Pa. GOP assigns overseer to reorganize Washington Co. Republican committee
A Republic candy company says it will continue operating at its current home while the building is up for sale. Redstone Candy Co.’s building at 1736 New Salem Road was recently listed for sale for $825,000. The building is owned by Redstone Distributing, which was sold to a West Virginia ...
Monongahela rye once helped foment an insurrection in Western Pennsylvania during the whiskey rebellion in the late 18th century. More than two centuries later, rye whiskey’s rebellious roots might be spreading elsewhere in the state. State Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll, recently ...
More than 100 pets were removed from the home of a Belle Vernon man kept in what police called "deplorable, filthy conditions,” including lack of clean food or drinkable water. John Saxberg, 57, faces more than 1,000 charges related to animal cruelty, including more than 50 felonies. ...
MORGANTOWN — Steve Sabins will be watching this weekend’s MLB Amateur Draft with both anticipation and with his fingers crossed. The draft begins at 1 p.m. Saturday and will run through the first four rounds (135 picks), while rounds 5-20 will be on Sunday. After guiding the Mountaineers ...
PITTSBURGH — Mike Yastrzemski hit a game-sealing grand slam in the ninth inning, Matt Olson hit a first-inning home run while tying the franchise record for consecutive games played and the Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-5 on Thursday. The Braves were leading 6-5 when ...
Not even the weather could slow down Smithfield-Fairchance’s Matt Malinsky in Thursday’s game against Uniontown in the semifinals of the Fayette County American Legion Baseball league playoffs at German-Masontown Park. Malinsky kept Uniontown’s bats in check while pitching his team to a ...
At about 9 years old, I decided I wanted to build a treehouse. We had a sturdy black walnut tree in our backyard, and I had amassed a pile of old weathered fence slats with enough splinters to disable a battalion of enemy soldiers. I had a handful of nails I had painstakingly pulled from ...
The Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail (LHHT) tracks the spine of Laurel Ridge for 70 miles from Johnstown to Ohiopyle. This year marks the popular path’s 50-year anniversary. The next time you’re around Johnstown, heading south on Route 219 near Windber, look west (right) from the highway. ...
