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Washington coroner seeks information

The Washington County coroner's office is seeking information on two people who died recently. Richard McCartney was born April 29, 1964, and died at his Washington home on June 3, 2026. James O'Conner was born January 26, 1960, and died May 29, 2026, in a care facility in Washington County. ...

Nearly six years after Washington County steered their financial aid from the local food bank in favor of the larger organization in Pittsburgh, the money is coming back home. The commissioners voted Thursday to direct the county’s state-allocated funds to the Greater Washington County Food ...

Cultivating a love of plants

At the Flenniken Library in Carmichaels, Executive Director Nicole Mitchell will hear parents at the library’s Toddler Time activities say they need to stop at the store for tomatoes. The response she gets to say: "No, you don't. Just walk outside and grab them.” The library has a ...

SCI Greene hosting job fair

SCI Greene is hiring corrections officer trainees and filling additional positions across multiple fields. A job fair will be held from noon to 6 p.m. June 23 at Greene County Career Link, 200 Greene Plaza, Waynesburg. The minimum age to apply for a corrections officer trainee position is 18. ...

Cherishing the role of caretaker

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a monthlong series of profiles of the people who live and work in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, in celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. When Robert Lowry’s Chihuahua died from a seizure after 16 years, he swore he’d never get another dog. ...

A fugitive wanted for the sexual assault of a child is being extradited to Fayette County, more than a decade after he was originally charged. Jesse Merle Keffer, 55, was taken into custody by the Pennsylvania State Police’s Fugitive Task Force and U.S. Marshals Thursday morning, Fayette ...