kicked around. Thomas Jefferson was among its supporters, and ...
A team of Washington County first responders is getting closer to launching a Critical Incident Stress Management Team to help law enforcement, firefighters, and other first responders who face traumatic situations on the job. Healing Bridges, a nonprofit behavioral health organization, in ...
