Ringgold Superintendent Karen Polkabla had a saying at work that district educators and administrators needed to remain focused on the “quality of excellence.”Polkabla, who died in her home Thursday of natural causes, also had a soft spot for underachieving, underprivileged children, a ...

For Haley Ference, creating isn’t necessarily an enjoyable endeavor.Painting, drawing and writing, for the Ringgold senior, is a compulsion.“I feel like I have to do it,” Haley said from one of the school’s art rooms. “It’s an urge. It doesn’t make me overjoyed. Well, sometimes it ...

State police said they seized a large quantity of heroin Tuesday from a North Belle Vernon man’s home at the same time troopers served another drug-related search warrant at the residence of his father in nearby Charleroi.Police claim to have removed more than 37 bricks of heroin during the 6 ...