Former Greene Township school building being torn down
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.
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” ...
When Alex Weaver’s Boy Scout troop leader asked if anyone was interested in restoring the Hoge Memorial in Washington, the youth accepted the challenge. “I took it, but didn't expect it to be as much work as it was, but it was doable,” said Weaver, a Scout in Troop 1005 in Washington, ...
The Washington School District community is mourning the loss of a football coach who died after collapsing in the stands at Friday night’s varsity game. First responders were called to the Washington High School Stadium at 6:45 p.m. for junior high football coach Ron Todd, who was ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
