Local Guinness record holders reflect on the undertaking
A Farmington man is accused of traveling to a Fayette County park with the intent of a sexual encounter with a teenage girl. Gary Phares Jr., 39, had been communicating via text and Facebook with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl for a month before Wednesday afternoon鈥檚 planned meet-up at the Wharton Township Park, according to the criminal complaint. On Monday, a person not listed in the criminal complaint contacted Pennsylvania State Police about the messages, which began with Phares asking the girl鈥檚 age and continued with a series of sexual comments, as well as naked photos of Phares, court paperwork stated. Phares also discussed setting up an encounter with the ...
CARMICHAELS 鈥� The Flenniken Library plans to stay put 鈥� but in a renovated and expanded facility. After originally planning to construct a new building at Wana B Park, the Carmichaels library has shifted focus to a $6.6 million project to remodel the existing library, as well as ...
Greene County residents recovering from drug or alcohol addiction have a new program to assist them with legal issues. Summit Legal Aid is providing new free civil legal help through a $50,000 program launched earlier this month. The program, approved by the Greene County Board of ...
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story included incorrect information regarding recipient projects and total funding disbursements. Fayette County Tire Recycling, Uniontown Area YMCA, Cool Valley and Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs Inc., did not receive funding in the 2025 RACP grant cycle. A mixed-use development, community center and a local library are among the just over $8.6 million in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant awards announced last week by Gov. Josh Shapiro. The seven recipients in Fayette, Greene and Washington counties are part of the $134 million in funding distributed to projects across Southwestern Pennsylvania during the 2025 ...
Madison Wiltrout has had many high points in her javelin career. One of the most memorable was her heave of 185 feet, 8 inches on May 7, 2015, at Norwin, as a sophomore at Connellsville, which still stands as the girls national high school record. Wiltrout went on to become a four-time ...
Hopwood Village Plaza found itself in a familiar position Thursday in Game 2 of their Fayette County Baseball League first-round playoff game at Charleroi. The Magicians pushed across three runs in the first inning, but Hopwood rallied to tie it and pulled out a 5-4 win in eight innings to ...
Yes, crop damage from overabundant deer is a big problem for agriculture in this region. And everyone agrees that deer on the highway are a hazard to motorists鈥� safety (not enough of a concern, though, to curb speed). Less obvious but serious for the future is the damage too many deer ...
At about 9 years old, I decided I wanted to build a treehouse. We had a sturdy black walnut tree in our backyard, and I had amassed a pile of old weathered fence slats with enough splinters to disable a battalion of enemy soldiers. I had a handful of nails I had painstakingly pulled from ...
(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) HUNTER-TRAPPER INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE NOTE: Must be 11 years old to register. Students must ...
