PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates are building around third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes. A person with knowledge of the agreement tells The Associated Press the Pirates and Hayes have come to terms on a new eight-year, $70 million deal with the 25-year-old Hayes pending a physical. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because a formal announcement isn't expected until the team's home opener on April 12. Hayes entered the 2022 season hitting .

SOMERSET, Pa. - An inmate at SCI-Somerset has filed a petition to have a Department of Corrections mandate regarding Timberland boots being removed from state prisons to be halted. Jamal Washington, who currently resides at the prison facility, filed the petition April 30, claiming the DOC's mandate to not allow inmates to have Timberland boots violates prisoner's rights. In the suit, Washington cites that temporary ban was put in place allowing inmates to purchase boots from the prison's commissary was put in place following the death of Sgt.

What started as a simple ancestry search led to the discovery of several family members across the country, as well as the burial place of a Revolutionary War veteran in Somerset County. Lynn Schrock says he had been searching through his family tree when he came across revolutionary soldier Casper Swank. Wanting to learn more, Schrock says he began researching through several historical groups. He says he was surprised to find that historical officials pointed him to another descendant of Casper Swank.

Bellefonte, PA (WJAC) — The John Montgomery Ward Baseball Field at Governors Park in Bellefonte is getting some much-needed upgrades and improvements thanks to an $850,000 grant. Upgrades include a new press box, dugouts, drainage system, electricity for the outfield scoreboard and a new turf infield similar to the field at Rogers Stadium. "It will be similar to that type of turf, yes, and it will be just the infield only.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — As we approach its 135th anniversary, we continue to look back on the events leading up to the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. The remains of the former canal basin in South Fork eventually came into the possession of Benjamin Ruff, the club’s founder and first president, in 1879. He oversaw the reconstruction of the dam and had taken several shortcuts for the sake of saving money.