Committee rejects four more opioid grants from Washington Co.
The Washington County coroner’s office is seeking information on two people who died recently at UPMC Washington Hospital. Kimberly Coppola, who was born June 26, 1969, died on March 23. Her permanent home address was in McDonald, although she originally is from Texas and has family there. Mark Peiffer, who was born April 10, 1961, died March 31. His permanent address was in Waynesburg. Information should be given to the coroner’s office by calling 724-228-6785.
After several months of work, South Strabane Township is one step closer to enacting an ordinance regulating data centers. Residents packed the South Strabane Fire Department station on Oak Spring Road for a public hearing on the ordinance that lasted about three hours. Township officials ...
Volunteers from the Washington Rotary Club will assist with recycling of empty bottles and jars this Saturday, April 4, from 9 a.m. until noon at the Log Cabin Drive entrance to the Washington Park recycling center. Only glass bottles and jars are accepted, but color does not matter and lids and labels are acceptable. No other types of glass, including mirrors, light bulbs, window glass or ceramics, are permitted. Rotary members assist with glass recycling on the first Saturday of each month through November, but glass may be recycled any Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. by entering the recycling area at the Wheeling Street entrance. Plastic caps and lids are no longer ...
Homeowners can take advantage of several ways to lower their monthly water and heating bills with a little know-how. Henry Klinar, general manager of McKean Plumbing & Heating in Washington, one of the most common sources of inflated water usage can be solved with a “relatively easy ...
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series about the history of PONY Baseball and Softball Inc., leading up to the Pony League World Series in August. When the founders of Pony League Baseball squeezed into the offices at the Observer-Reporter in January of 1951, not in their wildest ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — The Konnor Griffin Era will begin on Friday in Pittsburgh. A person familiar with the decision has told The Associated Press that the Pirates are calling up the 19-year-old shortstop, the consensus choice as the top prospect in baseball, ...
Blake Merckle had two hits and scored two runs, Ryan Huey struck out eight over five strong innings and Fort Cherry remained undefeated with a 6-3 win over McGuffey in a nonsection game at EQT Park on Thursday night. Fort Cherry (6-0) scored the game's first four runs and that was enough for ...
Periodically, a news story comes across my iPad that I just can’t stop thinking about. This story started like this: “On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar.” That opening line drew me in almost as fast as “A Florida man ..." “The caller was the bartender,” and ...
War is hell. That’s an idea that’s been hammered home in classic novels like “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “Slaughterhouse-Five,” and in movies like “Paths of Glory” and “Saving Private Ryan.” But the notion that war is not a romp packed with valor and glory but a ...
