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PennWest University will mark the National Day of Racial Healing on Monday with a virtual program featuring civil rights historian and author David L. Crane at 11 a.m. Crane is the founder of the Making the Movement Civil Rights Museum and author of “Making the Movement: How Activists Fought ...

Cecil Township officials are closer to being able to rebuild the Georgetown Road underpass after being awarded a $750,000 grant from the state. The so-called “Georgetown Scalper” is in the 500 block of Georgetown Road near where it turns into Valley Brook Road. It has long been an issue ...

Charleroi Regional Police Department arrested a man over the weekend after he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend. Isaiah James Lee Banks, 29, of New Kensington, faces a felony charge of strangulation, and misdemeanors of simple assault and endangering the welfare of children. According ...

Have a snowy scene you'd like to share? Send it to hsnews@heraldstandard.com. Please include your name and where the photo was taken. Sunday brought several inches of snow across the region - with several more to come into Monday. Early in the day Sunday, Washington County already had 4 ...

Fayette County offices will be closed Monday due to the winter storm. According to a press release, all county buildings will be closed to the public. Fayette County Coordinated Transportation buses will not be operating. County employees will work from home and are not reporting to ...

Outside Prosperity, Moon Lorn rises again

Though Malcolm Parcell was primarily a representational artist, sticking to realistic portrayals of people and places in his work, he would occasionally take flights of fancy and imagine fairies and goblins inhabiting the woods surrounding his home. The painter christened his home Moon Lorn, ...