Ruby Hornsby brought some "mountain soul" into the newsroom for the second episode of the Herald Concert Series. The Morgantown, W.V. native chatted about her unique style of music and played a few songs inspired by her Appalachian roots. Read more

Bill Watkins, a laborer out of Local 833 in New Brighton, is working at the Shell Oil Co. cracker plant and heard President Donald J. Trump's speech on Tuesday. Watkins lives in Shenango Township. Read more

President Donald J. Trump visited the Shell cracker plant in Beaver County to tout his energy initiative and highlight the 6,000 jobs created from the construction of the facility. Read more

Property owner Ray Andel organized the picnic Friday to answer questions from the still-displaced residents of the Trail Blazer Apartment Building and give an update on the status of the building. But Andel also hoped to provide his tenants with some closure by showing them the site of the f… Read more

Steve Vuich joins us on the summer session of The Herald Concert Series. Read more

Drivers were pleasantly surprised to hear that the Circle K in Hermitage was offering gas for $1.99/gallon from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday. Read more

The New Castle Fire Department was dispatched at 10:55 p.m. for a structure fire at a vacant home located at 602 Chestnut St. The fire then spread next door to 604 Chestnut St., which was also unoccupied. Read more

Retired astronaut Doug Wheelock attended Saturday's "launcheon," explaining various parts of the liftoff sequence to the Col. Drew Morgan's family. Wheelock has been mentoring Morgan, who is making his first trip into space. Read more

Keith L. Burley, 43, of Edinburg, is accused of stabbing 8-year-old Mark Edward Mason Jr. multiple times and killing him. Mason's death was ruled a homicide from multiple stab wounds to the neck. Read more

An EF-1 tornado passed through parts of Brookfield, Masury and Sharon Sunday. According to a survey by the Cleveland National Weather Service, the storm touched down in Vienna, Ohio and traveled just under six miles before lifting in Sharon. The storm had peak winds of roughly 95 mph. No dea… Read more

Laurel School District Superintendent Leonard Rich talks about House Bill 1600, which would separate public and private school sports playoffs in the PIAA. Rich is part of the Pennsylvania Athletic Equity Steering Committee. Read more

Gov. Tom Wolf discussed his "Restore Pennsylvania" legislation with city and county officials during a blight tour Thursday in Sharon. The legislation is meant to address critical infrastructure needs throughout the state. Read more

This severe weather was captured by Tara Ash in Cranberry Township during the statewide tornado watch on Tuesday (5-28-19). Read more

Jeff Greenburg, Mercer County's director of voter registration and elections, explains what happens when the polls close at 8 p.m. and when to expect results. Read more

It's a slow day at the polls for Mercer County's primary elections, but Jeff Greenberg, the county's director of voter registration and elections, explains why voter turnout percentage can be deceptive. Meanwhile, poll workers are keeping busy the only way they know how. Read more

The Shenango Valley Special Games 50th annual event kicked off on Wednesday. Special Games co-director Kayla Burt said she expected about 450 students to participate in Friday’s ‘closing event.’ Read more

Community Prayer Walk participants brave the rain to pray for New Castle residents, agencies and officials. #NCmedia Read more

Watch this voter education video for information on the new voting machines. Read more

Heinz History Center displays part of Historical Society's new World War II exhibit. #NCmedia Read more

Volunteers get to work making two Easterfest favorites, stuffed cabbage rolls and palm crosses. #NCmedia Read more

In Part 2, Ron Poniewasz Jr. from the New Castle News and Luxenberg Garbett Kelly George, P.C.'s Larry Kelly break down the Neshannock High-Delone Catholic and New Castle High-Hickory games on Friday night. Read more

New Castle News sports writer Ron Poniewasz Jr. is joined by @Luxenberg Garbett Kelly George, P.C.'s Larry Kelly for another edition of Tipoff. In this week's Part 1, Ron and Larry recap some of the early playoff action for our teams around Lawrence County. Coming up in Part 2: We preview th… Read more

New Castle High boys basketball coach Ralph Blundo talks with News sports writer Ron Poniewasz Jr. after the Red Hurricane held on for a 68-62 win over Highlands to advance to the WPIAL Class 4A championship game. New Castle, the defending back-to-back champions, will play Quaker Valley for … Read more

The stage is set for a Friday night of District 10 basketball championship and consolation games on this week’s episode of Behind the Lines. Bob and Lynn map out the postseason road ahead, and congratulate some local indoor track and diving stars. Read more

In an exclusive video report, Johnstown native Shaun Dougherty provides updates from this week's meetings on the topic of child sexual abuse at the Vatican. Read more

We're in the first full week of WPIAL and District 10 playoffs and News sports writer Ron Poniewasz Jr. has the scoop on everything Lawrence County basketball. We've also learned some locations and times for games since this was filmed Monday night, and Ron talks this week's Athlete of the W… Read more

Caroline Gibson scored 25 points as Laurel collected a 63-16 first-round playoff victory over Chartiers-Houston on Friday at Mount Lebanon. Gibson and Lady Spartans coach Matt Stebbins spoke to the News after the win. Read more

The WPIAL released its playoff brackets on Tuesday night and News sports writer Ron Poniewasz breaks down the games involving Lawrence County teams. Also, Ron says there are two constants these last nine years: the New England Patriots and the Ne-Ca-Hi boys basketball team. Read more

Josh Loposky, a senior member of the Reynolds High boys basketball team, enjoyed the game of his life against Wilmington on Friday night, scoring eight points late in the Greyhounds’ 75-52 District 10, Region 2-2A win. Read more