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North Strabane Township took a step toward constructing a multi-use public recreation facility on Lindley Road during a Tuesday night meeting. The board of supervisors unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pittsburgh-based advisory company Thrive Sports Group to complete a preliminary analysis of the property to determine whether the site is suitable. The analysis will come at no cost to the township, and will include environmental, geotechnical and traffic studies. Thrive is led by veteran event and sports management executive Troy Schooley, who helped advise the Pittsburgh Marathon and the 2026 NFL Draft with his previous company P3R. According to ...
A woman is accused of keeping numerous dogs in deplorable conditions at her Hanover Township kennel, including one dog that froze to death over the winter and had its remains left to rot on the property. Animal welfare officers received a tip on May 28 that 10 to 15 animals were living in poor conditions on the property at 95 Five Points Road in a secluded area of northern Washington County that “smelled like death,” according to court documents. An officer with the Washington Area Humane Society and a state dog warden went to the property June 1 and met 42-year-old Kayla Marie Rigole, who told them she operated the kennel, court documents state. While three dogs living in the ...
A Maryland bus driver faces charges in Fayette County after students said she racked up charges on their credit cards while they were exploring Ohiopyle State Park. Monique Logan, 41, of Temple Hills, is charged with three counts each of identity theft, access device fraud and theft by unlawful taking. Students at Landon School, a private school in Bethesda, Md., had been told to leave their belongings on the bus for safekeeping while they went on the May 19 rafting trip, according to the criminal complaint. While they were on the river, one of their parents received a bank alert that her son’s card was charged $200 by a company named Let’s Ride DC Tours, the complaint said. ...
More than 50 residents expressed their support for a proposed ordinance regulating data center development in Amwell Township during a Monday night hearing at the Lone Pine Social Hall. The township’s board of supervisors called the hearing after tabling a motion to adopt the ordinance in May, citing a need for further revision and public comment. The ordinance has subsequently been rewritten and expanded, with some portions taking inspiration from the recently adopted ordinance in South Strabane Township, according to board Chairman H. Wayne Montgomery. Montgomery emphasized that the board has not received any applications for data center projects, saying that the ordinance ...
The Democrat running against state Sen. Camera Bartolotta in the 46th Senate District has withdrawn from the race, paving the way for an independent candidate to take his place on the ballot as the lone challenger to the three-term incumbent. According to online election records filed with the ...
South Strabane Supervisors approved an amendment to the previously approved final land development plan for the incoming Costco store at the former Washington Mall site during a Tuesday meeting. The changes include a 9-foot expansion of the main building’s footprint, and a repositioning of ...
The Peters Township School District Board of Directors unanimously adopted an $89.7 million budget for the 2026-27 school year Monday. The millage rate for property owners in the school district will go up by .32 mills, from 16.28 to 16.60 mills, meaning that the owner of a home in the school ...
Waynesburg University has a new women’s wrestling coach. Leilah Castro has been hired to take over the Yellowjackets’ program, which will enter its third season this winter. The announcement was made on Wednesday. Castro spent the last two years as an assistant at Otterbein. “We are ...
Because of two rainouts earlier in the season that have been rescheduled for this week, the Wild Things are playing eight games in this current six-day homestand. Add in the Wild Things lost starting pitcher Hector Garcia to the Toronto Blue Jays organization last week and the homestand ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Braxton Ashcraft pitched six strong innings, batterymate Endy Roriguez drove in three runs and Ryan O'Hearn had three hits to help the Pittsburgh Pirates rout the Seattle Mariners 11-1 on Wednesday night. Ashcraft (7-3) had 10 strikeouts without a walk while allowing one ...
Let's not foot this bill Pennsylvania taxpayers already provide Gov. Josh Shapiro with one of the most beautiful official residences in the nation. The Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg recently underwent more than $30 million in renovations and security improvements, and it is protected ...
The busy summer season can take you almost anywhere - baseball fields, backyard cookouts, long workdays or road trips across the country. Regardless of where you are, summer is a reminder that emergencies like cardiac arrest can happen anywhere. More than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac ...
