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The Blue heron that skimmed the waters of Canonsburg lake last summer appear to be back or at least making an appearance on Monday in Peters Township. (Photo by Jim McNutt / Observer-Reporter)
Bentworth High School’s Jessica Dorazio is sandwiched between Avonworth defenders Mackenzie Mayernik (32), Ericka Thomas (40) and Lauren Mayernik while attempting a shot Tuesday night during a WPIAL Class AA girls first-round playoff basketball game at Canon-McMillan. Dorazio had a team-high 14 points, but Avonworth was a 50-36 winner. Read more about Tuesday's game.(Katie Roupe/O-R)
In December, Lindsey Dolanch of Peters Township raised $865 to donate to the Ronald McDonald House of Pittsburgh. Read more about how this local teen embraces charitable causes.
Brian McClain, 15, of Washington, stands in the goal during a pickup game of roller hockey with his friends at Seventh Ward playground on Second Street and Shirls Avenue in Washington Monday. Students in the area had the day off for Presidents Day. (Jim McNutt/O-R)
Rob Zeli of Karl Storz Endoscopy in Los Angeles, left, and Thad Osowski, director of anesthesiology at Mon Valley Hospital demonstrate technology in one of its new, high-tech operating rooms in Carroll Township. Read the story. (Scott Beveridge/O-R)
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.
Trinity East Elementary fifth-graders Hunter Krugh, front, and Faith Gandy test water in a 55-gallon aquarium being used to raise about 250 brook trout fingerlings for the Trout in the Classroom program. Read Andy McNeil's story. (Andy McNeil/O-R)
Kelly E. Parker, left, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Washington, plays West African drums alongside Beatrice Y. Mitchell at LeMoyne Multicultural Community Center in East Washington Monday as part of NAACP’s first festival for Black History Month. (Jim McNutt/O-R)
Gail Glaneman addresses Nottingham Township supervisors tonight about concerns among local residents who are threatening to mount a drive to secede from Ringgold School District because it plans to close a middle school in Finleyville and bus Nottingham children to aging schools in Donora and Monongahela. (Scott Beveridge/O-R))
Five people were injured in this head-on crash on Route 88 in Union Township, Finleyville fire official said. (Photo by Scott Beveridge / Observer-Reporter) Check back later for more details.
Howard McCrory of Monesson dropped his wife off at work in Peters Township recently and headed straight to Canonsburg Lake to do some fishing. The ice covered lake had a few spots that hadn't frozen yet and Howard found one under the bridge. A day earlier the Fish and Game commission stocked the lake with trout. (Photo by Jim McNutt / Observer-Reporter)
From left, Republican candidates for U.S. Senate Tom Smith, Marc Scaringi and Sam Rohrer addressed fellow party members at the annual Washington County Republican Dinner Saturday at Julian’s Banquet Hall in Washington. (Photo by Andy McNeil) Read full story >>
Washington NAACP branch was beacon in civil rights era. Phyllis Waller of Washington with a sign from a 1964 protest march that was saved by her father, Louis E. Waller. (Photo by Scott Beveridge / Observer-Reporter) Read full story >>
Joshua Spencer, 3, of Houston, shares his last cupcake with his sister, Jayda Spencer, 5, at the 18th annual Sweet Sunday at Hilton Garden Inn-Southpointe. The event benefits the City Mission in Washington. Read more about Sunday's event. (Andy McNeil/O-R)
Jennifer Salvitti Davis and her father, Ronald Salvitti, work together at Salvitti's Eye Surgery Center on Beau Street in Washington. Read Karen Mansfield's story. (Katie Roupe/O-R)
Like father, like daughter: lawyers Laura Phillips and her father, Dennis, at their law firm on East Beau Street in Washington. Read Karen Mansfield's story. (Jim McNutt/O-R)
An on-duty West Virginia sheriff's deputy died early Saturday after a crash on Interstate 79 in Greene County with a driver being pursued by police for driving under the influence of alcohol. Jerod Alan Green, 35, of Morgantown faces charges including homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol. State police are continuing their investigation. (Photo by Bob Niedbala / Observer-Reporter) Read story >>
Sgt. Michael Todd May, 41, a 10-year Monongalia County deputy, died at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., after his vehicle was struck by a truck driven by Jerod Alan Green, 35, of Morgantown., state police said. (Photo by Bob Niedbala / Observer-Reporter) Read story >>
Two women keep in step as they move quickly along the crosswalk on West Pike Street in Canonsburg. (Jim McNutt/O-R)
A woman's reflection is dislayed on a store window as she walks in the rain along West Pike Street in Canonsbutg. (Jim McNutt/O-R)
