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St. Barnabas Hosting Sporting Clays Event
The public is invited participate in a fundraising event later this week to benefit a great local cause. St. Barnabas Charities is holding a Sporting Clays event this Friday at Highlands Sporting Clays in Champion, PA. All skill levels are welcome. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. followed by flight time...
Franciscan Volleyball Wins Two at Saint Vincent
Elizabeth Luebbers, Grace Wallace, Sarah Clyde, Kaitlan Hickey, Tessa Miller, Ava King & libero - Sara Moore. Franciscan Women's Volleyball got back after it bright and early on Saturday morning with a 10:00 a.m. start time against Bethany in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. It would be worth the early wake-up, as the Barons picked up their first win of the season in four sets over the Bison.
Wild species, spaces highlight Greensburg Salem students' summer visit to Costa Rica
Just one of the highlights of Alaina Blend’s tropical summer excursion was snorkeling in the Pacific Ocean. The first-time experience for the 2024 Greensburg Salem High School graduate was a fitting finale to the 10-day trip to Costa Rica she shared with 39 schoolmates, many of them fellow members of the school’s Bio Club.
Jackson Cogar scores 4 goals in Bridgeport's win over Jefferson
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) — As well as the Jefferson boys soccer team possessed during Saturday’s game, it often wasn’t able to finish. Bridgeport’s Jackson Cogar, however, could, four times to be exact.
Rambo leads Titans to wins over RIT, Pitt-Greensburg
LATROBE, Pa.--Junior middle hitter Shelby Rambo (East Palestine, Ohio) finished with a combined 26 kills and hit .548 Saturday to lead the Westminster College women's volleyball program to a pair of victories at Saint Vincent College's Bearcat Challenge. The Titans opened with a 3-1 win over Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) before winning in straight sets against Pitt-Greensburg.
Patterson, Bearcats impress in season-opener
TYRONE, Pa. (Aug. 31) – Opening up the 2024 season against a field riddled with Division I competition, the Saint Vincent men’s cross country team afforded itself quite well. Led by a runner-up finish by graduate student Tim Patterson , the Bearcats placed third in a six-team field, besting a pair of D-I opponents. Patterson picked up right where he left off from a 2022 season in which he qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship, as he completed the 6-kilometer race in 19:07 to place second in the 64-runner field, just four seconds behind individual champ Casey Padgett of…
Nippon Steel plans $1B to upgrade Pennsylvania plant
(The Center Square) — Japanese-owned Nippon Steel said Thursday it will invest $1 billion to extend the life of a processing plant near Pittsburgh. Mon Valley Works in West Mifflin rolls 2.9 million net tons of steel slabs for use in appliances, automotive products, metal building and home construction, according to U.S. Steel.
FEMA ponies up $524K for North Irwin fire truck
It’s taken five years of trying for North Irwin firefighters to be awarded a hefty federal grant — $524,000 — for a new fire engine. “They’re very difficult to get,” said fire Chief Glenn Geiger. Now, it’ll likely be another three years before they can...
Street fight in Clairton leaves 1 dead, 2 injured
One man is dead and two others are injured following a “large disturbance” in Clairton early Sunday morning, authorities said. Allegheny County PD’s homicide unit was among numerous units responding to an incident involving “numerous people fighting in the street,” per a release from ACPD, on State Street not far from the Monongahela River.
Lady Scots win FCCA Volleyball Invitational title
HILLER – The Southmoreland girls ran the table Saturday to win the FCCA Volleyball Invitational held at Brownsville. The Lady Scots didn’t drop a set throughout pool play, the semifinals or the championship match. Southmoreland defeated Laurel Highlands in the title match, 2-0, by the scores 25-21 and...
Wondering about Harris’ slogan [letter]
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign slogan has been “We’re not going back.”. I wonder what she means. Does she not want to go back to 2.75% interest rates? Or 1% inflation? Or secure borders? Or no major wars? Or $2.50 for a gallon of gas?. Chic Rhoads.
Pittsburgh-area school districts work to separate students from cellphones
Tamara Allen-Thomas would walk through the halls of Clairton High School two years ago watching as students stooped over their cellphones, barely interacting with their peers. The teens were often late to class, and incidents that started outside the Waddell Avenue school would sometimes filter in through text messages. Knowing...
Reward offered after 4 McKeesport police vehicles torched
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the McKeesport Police Department and Allegheny County Fire Marshals Office are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever burned four McKeesport Police Department vehicles. On Wednesday, crews responded to four police vehicles on fire in the...
Uniontown mother gets house arrest in son’s drowning death
Nearly three years after her 2-year-old son drowned in a Menallen Township pool, a Uniontown mother pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and will spend one year on house arrest followed by one year of probation. “It was an accident,” Amanda Grace Sloan, 38, told Fayette County President Judge Steve P....
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