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British author C.S. Lewis once said, "The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts." And, for the past six decades, the faculty at Penn State Fayette has endeavored to do that. They’ve cultivated the chance for local, post-secondary education in an area ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Cheers to Laurel Highlands girls basketball player Aierra Jenkins for putting an off night behind her and bouncing back with a vengeance to help her team keep its season alive. The Lady Mustangs fell in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs to Blackhawk 59-32 and the LH ...

While high school athletes often find themselves in the spotlight, it's time for wicked witches and Greek gods to take the center stage. Spring musical season has started in Fayette, Washington and Greene counties, and talented local students stand ready to show off their months of hard ...

Cheers & jeers

Cheers: Cheers to Waynesburg Central senior wrestler Jake Stephenson for returning strong from a concussion to win his first WPIAL gold medal with a 7-1 decision over Nezumiiro Green of Central Catholic in the 189-pound division of the Class 3A championships this past weekend. Stephenson, who ...

Editorial: Dissent and civility

A recent visit to a West Virginia University classroom offered some insight to a group of newspaper editors who were asked to speak to a group of journalism students. When posed with the question of where they get their news, most of the students responded, not surprisingly, from social ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Cheers to Albert Gallatin graduate Ellen Guillard, known as Loui Hall during her playing days with the Lady Colonials, for continuing her outstanding success as the high school girls basketball coach at Taylor Allderdice of the Pittsburgh City League. Guillard's Dragons defeated Obama ...