‘My beautiful chaos’
The Pennsylvania Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) provides income-eligible seniors with the opportunity to purchase locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from approved farmers in Pennsylvania. The program provides five $5 vouchers totaling $25 to eligible seniors one time during the program year. The vouchers may be redeemed at designated area farmers markets through Nov. 30. To be eligible for the SFMNP vouchers, an individual must be 60 or older by Dec. 31 and must be a resident of Fayette, Greene, or Washington counties. An eligible individual’s gross income includes interest, Social Security, wages, compensation for black lung or unemployment, and must be ...
A Brownsville man faces charges after being accused of fracturing a man’s leg during a dispute in April. According to the criminal complaint, Joseph Stokes, 59, accosted James Wellington as he was walking through a parking lot on Hopewell Road in Luzerne Township on the night of April 23. Wellington told a Pennsylvania State Police trooper Stokes accused him of making a rude gesture to Stokes’ wife before punching him multiple times in the face and chest. Stokes also threw Wellington’s walking stick over a hill into the bushes, the complaint said. Medical records provided to police by Wellington’s family said he sustained a left medial tibial fracture in the assault, and ...
Thousands remained without power Sunday a day after storms ripped through Southwest Pennsylvania, damaging buildings and knocking down trees and power lines. The thunderstorms that came in Saturday afternoon brought straight-line winds to the three-county area and beyond, causing damage ...
Brett Hickle’s father loved reading about World War II as a child. So when he’d go to visit extended family, it would have been natural for him to ask a family member who served what it was like. But the people who’d seen the kind of combat that would excite a young World War II buff ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a daily monthlong series about the people who live in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in recognition of America's 250th anniversary. You may not know her name, but if you’ve ever been to a Claysville Memorial Day parade, you certainly know her ...
Ethan Syner will be putting in the miles this summer. The recent graduate of Uniontown Area High School has selected Point Park University to continue his academic and running careers as a member of the Pioneers’ cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field teams. Syner’s road to ...
In the summer of 2023, Ben Lumsden entered the transfer portal, leaving U.T. Arlington after a season. Lumsden started in 51 games at third base for the Mavericks, and he led the team in home runs with 11. Head coach Steve Sabins saw the tape and knew the player and person he was, and just had ...
Hopwood Village Plaza was one out away from being swept in a Fayette County Baseball League doubleheader against Oakland on Sunday. Then Chad Petrush stepped to the plate. Petrush lined a three-run double to center field to give Hopwood a dramatic 4-3 walk-off victory and a split of their ...
Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s 2026-27 migratory game bird seasons have been set. Annual migratory game bird seasons are selected by states from frameworks established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Game Commission selections were made after reviewing last year’s hunter ...
