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The Washington School District Board of Education adopted the preliminary 2026-27 budget earlier this week pending public review and final adoption in June. The budget projects $35,707,124 in total revenue to cover $36,851,554 in expenses, leaving a $1,144,430 deficit, which will be filled with reserve funds. The new budget will also decrease the property tax rate on district homeowners due to a unique situation relating to state funding. According to Business Manager Emily DiNardo, the district is in a “challenging” position regarding its tax revenue due to an uncommon situation resulting from the homestead or farmstead exclusion under Pennsylvania tax code. The exclusion ...
A Dilliner man was arrested on charges of possessing multiple images of child pornography. Police began investigating Johnie Carter, 42, after a Cybertipline report from Google to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alleged he had saved seven images involving children, according to the criminal complaint. Charging documents stated at least one photo included a child estimated to be as young as 5. Subscriber information linked to the account led police to an address in Dilliner where Carter resided, police said. Under questioning from police, Carter admitted to having multiple images of child pornography on his tablet, court documents said. Carter was charged ...
The deadline for the commonwealth’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate (PTRR) program has been extended to Dec. 31. The deadline extension gives eligible Pennsylvanians additional time to apply for rebates on property taxes or rent paid in 2025. So far, the Department of Revenue has received 400,000 rebate applications this year. Last year, more than 500,000 seniors and people with disabilities received rebates totaling more than $315 million. The program benefits residents who are aged 65 or older, widowers and widowers aged 50 and older and people with disabilities aged 18 and older. Eligible applicants must reapply for a rebate every year because eligibility is based on annual income and ...
CECIL – What will data centers that fuel artificial intelligence be like five years from now? “I have no idea,” said Brian Gallagher, of the national law firm Steptoe and Johnson. “You see how this has evolved in the last couple of years. Five years is a lifetime. Where does the ...
In June, Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) will host three household chemical collection events in western Pennsylvania to enable area residents to conveniently dispose of materials such as cleaners, paints, batteries, automotive fluids, e-cigarettes/vapes and pesticides. Events will be held Saturday, June 13, at the Fayette County Recycling Convenience Center, Uniontown, and Saturday, June 27, at EQT Park, Washington. A $20 fee will cover the cost of disposing every 10 gallons/50 pounds of aerosol cans, automotive fluids, chemistry sets, gasoline and kerosene, household cleaners, mercury thermometers, paint products, pesticides/garden chemicals, photo chemicals and pool ...
It makes no sense to draw conclusions about a professional baseball team after about a week’s worth of games, especially with another 94 remaining over the course of the next four months. If, however, one was to make a quick assessment of the current edition of the Wild Things, you’d ...
As the public schools versus private schools battle rages in Pennsylvania, the best question for school districts might be, are you really a boundary school as opposed to a non-boundary school? The answer could determine what postseason a school will play in if the PIAA approves separate ...
PITTSBURGH — Before Paul Skenes. Before Konnor Griffin. Before Bubba Chandler. Before Henry Davis, there was Endy Rodriguez. An athlete behind the plate who hit 25 homers as a 22-year-old in the minors, Rodriguez was one of the foundational pieces the Pittsburgh Pirates planned to build ...
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 ...
BELLAIRE, Ohio – In 1991 — now 35 years ago — movie makers set out to make a psychological thriller involving murder and cannibalism in what was then the city of Bellaire. Today, Bellaire is a village, and "The Silence of the Lambs" went on to win five major Oscars and become the ...
