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Community dinner A free community dinner will be held at the social hall of California United Methodist Church, 227 Third St., California, on Wednesday, May 6. The main course features items from JD Subs. Attendees are invited to bring a variety of side dishes or desserts to share. Dinner will be between 6 and 7 p.m. and anyone is welcome to attend. Garden club meeting Giant Oaks Garden Club will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, May 7, at St. David’s, 905 McMurray Road, Venetia. Lunch and the meeting are at 11:15 a.m. At 1 p.m., Jeffrey Kim, a watershed specialist from Washington County Watershed Alliance, will speak. WCWA is a nonprofit organization that enhances and ...
A Fayette County man was killed in a single-vehicle accident when his pickup truck crashed Sunday morning in North Union Township. Joseph Franks, 52, of Lemont Furnace, was the only person inside the vehicle at the time of the crash on Mt. Braddock Road, according to a release from Fayette County Coroner Dr. Bob Baker. There were no other injuries in the crash, which occurred shortly after 3 a.m. near the road’s intersection with Route 119, Fayette County 911 dispatch said. Franks was transported to WVU Uniontown Hospital, where the Fayette County Coroner’s Office was called, Baker said in the release. The West Leisenring, North Union Township and Dunbar Township fire ...
The Greene County Historical Society has launched a fundraising campaign for plumbing repairs at its museum after a sewer system failure forced the delay of its seasonal opening. Members of the historical society discovered the backup of raw sewage in the basement early this week, days ...
Monday is the final day to register to vote for the May 19 primary election, and there are several contested races in southwestern Pennsylvania. People have until the end of the business day to register to vote at their county’s elections office, or they can register online directly through ...
LeMoyne Community Center Executive Director Teresa Burroughs was presented with the 66th annual Washington County NAACP Human Rights Award during a star-studded banquet event this weekend. Over 200 local leaders filled the DoubleTree Meadowlands ballroom to celebrate Burroughs on Friday night ...
FORT WORTH, Texas – Chase Elliott stayed ahead of Denny Hamlin for the closing four laps after a final restart to win at Texas on Sunday, his second victory of the season and the 23rd of his career. Elliott led five times for a race-high 87 laps and joined five-time winner Tyler Reddick as ...
South Fayette boys volleyball coach Scott Sundgren likened a sports season to a funnel. It starts at the top with everyone and as the year moves along slowly some are filtered out until it gets to the narrow end with the elite. Sundgren’s Lions are proving that they belong in the ...
Though the Washington & Jefferson baseball team is not the top seed in this year’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference Tournament, they will still be the hosts. The Presidents are the second seed and will play No. 5 Grove City in the first round at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ross Memorial ...
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 ...
I love the idea of transforming garbage into free mulch and fertilizer. Composting is a win-win: I save money and keep my eggshells, coffee grounds and weeds out of a landfill. Compost is the single best additive available for improving any soil type. Is your soil too sandy? Add compost. Too ...
