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Local roundup: First-place Lady Leopards beat LH, 60-37

Emerson LaCarte made three 3-pointers and scored a career-high 14 points in first-place Belle Vernon's 60-37 Section 3-4A victory at Laurel Highlands in girls basketball action Thursday night. Belle Vernon (11-1, 17-3) led 21-12, 43-23 and 59-31 at the quarter breaks. Saylor Lee added 12 ...

Outdoors Calendar

(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) 5 STAND, TRAP, SKEET AND WOBBLE AT FAYETTE GUN CLUB The Fayette Gun Club is having 5 stand, ...

Snow cream

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Take two snowballs and call me in the morning? Dr. Sarah Crockett, who specializes in emergency and wilderness medicine, doesn’t explicitly tell her patients at New HampshireĢƵ Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center to swallow snow, but she often prescribes more time ...

Michigan sees record cougar reports in 2025

Cougars were detected 31 times in Michigan in 2025, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. ThatĢƵ the highest number of confirmed observations since the predator was wiped out of the state in the early 1900s. And the count is expected to increase. “That number will ...

Newborn calf struggling in deep freeze brought indoors

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky family battling extreme cold temperatures on their farm over the weekend opened their home to a newborn calf that was struggling in the deep freeze. Hours later, the calf, fed and fluffed, took a spot on the couch with the Sorrell family's two children. ...

Laurel Highlands swimmers sweep Belle Vernon

Laurel Highlands earned a sweep in Section 5-2A swimming action on Thursday at Belle Vernon Area High School. The Mustangs earned a 73-49 victory, while the Fillies had an 81-65 advantage. Laurel Highlands’ Lincoln Metheney won the 200 and 500-yard freestyle races in times of 1:59.86 and ...