Fewer volunteers a challenge for area fire departments
At least one person died in a hit and run accident in Robinson Township Monday afternoon. According to a Washington County 911 supervisor, the accident occurred at about 3 p.m. on the ramp from Route 22 East to the Southern Beltway. A vehicle hit a pedestrian and kept driving, the supervisor said. According to 911, the Washington County coroner was called to the scene. State police are investigating. More information was not immediately available.
Alarmed by what they’ve seen as a swerve into authoritarian rule, dozens of Fayette County residents turned out for Saturday’s Fayette Against Fascism protest in Uniontown. President Trump’s move to send more than 2,000 National Guard members into Washington, D.C., is one glaring ...
Editor’s note: This is one in an occasional series about the origin of unusual names of places in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties. A few connections leap to mind when passing Chevy Chase Street in Finleyville: the iconic actor known for his roles in TV’s “Saturday Night Live” ...
Cars, trucks, marching bands and floats all paid homage to the area’s coal mining heritage at Saturday’s annual King Coal Parade in Carmichaels. It was the close of the 70th annual King Coal Festival, which began the Saturday before and continued throughout the week with baby contests, a ...
There were plenty of champions — past, present and future — on hand during Saturday’s fourth annual alumni/booster banquet that was presented by the Greater Connellsville Wrestling Club (GCWC) at Live! Casino Pittsburgh in Greensburg. And while there were multiple champions in the ...
In Shane Ziats’ first three seasons at Jefferson-Morgan, the team has improved in wins each year, and finished last season undefeated in the regular season at 10-0, as the Rockets won the Tri-County South Conference championship. Jefferson-Morgan also capped its first undefeated regular ...
If Karli Jo Thomas’ second professional MMA contest is anywhere close to her first, the Albert Gallatin graduate who is the women’s wrestling coach at Waynesburg University may want to take up residence in Atlantic City, N.J. Thomas won her MMA debut over the Memorial Day weekend on May ...
On a summer evening in Milwaukee, with his team mired near the bottom of the National League, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan emerged from the dugout mid-game. Bragan headed toward the umpires. Strangely enough, he was sipping from a small drinking carton. Moments earlier, the brash Bucco ...
AccuWeather, the independent weather provider service, published an article last week showing the FEMA Risk Maps ranking every county in the United States for their susceptibility to natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, droughts, winter storms, extreme heat and cold, high winds ...
