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PathWays to expand early intervention practices

PathWays is set to further expand its early-intervention capacity thanks to recently awarded grant funding. The $5,000 grant was awarded by the Washington Greene Health FoundationÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 2026 Community Grants Pilot Program, which will fund a new social-emotional learning curriculum and a related staff training program to improve early-intervention capacity. The Washington-based non-profit provides support and specialized services to individuals with disabilities across Southwestern Pennsylvania, including through two RainbowÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ End Learning Centers for children located in Washington and Greene counties. According to Rachel Raber, Rainbow's End Learning Center Greene County program ...

Washington, Fayette schools receive grants for career and technical education programs

A Washington County school district and two Fayette County career and technical centers were among 54 Pennsylvania schools that received a portion of $4.3 million in grants through the Competitive Equipment Grants program. The program helps with the purchase of new equipment for approved CTE programs that prepare students for in-demand jobs. Trinity Area School District and Fayette County Career & Technical Center each received $85,000, the maximum amount awarded, while Connellsville Area Career & Technical Center received $74,320. School districts and CTCs can use the grants to update or purchase equipment used in the training of students in approved career and technical ...

Uniontown man charged with sexually assaulting children

Charges were filed against a Uniontown man in three Fayette County courts Tuesday alleging physical and sexual abusing of children over a multi-year period. Daniel Lee Davis, 33, is accused of assaulting multiple children at locations in Uniontown and Springhill Township. Criminal complaints filed against Davis said a Pennsylvania State Police investigation began in 2025 after one of the children alerted a parent. Children detailed numerous incidents of sexual abuse, as well as an instance in which Davis hit one with a pan, according to the complaints. Discharge paperwork after physical assessments of the children conducted at WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital diagnosed two of the ...

Four charged with endangerment in Fayette after toddlers found in roadway

Four people are accused of child endangerment after two toddlers in their care were spotted lying in the middle of a road in Allison. Police said the children were found to have wandered from the home of maternal grandmother Jeana Kline, 58, and paternal grandfather Thomas Darst, Jr., 50, both of Allison, who were named partial guardians by Fayette County Children and Youth Services. They were charged Monday along with the childrenÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ parents — Shane Gardner, 24, and Kelsey Kline, 22, both of New Geneva — who’d also been at Kline and DarstÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ home at 403 Second St. Video from a nearby homeownerÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ security camera taken on April 26 and turned over to police showed the ...

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Next wave

While there were 12 local seniors selected to play in the Roundball Classic, the basketball all-star event also included the next wave of talent in a trio of Rising Stars Underclassmen games. The girls game, played on May 29 at North Allegheny High School, featured four area players in ...

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Dodgers hammer Pirates’ bullpen in 12-3 win

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andy Pages hit a two-run homer and added a sacrifice fly during a seventh-inning outburst against Pittsburgh's bullpen as the Dodgers quickly pulled away once Pirates ace Paul Skenes exited in a 12-3 win on Tuesday night. Skenes, the reigning NL Cy Young winner, allowed ...

Belle Vernon Legion rolls past Brownsville

Aiden Shaffer went 2 for 2, including a three-run homer, and knocked in six runs and Belle Vernon pitched a combined no-hitter in romping over visiting Brownsville, 17-1 in five innings, in Fayette American Legion baseball action on Tuesday. Shaffer's home run came in a 10-run second inning ...

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OP-ED: Changing the direction of U.S. labor

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, ...

Outdoors

A walk in the woods

Have you ever wondered about how it all happened? Why does a certain plant grow in the shade, while another must have a sunny location to reach its potential to just survive? What did the first plants look like and how different were they from what we see today? For billions of years the ...

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