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Laurel Highlands board critical of superintendent in latest evaluation

Laurel Highlands School District Superintendent Jesse Wallace received mostly negative marks in his most recent employment evaluation, which the Herald-Standard received late Friday close to a month after submitting a Right-to-Know request for the document. Wallace has been the subject of ...

$13 billion power plant proposed in Fayette County

Residents will have a chance next week to talk with representatives from the company looking to operate a $13 billion power plant project being discussed in Fayette County. NextEra Energy Resources is developing the proposed 3.75-gigawatt plant, which would be located in Luzerne Township along a former mining site on the Monongahela River. NextEra was selected for the development in March as part of a larger trade agreement between the U.S. and Japan for energy infrastructure development across the country. It received federal funding for the buildout at the Fayette County site through the U.S. Department of Commerce in August. The proposed facility, named the East Riverside Energy ...

Water shutoff announced

Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority in Jefferson will have the water shut off Wednesday, Sept. 9, between 3:30 and 7 p.m. on Morey Road from the intersection of Wickerham Road to Leonard Road, to include all of Hastings Road, Huffman Road, Crawford Road and Mowery Lane. House numbers 357 to 499 on Buckingham will be affected as well as Wickerham Road to house 51 on Hill Road. Customers may experience low pressure or no water.

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Sports

The unbeatens

Four local teams remain unbeaten while another will be playing the third of four consecutive rivalry games heading into Week Three of the high school football season. Uniontown, Beth-Center, Waynesburg Central and Mount Pleasant will each look to go 3-0 Friday night. The Red Raiders travel ...

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Valdez, Griffin help Pirates climb back to .500

CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Esmerlyn Valdez hit a solo shot, rookie Konnor Griffin singled in two runs in Pittsburgh’s three-run seventh inning and the Pirates held on to beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Wednesday night for their third straight victory. Rafael Flores Jr. added an RBI single ...

Thomas Jefferson hands Mustangs first section loss

Thomas Jefferson's Ryder Mulvihill and Laurel Highlands' Kayden Smith both shot an even-par 36 to tie for medalist honors but it was the host Jaguars who came away with a 190-196 boys golf victory to hand the Mustangs their first Section 2-3A loss of the season at Butler's Woodside Golf Course ...

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OP-ED: Listening to silence for personal development

People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. And no one dared … Disturb the sound of silence. – “The Sound of Silence,” 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 ...

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Outdoors Calendar

(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) HUNTER-TRAPPER INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE NOTE: Must be 11 years old to register. Students must ...

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