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Ballpark bought for $3.9M
A new ownership group has purchased the stadium where the Wild Things play baseball in North Franklin Township, putting the property on the real estate tax rolls for the first time.
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DEP: No new spill
A spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection said Tuesday a spill at a gas well site in Robinson Township is likely "a continuation" of a leak first reported in December.
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J-M sees decrease in fund balance
JEFFERSON - An audit presented Tuesday to Jefferson-Morgan School Board for the year ending June 30 showed the district in compliance with all accounting standards but noted a decrease in the district's fund balance.
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Mon Valley Hospital's surgical wing gets face-lift
MONONGAHELA - Physicians at Mon Valley Hospital's new surgical wing can now watch their work live on television screens in higher-quality images than those airing in American living rooms with high-definition TVs.
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Downtown Washington post office to stay open
Local efforts to save the downtown Washington post office may have paid off. The U.S. Postal Service recently decided to discontinue a feasibility study into closing the branch office.
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PFA order against trooper modified
A protection-from-abuse order has been modified but will remain in place against a state trooper accused of being drunk when he crashed into another vehicle, killing the driver.
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Woman may face homicide charge
The wife of a California man who, along with his son, is accused of killing their elderly neighbor will be in court today after a Washington County judge ordered she face a charge of conspiracy to commit homicide.
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Central Greene School Board receives positive audit report
WAYNESBURG - Central Greene School Board received its annual audit report Tuesday from Steven Cypher of Cypher and Cypher, who told the board it had no instances of noncompliance and no significant deficiencies.
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Acquaintance of accused killer waives preliminary hearing
An acquaintance of a Claysville man accused of murdering an East Finley Township woman waived his case to court Tuesday. Brandon Joseph Howard, 21, of 19 Strabane Drive, South Strabane Township, appeared before District Judge Jay Weller without an attorney. He opted to waive his right to a preliminary hearing on charges of hindering apprehension, receiving stolen property and possession of hydrocodone filed against him last week by state police.
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Meeting roundup: Burgettstown Area & Chartiers-Houston school boards
Burgettstown Area School Board • Date: Feb. 20 • Action: The board voted 6-3 to approve an oil and gas lease agreement with Range Resources for rights to nearly 79 acres of district property on Bavington Road.
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A new ownership group has purchased the stadium where the Wild Things play baseball in North Franklin Township, putting the property on the real estate tax rolls for the first time.
Full story >>
DEP: No new spill
A spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection said Tuesday a spill at a gas well site in Robinson Township is likely "a continuation" of a leak first reported in December.
Full story >>
J-M sees decrease in fund balance
JEFFERSON - An audit presented Tuesday to Jefferson-Morgan School Board for the year ending June 30 showed the district in compliance with all accounting standards but noted a decrease in the district's fund balance.
Full story >>
Mon Valley Hospital's surgical wing gets face-lift
MONONGAHELA - Physicians at Mon Valley Hospital's new surgical wing can now watch their work live on television screens in higher-quality images than those airing in American living rooms with high-definition TVs.
Full story >>
Downtown Washington post office to stay open
Local efforts to save the downtown Washington post office may have paid off. The U.S. Postal Service recently decided to discontinue a feasibility study into closing the branch office.
Full story >>
PFA order against trooper modified
A protection-from-abuse order has been modified but will remain in place against a state trooper accused of being drunk when he crashed into another vehicle, killing the driver.
Full story >>
Woman may face homicide charge
The wife of a California man who, along with his son, is accused of killing their elderly neighbor will be in court today after a Washington County judge ordered she face a charge of conspiracy to commit homicide.
Full story >>
Central Greene School Board receives positive audit report
WAYNESBURG - Central Greene School Board received its annual audit report Tuesday from Steven Cypher of Cypher and Cypher, who told the board it had no instances of noncompliance and no significant deficiencies.
Full story >>
Acquaintance of accused killer waives preliminary hearing
An acquaintance of a Claysville man accused of murdering an East Finley Township woman waived his case to court Tuesday. Brandon Joseph Howard, 21, of 19 Strabane Drive, South Strabane Township, appeared before District Judge Jay Weller without an attorney. He opted to waive his right to a preliminary hearing on charges of hindering apprehension, receiving stolen property and possession of hydrocodone filed against him last week by state police.
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Meeting roundup: Burgettstown Area & Chartiers-Houston school boards
Burgettstown Area School Board • Date: Feb. 20 • Action: The board voted 6-3 to approve an oil and gas lease agreement with Range Resources for rights to nearly 79 acres of district property on Bavington Road.
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- Long-dead Alinsky resurrected as demon
- Make announcements separate but equal
- DEP: No new spill
- YMCA could come to North Strabane by 2015, supervisors told
- Peters School District, township settle suit with mother
- Infected inmate may have spit in guards' food
- Woman finds euthanized dog alive with new owner
- Nemesis gets best of Bearcats, again
- Universities ask Pa. House to reject more aid cuts
- Hanover Twp. police department under investigation
- Townships mull challenge to gas law
- Playing the victim
- Ballpark bought for $3.9M
- Ban on smoking attacks freedom
- Rules challenged regarding school background checks
Events
American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. today in the Guesman Room at Southwest Regional Medical Center. Every two seconds, someone in this country needs blood. Blood products are needed by cancer patients, people with blood disorders, trauma victims, surgical patients and more. Southwest Regional Medical Center alone uses approximately 600 units of blood a year. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Pamela Pulkownik at 724-627-2412, or visit the appointment scheduling section of redcrossblood.org. The online code is srmc.
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Washington Co. ordered to pay probation workers
A Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board hearing examiner ordered Washington County to retroactively pay wages to probation department employees in a case that has been in litigation since 2004.
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Business stifled by phone outage
The owners of Beechies Place in Meadow Lands expressed frustration Monday after operating a dozen days without telephone service. The restaurant and bar has been without its full telephone service since Feb. 8. There are four lines into the business, and two have been restored.
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Two Waynesburg clubs cited for liquor violations
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement cited two Waynesburg clubs for liquor law violations. Waynesburg Moose Lodge 461, 240 S. Morgan St., was cited for failing to keep records for the previous two years.
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Conditions of 3 injured in I-79 incident upgraded
The conditions of the three people injured after an early morning accident Monday on Interstate 79 have been upgraded. Two Waynesburg University nursing students, Alyssa Boyle, 22, of Salem, Ohio, and Cami Abernethy, 21, of Sewickley, and Derek Hartzog, 21, of Washington, were listed in fair condition Tuesday at Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va.
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Student injured in crash
A student being transported in a school van from Wexford to Waynesburg sustained facial injuries in a two-vehicle accident on I-79 Tuesday afternoon, according to a 911 dispatcher.
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Change of command
Army Lt. Col. Fred Tady, left, looks on as Army Capt. Kevin M. Ola, center, assumes command of Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade 28th Infantry Division during a Saturday ceremony at the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory in Washington. Ola, a Washington County resident, will lead a group of 133 soldiers who play a major role in the Pennsylvania Homeland Response Force, which reacts to disasters of 9/11 proportions in a multistate region. Ola plans to reach out to local civilian leaders in order for the company to become more of a hometown presence. He is taking over for Capt. David A. Clay Jr. of Carnegie, right, who has served as commander since July 2009.
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American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. today in the Guesman Room at Southwest Regional Medical Center. Every two seconds, someone in this country needs blood. Blood products are needed by cancer patients, people with blood disorders, trauma victims, surgical patients and more. Southwest Regional Medical Center alone uses approximately 600 units of blood a year. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Pamela Pulkownik at 724-627-2412, or visit the appointment scheduling section of redcrossblood.org. The online code is srmc.
Full story >>
Washington Co. ordered to pay probation workers
A Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board hearing examiner ordered Washington County to retroactively pay wages to probation department employees in a case that has been in litigation since 2004.
Full story >>
Business stifled by phone outage
The owners of Beechies Place in Meadow Lands expressed frustration Monday after operating a dozen days without telephone service. The restaurant and bar has been without its full telephone service since Feb. 8. There are four lines into the business, and two have been restored.
Full story >>
Two Waynesburg clubs cited for liquor violations
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement cited two Waynesburg clubs for liquor law violations. Waynesburg Moose Lodge 461, 240 S. Morgan St., was cited for failing to keep records for the previous two years.
Full story >>
Conditions of 3 injured in I-79 incident upgraded
The conditions of the three people injured after an early morning accident Monday on Interstate 79 have been upgraded. Two Waynesburg University nursing students, Alyssa Boyle, 22, of Salem, Ohio, and Cami Abernethy, 21, of Sewickley, and Derek Hartzog, 21, of Washington, were listed in fair condition Tuesday at Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va.
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Student injured in crash
A student being transported in a school van from Wexford to Waynesburg sustained facial injuries in a two-vehicle accident on I-79 Tuesday afternoon, according to a 911 dispatcher.
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Change of command
Army Lt. Col. Fred Tady, left, looks on as Army Capt. Kevin M. Ola, center, assumes command of Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade 28th Infantry Division during a Saturday ceremony at the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory in Washington. Ola, a Washington County resident, will lead a group of 133 soldiers who play a major role in the Pennsylvania Homeland Response Force, which reacts to disasters of 9/11 proportions in a multistate region. Ola plans to reach out to local civilian leaders in order for the company to become more of a hometown presence. He is taking over for Capt. David A. Clay Jr. of Carnegie, right, who has served as commander since July 2009.
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Three injured in leap from I-79 overpass
Two Waynesburg University senior nursing students were on their way to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., early Monday for advanced training when they came across an accident shortly after 6 a.m. on Interstate 79 in Perry Township.
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Nottingham supervisors: We have no authority
EIGHTY FOUR - Nottingham Township supervisors will send Ringgold School Board a letter expressing displeasure while some local residents threaten to mount a drive to secede from the district over a school closing and other issues.
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Cal U. police consider charges against teen
California University of Pennsylvania police are considering filing charges against a Woodland Hills High School basketball player who punched a player from Peters Township at a WPIAL playoff game at the campus Saturday.
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Marcellus and medicine
A public health office to address possible exposure related to the natural gas drilling industry is opening in McMurray. Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project has announced the opening of the office in Suite 5, 4198 Washington Road.
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Jeannette man sought for questioning
Southwest Regional police want to talk with a Jeannette man about drugs and a stolen weapon found following a pursuit Sunday night that started in Belle Vernon, Westmoreland County, and ended in North Belle Vernon.
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Sheriff says fallen sergeant well-liked
Sgt. Michael Todd May was well-liked and well-respected by fellow deputies in the Monongalia County, W.Va., Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Al Kisner said Monday.
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'Schools' of learning
While many kids dream of growing up to become a doctor, firefighter or police officer, the fifth-graders at Trinity East Elementary may soon be adding environmental scientist, fisherman or game commissioner to that list.
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Two Waynesburg University senior nursing students were on their way to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., early Monday for advanced training when they came across an accident shortly after 6 a.m. on Interstate 79 in Perry Township.
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Nottingham supervisors: We have no authority
EIGHTY FOUR - Nottingham Township supervisors will send Ringgold School Board a letter expressing displeasure while some local residents threaten to mount a drive to secede from the district over a school closing and other issues.
Full story >>
Cal U. police consider charges against teen
California University of Pennsylvania police are considering filing charges against a Woodland Hills High School basketball player who punched a player from Peters Township at a WPIAL playoff game at the campus Saturday.
Full story >>
Marcellus and medicine
A public health office to address possible exposure related to the natural gas drilling industry is opening in McMurray. Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project has announced the opening of the office in Suite 5, 4198 Washington Road.
Full story >>
Jeannette man sought for questioning
Southwest Regional police want to talk with a Jeannette man about drugs and a stolen weapon found following a pursuit Sunday night that started in Belle Vernon, Westmoreland County, and ended in North Belle Vernon.
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Sheriff says fallen sergeant well-liked
Sgt. Michael Todd May was well-liked and well-respected by fellow deputies in the Monongalia County, W.Va., Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Al Kisner said Monday.
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'Schools' of learning
While many kids dream of growing up to become a doctor, firefighter or police officer, the fifth-graders at Trinity East Elementary may soon be adding environmental scientist, fisherman or game commissioner to that list.
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