Whether it’s 100 degrees outside in summertime or 11 below zero like it was last weekend, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ crews are out manning the nearly two dozen locks and dam facilities in its Pittsburgh district keeping waterway traffic moving along the three rivers. Even as the ...

A 12-year-old boy died Saturday while swimming with friends in the Monongahela River. Divers found Rontae Lester, of Donora, on the riverbed at about 3:30 p.m., according to a report from Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco. According to Warco, one of Lester’s friends called 911 at ...

A water skier died Saturday after hitting a docked boat near West Brownsville. Washington County Coroner Tim Warco said the accident occurred around 10:15 a.m. on the Monongahela River. Jarred Feschuk, 39, was transported to Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital and pronounced dead around 11:15 ...