Road to revival
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Workers from Siron Construction and Supply of Armstrong County perform a site inspection at the base of where the historic cast-iron bridge once crossed Dunlap Creek in Brownsville before it was dismantled in late 2024 to be refurbished. The original ribbing from the cast-iron bridge built in ...
Uniontown City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday to adopt the city鈥檚 first comprehensive plan in more than 20 years. Mayor Bill Gerke said Tuesday that the plan is used by the city to guide its future growth, development, revitalization, and improvement. It also lays out city priorities for future ...
Ongoing improvements at the Wisecarver Park and Reservoir have received some additional funding. The Greene County Board of Commissioners approved an amendment Thursday to Phase 2 of Wisecarver improvements for an additional award of $199,600. The money is coming from the state Department of ...
CALIFORNIA 鈥� There were six touchdowns in the first 19 minutes of Thursday鈥檚 football game between PennWest California and Charleston. If it seemed like it took a long time for that amount of points to be put on the scoreboard, that鈥檚 because they were scored over the span of more than ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. 鈥� For a fan, West Virginia football鈥檚 2025 season wasn鈥檛 very fun. The Ohio game wasn鈥檛 enjoyable to watch, the UCF was brutal knowing the circumstances, the start to the Big 12 was rough, and it crescendoed to a 49-0 loss to Texas Tech to close out the season. Rich ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) 鈥� Six relievers combined on a two-hitter to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday afternoon. Rookie Khristian Curtis (1-0) earned the victory by working three-plus innings. The 24-year-old right-hander gave up the first two runs of ...
People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. And no one dared 鈥� Disturb the sound of silence. 鈥� 鈥淭he Sound of Silence,鈥� Paul Simon Sometimes an idea for an essay comes from unusual places and at unexpected times. Such was the case this week. After hearing a ...
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) 鈥� Just off one of New York鈥檚 famed Hamptons beaches, shark researcher Greg Metzger reels in one of the day鈥檚 prize catches: a young but powerful sand tiger shark. He and another marine researcher quickly lasso the tail of the sharp-toothed female to the side of ...
