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Shirley Virginia Mitchell

Markleysburg Shirley Virginia Mitchell, 81, of Markleysburg, passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. She was born September 29, 1943, in Markleysburg, a daughter of the late Chelsea and Lorna Fike James. Shirley is survived by her husband, Henry ...

Fitch, Simms running for Greene County judge

Two Waynesburg attorneys are vying for a chance to serve on the bench of the Greene County Court of Common Pleas. On May 20, Democrat and Republican voters will nominate either Patrick Fitch or Chris Simms in the race to replace Judge Lou Dayish, who opted not to run for retention at the ...

Local Catholics react to election of Pope Leo XIV

On Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Thomas L. Gillespie of St. Patrick Church of St. Oscar Romero Parish and staff members were live-streaming the Sistine Chapel chimney on their computers when Gillespie shouted, “White smoke, white smoke!” They rushed into the living room and turned on the ...

Region celebrated quietly when V-E Day arrived 80 years ago

Twenty short blasts from the fire siren. It happened around 9 a.m. in Uniontown on Tuesday, May 8, 1945. The brief bursts of noise that interrupted the city’s morning routine were not a signal that a blaze was happening somewhere or that a fierce springtime storm was bearing down on the ...