Rain or shine, it’s time for Rain Day
The Center For Coalfield Justice will host a program, Shale Gas Fracking and Public Health 101 - The People's Cancer Incidence Screening Tool, on Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the center's office at 69 E. Beau St. in Washington. The program will feature guest speaker Dr. Lauren Minsky, creator of the People's Cancer Incidence Screening Tool, which calculates average annual cancer incidence rates for Pennsylvania's cities, towns and boroughs from 2002 to 2021. The presentation will include an overview of fracking operations in southwestern Pennsylvania, knowledge of commonly seen health effects around fracking operations, an overview of resources such as the cancer screening ...
Special needs children and adults got a day-long look at the experiences of law enforcement and other first responders at the first Sunny Day Camp in Greene County Thursday. About 30 people attended the day-long camp, put on by the Pennsylvania State Police. The program is celebrating its 10th anniversary statewide. It’s based on Camp Cadet, a week-long summer youth program that gives children a look inside law enforcement and the criminal justice system. “Special needs is usually kind of a forgotten community, so we want to make sure they get the experience of Camp Cadet, what we do,” said Trooper Melinda Bondarenka of Troop B’s Office of Community Engagement. Officers ...
One person was killed in a motorcycle accident Friday morning in Fayette County. Pennsylvania State Police troopers were called out at 6:14 a.m. to the site of a crash in Franklin Township at the intersection of Cooper Road and Bolden Road. George Wyland, Jr., 45, of New Salem, was pronounced dead at the scene, the Fayette County Coroner’s Office said Friday. The crash remains under investigation.
Rain was everywhere but the skies. As of early Wednesday afternoon, not a drop had fallen in Waynesburg. But that didn’t stop the crowd that filled the parks downtown for a day of food, games, contests, music, entertainment and other excitement for the annual Rain Day celebration. Sparked ...
JEFFERSON — John Curtis looked around at the many people at Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department last Saturday and seemed amazed. “It’s just … wow,” Curtis said. Curtis was being celebrated for his 42 years as head coach of Jefferson-Morgan’s baseball team and former players and ...
LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — At the time, Broderick Jones thought it was no big deal. Walking off the field in Chicago last November after taking an awkward hit from Bears defensive end Dominique Robinson — whose chest smacked into the top of Jones' helmet after trying and failing to knock down a ...
Just like life, mountains have peaks and valleys ups and downs. On July 13 of this year retired doctor Art Ulene became the oldest person to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa. July 13th was his 90th birthday and it is the day he reached the summit at 19,341 feet above sea level. He and his ...
The granddaddy of them all kicks off the local fair season this week. The Jacktown Fair – considered one of the oldest continually operating agricultural fairs in the country – started in 1866 as the Jacksonville Fair. For a little perspective on how long the event has been part of rural ...
Just like life, mountains have peaks and valleys ups and downs. On July 13 of this year retired doctor Art Ulene became the oldest person to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa. July 13th was his 90th birthday and it is the day he reached the summit at 19,341 feet above sea level. He and his ...
