A sizzling Fourth of July
Three kayakers were rescued after falling into the Youghiogheny River in Upper Tyrone Township Sunday afternoon. Crews were called out at 1:42 p.m. after receiving a report that kayaks carrying three people had overturned near Everson, Fayette County 911 said. The three people had made their way to a riverbank on the Upper Tyrone side but could not be reached due to the terrain, according to a Facebook post from the Everson Fire Department. Firefighters from Morrell, which was also called, could see the kayakers and made phone contact with them while they awaited rescue, the Everson department said. The alarm was upgraded to send out the New Haven Hose and Dawson departments, both ...
The Dunbar Township Tax Office reminds property owners that the last day to pay county/township real estate and per capita tax without penalty is June 30. The office will have extended hours from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday with no break for lunch. All payments postmarked June 30 will be accepted. Taxpayers can also pay online by visiting allpaid.com. Pennsylvania law states that failure to receive a tax notice does not relieve taxpayers from their responsibility to pay the taxes due. The tax office can fax, email or text a copy of the notice upon request. Property owners can call the office at 724-626-0804, email dunbartownshiptaxoffice@yahoo.com or text 724-323-3834.
Four people are accused of aggravated animal cruelty and related crimes after they allegedly kept dozens of animals — some of which were found dead — in filthy conditions without adequate food in Greene County. Charges were filed Friday with Judge Thomas Ankrom against Timothy Cook, 21, of Marianna; Patricia Brungardt, 51, and Streame Chrest, 24, both of Creekside; and Thomas Brungardt, 44, of Derry. The investigation dates back to February, when a state police trooper from the Waynesburg barracks was called to a garage in Cumberland Township where a dead dog was found inside a towed vehicle. The vehicle, which troopers noted to have a “foul odor of decomposition, feces and ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a monthlong series of profiles of the people who live and work in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. Whenever Jean Turcheck would travel — for work meetings in the United States, or her 17 trips for fun to ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a monthlong series of profiles of the people who live and work in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. Some people find the perfect getaway and want to gatekeep it. When Samantha Morgan talks about the flood ...
Editor’s note: This week marks the final chapter in our three-month series of exploring America at 250 years old through the lens of some of the most important national events that took place in our communities. The way we build things, the way we travel, the way we protect ourselves, the ...
John Menhart looked around him and wondered if he belonged. It was Sunday, June 7 and Menhart was at the Washington-Greene Co. Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet, held at Hilton Garden Inn in Southpointe, as part of the Class of 2026. “My thoughts were, ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ryan O’Hearn homered twice in a game for the third time in the majors and drove in four runs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates avoid a series sweep with a 9-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. O’Hearn put Pittsburgh in front 5-4 in the fifth inning with a 421-foot ...
Matthew Firestone singled in Andino Vecchiolla in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Hopwood Village Plaza a 4-3 walk-off win over visiting Charleori in Fayette County Baseball League action on Sunday. Hopwood (8-3), which has won six straight, rallied from an early 3-0 deficit to tie ...
Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...
This writer has been around long enough to recall when Greene County was not considered “deer country.” Deer lived in the mountains. The same conception prevailed about Greene for wild turkeys. Biologists and hunters alike believed that only mountain forests could support the big ...
