Drone academy opens world of aviation to female high school students
The Center For Coalfield Justice will host a program, Shale Gas Fracking and Public Health 101 - The People's Cancer Incidence Screening Tool, on Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the center's office at 69 E. Beau St. in Washington. The program will feature guest speaker Dr. Lauren Minsky, creator of the People's Cancer Incidence Screening Tool, which calculates average annual cancer incidence rates for Pennsylvania's cities, towns and boroughs from 2002 to 2021. The presentation will include an overview of fracking operations in southwestern Pennsylvania, knowledge of commonly seen health effects around fracking operations, an overview of resources such as the cancer screening ...
One person was killed in a motorcycle accident Friday morning in Fayette County. Pennsylvania State Police troopers were called out at 6:14 a.m. to the site of a crash in Franklin Township at the intersection of Cooper Road and Bolden Road. George Wyland, Jr., 45, of New Salem, was pronounced dead at the scene, the Fayette County Coroner鈥檚 Office said Friday. The crash remains under investigation.
The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run, an international torch relay, will be coming to Washington on Saturday. Along the route, an estimated 50,000 children in over 1,000 cities and towns are expected to participate when the Peace Run visits schools, youth organizations and local events to ...
CONNELLSVILLE 鈥� Jeremy Enslen had similar quotes the last two years following the first round of the C. Harper Fayette Open. After shooting an even-par 72 at Duck Hollow Golf Club last year, Enslen told the 缅北禁地, 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 win it on the first day, but you can shoot yourself ...
JEFFERSON 鈥� John Curtis looked around at the many people at Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department last Saturday and seemed amazed. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just 鈥� wow,鈥� Curtis said. Curtis was being celebrated for his 42 years as head coach of Jefferson-Morgan鈥檚 baseball team and former players and ...
LATROBE, Pa. (AP) 鈥� At the time, Broderick Jones thought it was no big deal. Walking off the field in Chicago last November after taking an awkward hit from Bears defensive end Dominique Robinson 鈥� whose chest smacked into the top of Jones' helmet after trying and failing to knock down a ...
The Civil War brought tremendous suffering. The death of Robert J. Brownfield is illustrative. Cpl. Brownfield of Fayette County was shot in the arm near Spotsylvania Courthouse in Virginia. Forgotten or simply overlooked, he went unattended for a full day. Taken first to Fredericksburg, ...
Absent from Pennsylvania for over 60 years, the federal and state endangered piping plover, a small shorebird, has made a comeback at Presque Isle State Park in Erie. Federal, state and local officials came together at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie this past weekend for ...
