Dr. Norma Thomas doesn’t amass possessions — she’s more of a “get it and give it away” person, she said. The exception is history, where she and the local center she founded have become a magnet for people looking to add to the documentation and understanding of the Black ...
You can’t just buy a case of Chromebooks and throw them at students and expect a magical increase in their test scores, but, with appropriate training, intention and guidelines, these devices can transform students’ learning, according to local experts. School districts across ...
Step inside the brick ranch house on Marion Drive and it seems like one of those airy and impeccable abodes that serve as model homes in subdivisions. The furniture is cozy, the television is large and there seems to be nary a speck of dust in sight. The Peters Township dwelling is, ...
A Fayette County teen faces a charge of attempted homicide after being accused of shooting a friend in the leg. Police were called to the Newell home of Isaiah Novak, 18, after a report of a shooting around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, court documents stated. The juvenile victim, who was not named in ...
When Pennsylvania State Police troopers arrived at a horrific crash in which a car catapulted off of an Interstate 79 overpass in Cecil Township on Memorial Day weekend nearly 50 years ago, they thought no one could have survived. The car had plunged 53 feet onto the old Montour Railroad ...
The reopening of the historic cast-iron bridge over Dunlap Creek in Brownsville is getting pushed back once again as contractors continue working off-site to restore the 187-year-old span. State Department of Transportation officials announced Tuesday that the completion date has been moved ...
