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Fayette EMS aids New Jersey hurricane victims

Fayette EMS personnel returned home Wednesday after spending several days in New Jersey communities aiding fellow first responders with evacuations and other emergencies.The local five-member team was a part of the state Department of Health Region 4 EMS Strike Team that was deployed to various ...

Fairchance gets $600,000 for spillway repairs

FAIRCHANCE — Fairchance Borough officials accepted $600,000 in federal funding to help rebuild the spillway at one of its aging water reservoirs.U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Hollidaysburg, delivered the money for the Cave Hollow reservoir spillway project Wednesday.He said the U.S. Army Corps of ...

Emergency officials worked Wednesday to contain a chemical that spilled into the Monongahela River and is known to kill fish.Members of the Fayette County Hazardous Materials Response Team 900 and firefighters from multiple departments responded to an area in Newell where the spill occurred ...

2011 High School Football coverage

Click <a title="2011 High School Football" href= "http://admin-newyork1.bloxcms.com/www.heraldstandard.com/2011hsfootball" target="_blank">here</a> to see Heraldstandard.com's coverage of 16 local districts.[gallery_header ids="550941"]

No one injured in Wednesday bus accident

SOUTH CONNELLSVILLE — No one was injured Wednesday when a school bus slid from Reidmore Boulevard into a ditch to avoid another vehicle.The bus, driven by Paul Burnsworth, was transporting 11 South Side Elementary School students to their homes along Reidmore Boulevard, when it went into the ...

Ohiopyle park, road improvements dedicated

OHIOPYLE — Mayor Mark McCarty used a familiar phrase to describe the $2.4 million in community park and transportation improvement projects that were unveiled at a dedication ceremony Wednesday.McCarty called the upgrades an “extreme makeover”, which was the same phrase he used at last ...