Schools grapple with chronic absenteeism

The K-9 officers of several Washington County law enforcement agencies were given triage kits Wednesday to help treat their dogs in the event of a medical emergency. The packs came courtesy of the Pennsylvania Animal Response Team, the Washington County Department of Public Safety, Eighty ...
The trial for an East Millsboro man charged with fatally stabbing another man was postponed for at least four months due to a conflict of interest involving a new witness. During a Thursday hearing, Fayette County Judge Joseph M. George Jr. granted Sylvester Kline Conaway's new ...
A diverging diamond interchange, restoration of bridges and road widening are among the projects that the state Department of Transportation will work on this summer in Southwestern Pennsylvania. “This ($250 million) investment includes the rehabilitation, reconstruction and resurfacing ...
By Jerin Steele Staff writer jsteele@observer-reporter.com In Peters Township’s final regular season game against Mt. Lebanon, five days before the playoffs began, Natalie Wetzel injured her left ankle and had to be helped to the bench. She knew right away it wasn’t a typical sprain ...
Lincoln Johnson hit a three-run double, capping a four-run bottom of the seventh inning that gave McGuffey a 10-9 win over Fort Cherry on Thursday at EQT Park. Mason Piatt doubled and scored three runs for the Highlanders, and Austin Johnson scored three times and drove in a pair. Cam Dames ...
Chartiers-Houston scored seven runs in each of the first two innings Thursday and went on to a 15-0 victory over Fort Cherry in Class 2A Section 3. Aubree Randolph hit a three-run homer for the big hit by C-H (1-0, 7-0). Zaylee Fonner went 3-for-3 with three RBI, and Sydney English and Seanna ...
It's painful, with all the farce and fright coming out of the Trump administration, to focus attention on two examples of utter political ineptitude by Democrats. The first example comes from Maine, where Democrats in the lower house of that state's legislature stripped a Republican ...
The inaugural Seader Leadership Scholarships were awarded at the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science Region 8 meeting on Feb. 8 at Pennsylvania Western University California. PJAS is a statewide organization of junior and senior high school students designed to stimulate and promote ...