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Following the deaths of two students by suicide in the 2025-26 school year, the South Fayette School District is joining a nationwide effort to boost student mental health. For the next three years, the district will be working with the Jed Foundation, a New York-based nonprofit organization, and AASA, the School Superintendents Association, on a mental health initiative that the district says will provide expert guidance and new enhancements to the district’s mental health systems. The foundation is working for the district at no cost, according to Jennifer Donovan, a spokeswoman for the district. She explained, “We have always been committed to student mental health and ...
Peters Township is receiving a state grant to replace the traffic signals at a busy intersection on Route 19. Almost $477,000 is coming the township’s way through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) Green Light-Go Program to replace the signals at the intersection of Crosswinds Drive and Route 19. Located near the McDowell Shops, the traffic signals were installed in the 1980s or 1990s and are reaching “the end of their useful life,” according to Kyle Thauvette, Peters’ assistant manager. “We’re really excited to be doing these projects with the state,” Thauvette said, adding that traffic flowing smoothly down Route 19 is important not just to the ...
Hanover Township will hold a public hearing this evening regarding a conditional use permit for a large data center project within Starpointe Business Park on Wednesday, setting the stage to advance the development. The meeting will be held at the Hanover Volunteer Fire Department Hall at 9 Starck Drive at 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to a public notice for the meeting. According to Solicitor Dennis Makel, the township rescheduled the meeting from July following an issue with the initial public notice advertising the conditional use hearing. A site map submitted alongside the conditional use application shows seven smaller data center buildings and a central power generation station ...
A train hauling empty coal cars rolls past the Brownsville Riverside Wharf Park beside the Monongahela River on a picturesque Tuesday afternoon with West Brownsville and the Lane Bane Bridge in the background.
A little extra time paid off handsomely Wednesday night for the Down East Bird Dawgs. Manager Brett Wellman waited an extra hour or so – until after batting practice – to fill out his lineup card for the game at EQT Park against the Wild Things. He wanted to see if the Bird Dawgs’ ...
Editor's note: This is part of a series celebrating PONY Baseball and Softball's 75th anniversaty, leading up to the Pony League World Series that begins Friday. Until he wakes up one day and finds his enthusiasm for leading PONY Baseball and Softball has waned, count on Abraham Key to be ...
LATROBE – For the first time since 1989, Waynesburg and Washington & Jefferson will not play each other in football this fall. It is a scheduling quirk in a growing Presidents’ Athletic Conference, which now stands at 12 football teams with the addition of Saint Francis. With only ...
For months, President Trump and his administration have been fixated on one issue. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with ending the war in Iran or with the affordability of groceries and gasoline. The president’s primary goal this spring and summer has been the passage of the Safeguard ...
More than 10 years ago, a mere five words frightened desk jockeys everywhere: "sitting is the new smoking." Still, many people across the U.S. are walking less than they used to. Long days spent sitting can take a toll over time, negatively impacting bodies and minds. Research from the ...
