For the 156th consecutive year, the Jacktown Fair — which is believed to be one of the oldest continuous fairs in the United States – celebrated the area’s rich heritage of agriculture and farming with a full week of fun atop the legendary fairgrounds hill.

The following results were announced for various judging competitions that were held throughout the week of the 2021 Jacktown Fair.

A Mt. Morris teen was crowned as rain royalty during the 43rd annual Miss Rain Day Scholarship pageant held Sunday at Carmichaels Area High School’s Stan Ferek III Auditorium.

Former Greene County president judge Farley Toothman violated the state Constitution and “engaged in misconduct so extreme that brought the judicial office into disrepute,” the state Court of Judicial Discipline ruled Monday.

Local and state officials met July 22 at the site of the Wisecarver Recreation Area in Franklin Township as the beginning of Phase I construction of the WRA’s softball facility and hiking trail project got underway.

It’s time to spill the beans: A new coffee roastery, the first of its kind in Greene County, has already generated a lot of excitement for community residents. And no, that’s not just the caffeine talking.

Three Dunkard Township, Greene County, residents were displaced Sunday morning when an upstairs bedroom caught fire at a house in the 300 block of South Moreland Street about 5 a.m. Brian McCorkle, chief of the Bobtown/Dunkard Township Volunteer Fire Company, said the fire may have been electrical. There were two residents sleeping in the bedroom at the time, and they awakened to the smell of smoke. The fire was largely contained to the bedroom, according to McCorkle.

There now appears to be an outright disinformation campaign against the COVID-19 vaccine on social media and within some local communities.

In-person visitation will resume at SCI-Greene at the end of the month.

The state’s oldest continuing fair will make its return next week in Wind Ridge when the 156th annual Jacktown Fair kicks off five days of festivities with a full slate of activities.

Sandy Lusco Huffman said she believes she is nothing without Christ. Music has always been an important part of the local artist’s life and a way to share the talent she was given.

An autopsy performed on the man who held police at bay for nearly 12 hours while holed up in his Cumberland Township mobile home in late May determined that he died of natural causes following the standoff.

Initial estimates indicated it could take a couple of months to repair the interior of the Greene County Airport's administrative building after the March 24 fire, but that work has proven to be more extensive than originally thought.

Brook Ward, president and CEO of Washington Health System, is encouraging residents of Washington and Greene counties who have not gotten their COVID-19 vaccinations to get the vaccine.

Ben McMillen and his aunt, Bridget Vilenica, are opening a coffee roastery in Waynesburg.

A Washington County woman is facing numerous charges stemming from a recent police chase in Waynesburg when she allegedly rammed her car into the vehicle of a Greene County sheriff’s deputy.

Waynesburg Borough police have charged an area woman with statutory rape and other counts following allegations she sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy.

A total of 187 participants took part in the annual fundraiser shoot held May 23 and hosted by the Scholastic Clay Target Program team, the Hunting Hills Hawkeyes Association.

Two weeks into the 2021 Greene County Day Camp, it is apparent those involved – from the campers and counselors to event coordinators and the county recreation director – are enjoying this year’s program.

Leopards, crocodiles and sloths ... oh my.