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Unwritten rule barring Fayette County student from admission into National Honor Society
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (KDKA) - An apparently unwritten rule could be keeping students out of the National Honor Society.Bailey Balint, a junior at Laurel Highlands School District with a 4.7 GPA, has been a straight-A student who has excelled in her education since the first grade, according to her family. Yet, Bailey was refused admission into the organization.According to the superintendent at Laurel Highlands School District, a five-member faculty team reviews applications based on four categories: scholarship, service, leadership, and character. He told KDKA-TV that Bailey didn't meet at least one of those."From the time she started kindergarten, school has been...
Man gets 5-10 years in prison in killing near Quakertown
A New Jersey man will spend up to a decade in prison for his role in the death of a man during a botched robbery with his brother in Upper Bucks County nearly three years ago. On Wednesday, Joshua Gamble, 20, was sentenced to five to 10 years for his involvement in the the June 17, 2021, killing of Kevin Rosero, according to a news release from the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. ...
When will Marshalls open in Somerset? Here's what we know.
SOMERSET ― Marshalls has announced an official opening date for its new Somerset retail store. According to the store locator page at the Marshalls website, the Somerset location at 1534 N. Center Ave., is scheduled to open on May 16, with operating hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. that day. ...
Man to serve up to 10 years in prison for robbery related to killing in Bucks
RICHLAND TWP., Pa. - A man was sentenced Wednesday for a robbery related to the June 2021 killing of Kevin Rosero in Richland Township, Bucks County. Joshua David Gamble, 20, of Somerset, New Jersey, was sentenced to five to 10 years in state prison, according to a news release from the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.
WINNER! Powerball Ticket Sold In Somerset Wins Big
It was a lucky Monday for a Powerball player in Somerset.A ticket sold in Somerset County matched four numbers plus the red Powerball in the drawing held on Monday, April 29, winning $50,000. The ticket was sold at Quick Mart in Somerset.The winning numbers were 11, 38, 47, 67, 69 and the red Power…
Our Community, Your Stories: The 1978 Friedens train derailment
SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Coal trains are a part of our landscape, and with that, unfortunately so are derailments. It was late November 1978 when a train hauling about 50 cars loaded with coal derailed in Friedens, in Somerset County. Our news crews were there after it happened,...
5 people dead in crash, 4 from Ohio including a 7-month old, Driver was high on cocaine
5 people are dead, including 4 from Ohio after a driver who was high on cocaine, crashed into a tractor-trailer. A crash happened in Wharton Township in Fayette County near the Maryland and Pennsylvania line. Fayette County coroner Dr. Bob Baker said the driver Harold Nibert, 55, tested positive for cocaine at the time of […]
‘She should be here’ Family, friends of missing teen girl found dead in Fayette County hold vigil
Flowers and candles with heartfelt messages that read, “Rest in paradise pretty girl,” and “I will always love you,” now mark the area where Kaitlin Whoolery, 17, was found nearly two weeks ago.
UPMC teaching lifesaving skills to Somerset community
SOMERSET ― UPMC Somerset, UPMC Western Behavioral Health at Twin Lakes, Somerset Single County Authority for Drug and Alcohol and the Somerset Area Ambulance Association are partnering to offer a free Minutes Matter training event. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the main...
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