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By Garrett Neese newsroom@heraldstandard.com A homeless man is charged with setting fire to international flags in the George Marshall Memorial Plaza Friday morning. Shortly before 7 a.m., Uniontown police found Bartholomew Jones, 49, raising the Turkish flag on a pole as it was actively ...
Barreling down South Main Street in downtown Washington, the sheep competing in the final heat of Saturday鈥檚 鈥淩unning of the Wools鈥� were anything but, well, sheepish. It was a "shear" nail-biter at the finish line, but there could only be one leader of the pack, and this year the title ...
From the bratty brother to the warm presence who inspired people at the gym, family and friends shared memories of Andrew Celaschi during a candlelight vigil Friday night at Lions Club Park in Waynesburg. Celaschi, 25, of Jefferson, was killed during Tuesday night鈥檚 thunderstorms when a ...
There is a good chance Brownsville graduate Tessa Dellarose won鈥檛 be visiting too many resorts during her 鈥渟ummer vacation鈥� from the University of North Carolina. If a trip is planned, Dellarose will most likely bring her soccer cleats, as the soon-to-be senior Tar Heel will play in the ...
Lee Qualk showed he can hang with the big boys in winning the long jump on Friday in the 51st Baldwin Invitational at Baldwin High School. The California senior soared 23-5.50 to edge North Allegheny鈥檚 Nicholas Humphries (23-3) and Penn Hills鈥� Ronald Porter (22-11.50). Qualk smashed his ...
California (Pa.) senior Noah Bernarding broke his own school record by two-tenths of a second in the 800-meter run on Friday at Princeton. Bernarding finished 19th with a time of 1:50.47 in a race that was dominated by Division I runners. Bernarding was the first Division II athlete to cross ...
Every summer for more than I can recall, I've read, or reread, two books, both by F. Scott Fitzgerald. One is the novel he was working on at the time of his death in 1940, at the age of 44 - 鈥淭he Last Tycoon,鈥� or more properly, 鈥淭he Love of the Last Tycoon, A Western.鈥� The other is ...
Fishing conditions were poor for the April 5 opening day of trout season on area streams. Heavy rain for several days prior to the opener made creeks and streams high and muddy. Anglers have everything going against them on creeks near flood stage. Trout don鈥檛 feed. Instead, they hug the ...