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As temperatures soar into the 90s this week, pet owners should refrain from allowing dogs to be outdoors for an extended period of time. Gretchen Grasser, the humane officer for the Washington Area Humane Society, warned that she will be issuing citations to those who violate ...
Editor’s note: This is the first in an occasional series about the origin of unusual names of places in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties. Growing up in Avella, Joey Gonzalez heard plenty of stories about Shades of Death Road. It’s a place where people were murdered and hanged. ...
Firefighters from numerous departments were dispatched Saturday night for a fire that damaged a house in Independence Township near the village of Avella. The fire started at 1633 Avella Road shortly after 6:30 p.m., and firefighters were able to quickly get the blaze under control. No ...
Though they entered a series-opening game Tuesday night against Lake Erie in first place in the Frontier League’s Central Division, the door to the Wild Things’ clubhouse has been revolving at full speed and the paperwork has been flying in recent weeks. The changes to Washington’s ...
By Steve Megargee AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE — There's going to be plenty of hard throwing Wednesday in the first pitching matchup between Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes and Milwaukee's Jacob Misiorowski. Just don't expect too much hard contact. Skenes, the 2024 NL rookie of the year, didn't ...
The New York Rangers sent the 12th pick in the upcoming NHL entry draft to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, completing a trade that happened in January. It gives the Penguins the 11th and 12th picks in the draft, which begins Friday. The pick was involved in a three-team trade between ...
It is a somber sight to see towering smokestacks fall. They serve as monuments to a past era, symbols of industry and progress – until they are no longer needed. Last month, the demolition of the Homer City Generating Plant in Indiana County marked the end of a once mighty, coal-fired power ...
DORMONT–It would take most of us a year, maybe, to get through one of those jumbo boxes of 200 tall kitchen trash bags you can buy at a big box store. It would take Marty Smyczek 400 years. Smyczek has been so diligent about leading a life that produces minimal waste that it took him two ...
