When hydraulic fracturing for Marcellus shale gas revitalized the natural gas industry in southwestern Pennsylvania about 10 years ago, the Connellsville Area superintendent said the district should have started teaching students the job skills needed to take advantage of the boon.Workforce ...
CONNELLSVILLE 鈥� The school board voted Wednesday to permanently close three elementary schools and reconfigure a fourth to reduce expenditures for the 2017-18 school year.Board members unanimously voted to close South Side Elementary School in Connellsville, voted 7-2 in favor of closing ...
The Education Council of the Fayette Chamber of Commerce recently honored Dalton Nutter of Connellsville, a junior at Geibel High School, as a student of the month for February.A son of Jason Nutter and Heather Fike, he plans to attend Penn State University or California University of ...
Social media and a clear surveillance image helped Connellsville police identify an alleged bank robber within hours.William Anthony McLaughlin, 55, of Breakneck Road, Connellsville, allegedly robbed Somerset Trust Co. bank on West Crawford Avenue with a handgun at about 3:15 p.m. and fled on ...
Quenching one's thirst in the City Of Brotherly Love just got a whole lot more expensive.As of Jan. 1 of this year, customers who purchase certain soft drinks will pay more because of legislation that was passed by city council in June of 2016. The Philadelphia Soda Tax will add 1.5 cents per ...
As we approach the preliminary budget time of the year, state and local school districts are trying to put together balanced budgets.Politicians start doing their annual thing about what the other party wants to do that is unfair to the taxpayers and whether or not the state is properly funding ...
