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LSA grants include $1.95M for Washington County’s emergency radio upgrades

The Washington County commissioners approved 54 projects to receive a portion of this year’s Local Share Account money, including nearly $2 million that will be going directly to the county as it works to upgrade its emergency radio network. The commissioners during their Thursday meeting ...

Porter’s office closed as search for new office continues

Operations have been suspended for the rest of the week for District Judge Eric G. Porter after his Charleroi office was condemned Wednesday. A water line break collapsed ceilings and flooded the building at 416 Fallowfield Ave., rendering the structure uninhabitable. A search is underway for ...

CHILLY DOGS

The silhouettes of two faux dogs surrounded by snow stand guard at one of the baseball fields at Charleroi Community Park, apparently placed there to keep deer from entering the property.

Charleroi magistrate office condemned after water leak

The Charleroi office of District Judge Eric G. Porter was condemned Wednesday, forcing the magistrate and his staff to find a new location. Borough Manager Joe Manning said a water leak in the building at 416 Fallowfield Ave. made the space uninhabitable. “The pipes may have frozen ...

Army Corps keeps river traffic moving despite frigid temps, icy conditions

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 ...

Speers man charged with ethnic intimidation following viral video

A man from Speers Borough who recorded himself saying racial slurs to a Black woman in a Rostraver Township Walmart now faces criminal charges. State police announced in a press release Wednesday that 36-year-old Michael Todora faces misdemeanor charges of ethnic intimidation and harassment, ...