PennDOT touts highway improvements on Interstate 70
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 ...
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 ...
An upcoming symposium hosted by Washington’s Bradford House Historical Association (BHHA) will honor a longtime board member and educator. “Symposium on 18th Century Living and Customs,” which will be in the Old Main Chapel at Washington & Jefferson College Friday, April 17, will have educational programming and tip the hat to Kathryn Teagarden. A member of the historical association’s board of directors from 2015 until shortly before her death in February 2023 at age 74, Teagarden taught in the Avella and Bethlehem-Center school districts and was the inaugural chair of the BHHA’s education committee. “The ‘Symposium on 18th Century Living and Customs’ is a fitting ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was updated April 1 to reflect the dates of the closure, and that the county, not the city, approved the demolition. A portion of Beau Street in Washington will close from April 6 until June 30. Public access to Beau Street between Franklin and Main streets in ...
CINCINNATI — Oneil Cruz had a three-run homer, his third in two games, Paul Skenes allowed one run in five innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 on Wednesday to take the three-game series. Bryan Reynolds had a two-run shot, and Nick Gonzales added a two-run ...
Name: Gina Tedrow Grade: Senior School: Waynesburg Sport: Softball Tedrow’s week: What’s better than one no-hitter in a week? How about pitching two of them? That’s what Tedrow accomplished during Waynesburg’s trip to the Ripken Experience in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee last ...
Spring training begins in less than a month for the Wild Things and their preseason roster continues to take shape. Washington announced the signing of another pitcher Wednesday, this one with Frontier League experience but with a different team. The Wild Things have signed righthander Aaron ...
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 ...
During her first year of college, Elisabeth Bradley was inspired to try weightlifting after she followed a woman tracking her fitness transformation on social media, one barbell at a time. Then, Bradley found herself to be the only woman in the weight room at San Diego State University. "I ...
