‘The perfect storm’
Livestock and farm equipment were lost when a barn fire caught fire in Greene County Friday morning. According to Greene County Emergency Management Agency Director Rich Policz, crews were called at about 8:14 a.m. to 121 Muddy Hollow Road in Jackson Township. According to Policz, the barn was a total loss. It was not clear what animals were inside the barn and how many were killed. Center Township Fire Department responded to the fire. They were assisted by fire departments from Freeport, Richhill and Wayne townships. Firefighters were on the scene until about 10:30 a.m. Additional details were not immediately available.
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.
A proposed pathway of high-voltage electric lines would run through Greene, Fayette, and eight other counties in the state. The project would create a succession of 765-kilovolt lines running 220 miles from the Kammer substation in Marshall County, W.Va., to the Juniata substation in Perry ...
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 ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Anthony Cirelli registered his second career hat trick, Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three points, and the Tampa Bay Lightning moved into first place in the Atlantic Division after a 6-3 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. Zemgus Girgensons scored ...
The Wild Things signed another player who has experience in the Frontier League and said goodbye to their second baseman for the past two years as they prepare their roster for the 2026 season. Washington announced Thursday that it has signed utilityman Graham Brown, who spent last season in ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Honor Huff scored eight of his 21 points in overtime and West Virginia beat Stanford 82-77 on Thursday night in the College Basketball Crown quarterfinals. Huff shot 5 for 14 from the field and 11 of 13 from the free-throw line for the Mountaineers (19-14). Treysen ...
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 ...
