Fayette County is one step closer to transforming its former jail annex into a juvenile detention center after the county commissioners awarded the project Thursday to a third-party, nonprofit organization that runs a similar facility in Grove City. George Junior Republic, which operates a ...
Not all that long ago, people with visual impairments were pretty much locked out of enjoying live theater. Now, many theater companies and cultural organizations offer audio description services for patrons who might not be able to see as well as the rest of the audience. And this Sunday, ...
Reports of honeybee swarms have started to tick up recently, and local beekeepers are ready to safely remove them if they pop up on your property. Swarm season actually came a bit early this year. Fred Miller, president of the Tri-County Beekeepers Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania, ...
Penn State Extension of Washington County’s pesticide education program had fallen by the wayside since the pandemic, but the organization hopes Mr. Yuk will be back in all of the county’s first-grade classrooms next school year. Cathy Witsberger, a master gardener and coordinator of the ...
Middle schoolers from four Greene County school districts were given the opportunity to build, code, fly and even make drones dance Wednesday as part of Rural Wings 2024, an inaugural drone showcase and competition at EQT Rec Center in Waynesburg. A collaboration between the school districts, ...
With the weather heating up people are going to be spending much more time outdoors, and reports of illnesses such as Lyme disease are expected to “tick” up. To help people stay healthy, this week the Pennsylvania Department of Health launched a tool on its website for tracking cases of ...
