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McGuffey hires Dalton
McGuffey School District hired Trinity teacher and football coach Ed Dalton as its athletic director and head football coach. Dalton replaces Derek Bochna, who served as McGuffey's head coach since 2002. Bochna, an emotional support teacher at McGuffey High School, was told in December that the head coaching position had been opened, and he re-applied.
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Washington man alive in hunt for 'Idol' crown
Right now, Adam Brock has the unusual distinction of being both the guy down the street and a semi-celebrity who has to be careful what he reveals.
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Solobay vote sparks protest
CANONSBURG - Sharp chants decrying state Sen. Tim Solobay's yes vote on gas impact fee legislation accompanied Perry Como's smooth croon outside the Canonsburg Borough building Thursday.
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DeWeese re-election eligibility challenged
A former Republican candidate for Greene County commissioner and now a registered Democrat, filed a petition Monday in Commonwealth Court, challenging the nominating petitions of state Rep. Bill DeWeese, convicted last week on corruption charges.
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Robinson to contest new law
McDONALD - The same day Gov. Tom Corbett added his signature to the state's new natural gas impact fee bill, one local municipality took steps to challenge the new statute.
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McGuffey School District hired Trinity teacher and football coach Ed Dalton as its athletic director and head football coach. Dalton replaces Derek Bochna, who served as McGuffey's head coach since 2002. Bochna, an emotional support teacher at McGuffey High School, was told in December that the head coaching position had been opened, and he re-applied.
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Washington man alive in hunt for 'Idol' crown
Right now, Adam Brock has the unusual distinction of being both the guy down the street and a semi-celebrity who has to be careful what he reveals.
Full story >>
Solobay vote sparks protest
CANONSBURG - Sharp chants decrying state Sen. Tim Solobay's yes vote on gas impact fee legislation accompanied Perry Como's smooth croon outside the Canonsburg Borough building Thursday.
Full story >>
DeWeese re-election eligibility challenged
A former Republican candidate for Greene County commissioner and now a registered Democrat, filed a petition Monday in Commonwealth Court, challenging the nominating petitions of state Rep. Bill DeWeese, convicted last week on corruption charges.
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Robinson to contest new law
McDONALD - The same day Gov. Tom Corbett added his signature to the state's new natural gas impact fee bill, one local municipality took steps to challenge the new statute.
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Nemacolin man held in Mexican teen's death
A Nemacolin man is in federal custody facing extradition for the rape and strangulation death of a 16-year-old boy more than eight years ago in a Mexican hotel.
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County cashing in on casino
The Meadows Racetrack & Casino spent more than $51 million on goods and services in Pennsylvania during 2011, with $18 million, or 42 percent of that amount, spent in Washington County.
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DEA agents raid PT doctor's office
McMURRAY - Federal agents executed a search warrant Tuesday at the office of Dr. Oliver W. Herndon and served the physician with an immediate suspension order of his registration number needed to prescribe controlled substances.
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Area man accused of beating girl, 3
A Belle Vernon man is in the Washington County jail after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter he had been baby-sitting Monday at a home in North Charleroi.
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DeWeese conviction complicates primary
The conviction of state Rep. Bill DeWeese on corruption charges last week in Harrisburg raises questions about the April primary, in which he has emphatically said he will run for re-election.
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A Nemacolin man is in federal custody facing extradition for the rape and strangulation death of a 16-year-old boy more than eight years ago in a Mexican hotel.
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County cashing in on casino
The Meadows Racetrack & Casino spent more than $51 million on goods and services in Pennsylvania during 2011, with $18 million, or 42 percent of that amount, spent in Washington County.
Full story >>
DEA agents raid PT doctor's office
McMURRAY - Federal agents executed a search warrant Tuesday at the office of Dr. Oliver W. Herndon and served the physician with an immediate suspension order of his registration number needed to prescribe controlled substances.
Full story >>
Area man accused of beating girl, 3
A Belle Vernon man is in the Washington County jail after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter he had been baby-sitting Monday at a home in North Charleroi.
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DeWeese conviction complicates primary
The conviction of state Rep. Bill DeWeese on corruption charges last week in Harrisburg raises questions about the April primary, in which he has emphatically said he will run for re-election.
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Environmentalists protest outside of Canonsburg Borough Building Thursday afternoon. They are protesting State Sen. Tim Solobay's vote in favor of the gas drilling impact fee bill. A PennEnvironment spokeswoman calls HB 1950 a "sweetheart deal with the oil & gas industry." (Andy McNeil/O-R)
