Tornado’s lessons not lost on Alle-Kiski Valley schools

Pennsylvania law does not require schools to have safe rooms to protect students during severe storms, but it does require at least one disaster drill annually, officials ...

Connellsville set for 9th annual Geranium Festival

Connellsville is preparing for the 9th annual Geranium Festival on Saturday. The warmer weather allowed for planting around town to dress up the area. Michael Edwards (shown), executive director of Fayette County Cultural Trust, along with Daniel Cocks for the Downtown Connellsville initiative, Casey Sirochman and Sheryl Craven of the Carnegie Free Library of Connellsville planted a variety of ...

Frazier residents get details on school project

Residents of the Frazier School District in Perryopolis got their first chance to look at the district's upcoming construction project and to review its costs during a public hearing Wednesday in the high school ...

Vets Remember reason behind holiday

Michele Margittai, director of development and community relations for the Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania, agrees that people can do more to better understand the sacrifices made by veterans. "Even though as a community we have become much more sensitive to veterans and may even know someone who served, too many people still see Memorial Day as a holiday instead of ...

Tentative budget hires 17 hikes tax

Greensburg Salem school directors have approved a tentative budget that calls for hiring staff to ease classroom overcrowding and increasing property taxes to the highest level allowed by the ...