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The Washington County commissioners approved 50 projects to receive $8.7 million in Local Share Account grants during their meeting Thursday, but declined to modify the list to fund a request from City Mission despite pleas from the homeless shelter’s officials to reconsider. The City Mission’s application for $500,000 in Washington County’s casino gambling revenue funds […]

The projects recommended for a piece of the Local Share Account’s casino gambling money are expected to be approved by the Washington County commissioners during Thursday’s voting meeting, with one notable subtraction from the original list. The LSA committee voted last week to recommend approval of 50 projects to receive $8.7 million in gambling revenue […]

Nearly 100 projects are vying for a piece of the $9.2 million in casino gambling money that will be distributed this year through the annual Local Share Account program. The 94 applications under review this week by the LSA review committee are requesting a total of about $28 million, meaning the number of recipients will […]

What kid hasn’t dreamt about building their own robot?

For the Herald-Standard

Franklin Regional Superintendent Gennaro Piraino wanted to know what junior Rory Messersmith considered to be more valuable to his academic future — being a member of the high school’s robotics team, or studying for the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests. “I’m not sure if I should answer that,” Messersmith

The Titanium Titans robotics team, which offers STEM competition and community to Washington County youth, recently finished its tenth season with a stellar showing at two regional competitions.

High school students from across the country will travel to California University of Pennsylvania next week to put their robotics skills on display.