As we join together this weekend to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, please note that today’s newspaper serves as our expanded weekend edition, as the Fourth of July falls on Saturday. While there won't be a printed newspaper on Saturday, our reporters will be working to cover the ...
ALTOONA — Excitement is brewing in this railroad city as the date draws near for the arrival of Union Pacific’s Big Boy steam locomotive and the estimated 100,000 visitors expected to be on hand to view the behemoth between July 8-11. But, with that excitement comes a lot of caution, as ...
CANONSBURG – Wednesday's sweltering heat didn't melt the high spirits - or the chocolates - at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Sarris Candies' new factory store in Canonsburg to celebrate its opening. More than 100 Sarris employees, local and county officials, Canonsburg residents, and ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the final story in a monthlong series of profiles of the people who live and work in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. Myndi Tran recently returned from a cross-country roadtrip. It wasn’t the first time Tran ...
Two Fayette County residents will face trial on allegations of failing to report abuse and neglect of three children in a Dunbar home, including a 9-year-old whose guardians are charged with killing her last year. Theresa Shipley, 63, of Scottdale, and Sandra Umensetter, 51, of Connellsville, ...
Just 536 days before the United States celebrated its 200th anniversary on July 4, 1976, President Gerald Ford stood in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives and said something Americans were not accustomed to hearing from their commander-in-chief. “I must say to you that the ...
