Homicide cases solved after nearly 50 years
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 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump. Tuesday's midterm elections laid bare voters' deep frustrations over high ...
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 ...
Hearings in two Greene County cases that had been scheduled for this week 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 ...
Beth-Center's goal of capping an undefeated regular season with a Class A Tri-County Conference championship ended in frustration last Friday night with a 22-20 home loss to California. The Bulldogs (8-2) tried to climb out of a 22-point hole but fell just short, and now enter the ...
Not many Class A high school football teams faced a tougher non-conference schedule than California this season. The Trojans traveled for a stiff test at Fort Cherry (a 43-14 loss) in Week Two which was followed by a tough home challenge against Washington (a 50-6 loss) in Week Three. When ...
Waynesburg Central football coach Joe Kuhns thought maybe he was a bit cursed after he stepped in to take over the Raiders last season. "I got hired at Beth-Center, they moved up from single-A to double-A and then when I get to Waynesburg they moved them from double-A to triple-A," Kuhns said ...
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 ...
