Central Greene, J-M, Carmichaels mull shared transportation
The state Department of Transportation will be hosting multiple job fairs throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania for winter maintenance positions. The hiring events will be at PennDOT facilities in Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Greene counties. The first will take place Aug. 27 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 144 Donohoe Road, Greensburg. The Fayette County job fair will be Aug. 28 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 825 N. Gallatin Ave. Ext., Uniontown. The next event will be Sept. 3 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 170 Route 519, Eighty Four in Washington County. The final job fair will be in Greene County on Sept. 4 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 129 Jefferson Road, Waynesburg.
District Attorney Jason Walsh, who is already facing a challenge to his pursuit of the death penalty against homicide defendants, is appealing the recent decision by a Washington County judge dismissing all charges against a co-defendant in a capital murder case. Walsh filed an appeal Aug. 8 ...
Three Greene County school districts will investigate whether it makes sense to combine their transportation resources. The Central Greene School District Board of Education voted Tuesday night to put out a request for proposals for a joint transportation agreement with Jefferson-Morgan School ...
All high school football coaches get pumped up by the start of the season but there are seven among the local contingent who will likely have a little extra adrenaline going when Week Zero kicks off tonight. Seven teams will take the field under new guidance, including both Laurel ...
When Albert Gallatin graduate Eric Palmer was presented with the opportunity to step back into the ring for his 41st professional boxing match, he didn’t hesitate in accepting the fight. “It was a pretty easy decision because I was able to fight locally and have a full six-week ...
The Laurel Highlands duo Kayden Smith and Sevi Vecchiolla have been recording some of the lowest rounds of the season among local high school golfers, and Thursday’s match against cross-town rival Uniontown was no different, as Smith and Vecchiolla shared medalist honors in the Mustangs’ ...
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 ...
Outdoor excitement can arise as a surprise. Last week, I enjoyed an experience I’d wanted to undertake for a long time. I took a course at Touchstone Center for Crafts in the mountains near Farmington. The course was in botanical illustration, a blend of art and science in which ...
