‘Good number’ of voters who didn’t receive mailed ballots were able to vote
The 2026 Washington County Veterans Day Parade honoring local veterans and their families will be held Saturday, Nov. 7, starting at 10 a.m. In Greene County, the Veterans Day Parade is slated for 11 a.m., also on Saturday. The Washington parade activities will kick off with a Veterans Resource Fair at 8:30 a.m. at the Main Street Pavilion that will feature open job interviews by McDonald's and will include job resources and information on veterans healthcare and needs. There will be a basket raffle, with proceeds donated to organizations that support veterans' mental health. Before the 70-unit parade starts, retired U.S. Marine Corps officer Eric McElvenney will offer a keynote ...
Hearings in two Greene County cases that had been scheduled for Tuesday have been continued until December. Jesse Patterson, who had been set to appear for a pretrial management conference Tuesday now has a plea court hearing scheduled for Dec. 9. Patterson, 38, of Waynesburg, is accused of setting a fire in the rectory of St. Ann Church in Waynesburg shortly before midnight on Aug. 30, 2025. Services at the church were canceled for the following three months. He is also accused of setting a fire the next day at a trailer on High Street. Patterson faces charges of first- and third-degree arson, institutional vandalism, burglary, criminal trespass, criminal mischief and risking ...
The application period started this week for the 2026-27 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), a federal program that provides grants for eligible households to help pay energy bills. Payments are made directly to an applicant’s utility company or fuel provider. LIHEAP grants ...
An East Millsboro man is charged with aggravated assault after being accused of beating a woman and restraining her for several hours. Shon Gill, 38, allegedly started a verbal argument with Amanda Shemansky at a residence on the 400 block of Third Street in Luzerne Township after they ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Results from Tuesday’s midterm elections came in too late for Wednesday’s edition of the newspaper, but stories on all of the races can be found online at www.observer-reporter.com or www.heraldstandard.com. Gorgeous fall weather Tuesday made for a beautiful day to vote in ...
MCMURRAY — The rematch was nothing like the first meeting. And for that reason, Frazier is back in the WPIAL girls volleyball final. The third-seeded Lady Commodores avenged a regular-season sweep at the hands of visiting Fort Cherry by rallying for a 3-2 victory over the second-seeded ...
Frazier earned a wild card spot into the WPIAL Class A football playoffs on Saturday to give star quarterback Brady Secrest at least one more game in his record-breaking career. The Commodores fell to visiting Avella, 48-20, on Friday night to miss out on third place in the Tri-County South ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tomas Hertl's second goal of the night with 32 seconds left in regulation lifted the Vegas Golden Knights past the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Tuesday night. Vegas won in Pittsburgh for just the second time in franchise history when Hertl tipped a pass from Mark Stone ...
People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. And no one dared … Disturb the sound of silence. – “The Sound of Silence,” Paul Simon Sometimes an idea for an essay comes from unusual places and at unexpected times. Such was the case this week. After hearing a ...
Everyone can cite times when conditions wrecked their outdoor plans. Thunderstorms have cut short countless hikes, and fishing for trout in muddy flood water is a low-percentage game. The big snowstorm of late-November 1974 kept thousands of area hunters from getting to the woods on opening ...
