3+ hour, 5+ min ago  (20+ words) Herald-Standard WVU bringing back fullback with Luke for 2026. B1...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1020+ words) The Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 received A’s all around as the 85-year-old, 1.2-million-pound steam engine, hauling 25 cars, chugged into little Leetsdale during a whistle stop on July 11. The Ferry family from Bethel Park gave it a triple-A rating. Twelve-year-old…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1591+ words) The sight of Ferris wheels, towering piles of cotton candy and the smoke plumes of a tractor pull are coming back for another year of delighting fairgoers. Between mid-July and early September, five county and regional fairs will take their…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (636+ words) In the coming days, National Park rangers may find visitors asking about the location of Christopher Gist’s grave somewhere near Fort Necessity, this following the release of the splashy new film, the heavily advertised “Young Washington.” A production of Angel…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (225+ words) The second weekend of July is here, and that means it’s time for the Whiskey Rebellion Festival in downtown Washington. It commemorates the 1790s conflict that pitted farmers in western Pennsylvania against a young federal government that wanted to impose a…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (189+ words) It’s hard to think of a public figure who is both more visible and more elusive than Bob Dylan. He’s played at just about every crossroads in the country – Toledo, Ohio, Huntington, W.Va., Saginaw, Mich., you name it. And…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (49+ words) Herald-Standard No H-S print edition for Tuesday, July 7 Due to press issues, the Tuesday, July 7, edition of the Herald-Standard is being published in a digital, e-edition format only. There will be no print edition....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (666+ words) History counts, and on this Fourth of July weekend, here are 13 histories and biographies that entertain, enlighten and perhaps inspire. The selections are purely subjective and personal and by no means exhaustive. Shockingly (to me), there’s nothing here about the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (298+ words) Carnegie Museum of Natural History will be opening the exhibit “Egypt on the Nile” on May 1, 2027. “Egypt on the Nile” will explore ancient Egyptian relationships with the Nile River and the surrounding landscapes. Informed by a collection of roughly 5,000 objects…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (144+ words) Herald-Standard ‘Off the Rails’ exhibit opening The Irma Freeman Center for Imagination in Pittsburgh is presenting the exhibit “Off the Rails, From Steel to Canvas,” featuring the work of graffiti artists 21rak and Lies Crew. The opening reception will be Friday…...