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This year’s Running of the Wools will be a celebration of life for one of the original organizers who shepherded his flock through the streets of Washington, along with the farm that lost all of its sheep in a terrible barn fire, but is now making a triumphant return to the races. The ...

The Washington County commissioners are delaying a decision on whether to build a miniature golf course at Mingo Creek County Park after being inundated with messages from people who do not want it to take away from the natural beauty of the park in Nottingham Township. Before public comment ...

Pain at the pump

Pain at the pump is continuing across Pennsylvania and the country. The average price for a gallon of gas in Pennsylvania jumped to $4.69 on Thursday, according to AAA, up from $4.18 this time last month. That represents an increase of about $1.57 per gallon since the start of the war in ...

Asserting that the United States is locked in a competition with China “and where we’re lagging is energy,” U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick came to the northern part of Washington County Wednesday afternoon to talk about a bill he has introduced that he says will fuel growth in the energy ...

The October death of a Uniontown woman who was found dead at home in what the Fayette County coroner’s office called unsanitary conditions has been deemed a homicide by the coroner. Elizabeth Fike, 44, had been bed-ridden for three months at her home on North Gallatin Avenue in Uniontown ...

VW victory

A newly tie-dyed Volkwagen Beetle now has a permanent parking place. The borough’s zoning board voted 4-0 Monday night to grant an exemption to allow Farley’s Hotel Cafe owner Farley Toothman to mount the painted shell of a Beetle on the garage wall opposite his cafe on Morgan Street. ...