Cultivating a love of plants
The Washington County coroner's office is seeking information on two people who died recently. Richard McCartney was born April 29, 1964, and died at his Washington home on June 3, 2026. James O'Conner was born January 26, 1960, and died May 29, 2026, in a care facility in Washington County. He was from Waynesburg. Information on either may be directed to the coroner's office at 724-228-6785.
A fugitive wanted for the sexual assault of a child is being extradited to Fayette County, more than a decade after he was originally charged. Jesse Merle Keffer, 55, was taken into custody by the Pennsylvania State Police’s Fugitive Task Force and U.S. Marshals Thursday morning, Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele said in a statement. The arrest came after a state police investigation found Keffer had been living near Charlotte, North Carolina, Aubele said. Keffer had been wanted since 2014, when he was charged with corruption of minors, indecent assault and indecent exposure in connection with an incident in McClellandtown. A fugitive declaration was filed that ...
SCI Greene is hiring corrections officer trainees and filling additional positions across multiple fields. A job fair will be held from noon to 6 p.m. June 23 at Greene County Career Link, 200 Greene Plaza, Waynesburg. The minimum age to apply for a corrections officer trainee position is 18. Additionally, the department has obtained a waiver of Pennsylvania’s residency requirement, enabling the PADOC to recruit qualified candidates from neighboring states. For more information on open positions within the PADOC and career opportunities in corrections, visit employment.pa.gov/corrections. To see a list of all open positions at SCI Greene, visit Open Positions SCI Greene. No ...
Nearly six years after Washington County steered their financial aid from the local food bank in favor of the larger organization in Pittsburgh, the money is coming back home. The commissioners voted Thursday to direct the county’s state-allocated funds to the Greater Washington County Food ...
Whether it’s the perfect arrangement of red, white and blue on a cupcake or an encyclopedic knowledge of the Founders, everyone will have their way to celebrate America’s birthday at the Fayette County Fair. The 2026 Fayette County Fair, which boasts the theme “Celebrating 250 Years ...
BULLSKIN TWP. — The Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame officially welcomed 10 new individual members and two teams into its ranks on Friday at Pleasant Valley Golf Club. Hall of Fame co-founder and Executive Chair George Von Benko introduced each new inductee and presented each with a ...
Caden Holland attempted to try out for Barca Academy when he was 12 years old, but after reaching out to the only U.S. Soccer Development Academy program in the country with a full-time residential program partnered with a top-international professional club, the striker was informed he would ...
OMAHA, Neb. – Ben Lumsden’s fly ball in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday, man, for a split second, it looked really good for West Virginia. “Definitely thought it was a homer,” WVU baseball coach Steve Sabins later said following the Mountaineers’ 12-7 loss against North Carolina in ...
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, ...
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced that its new hunting and trapping licenses for the 2026-27 seasons will go on sale Monday, June 22, 2026, at 8 a.m. “The new hunting license year is almost here, and we are looking forward to plenty of great seasons ahead,” said ...
