Superior Court upholds dismissal for co-defendant in Donora homicide
The South Strabane Township Police Department will hold its sixth annual charity softball game this weekend, with proceeds dedicated to supporting a Washington County family during a health crisis. The event will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at the South Strabane Community Park at 750 Floral Hill Drive, with food truck concessions and live music provided by DJ Suge Shane, according to a release from the department. Children will be able to participate in a tug-of-war contest between the fourth and fifth innings. Proceeds from the game will help the Toth family and their son Michael’s ongoing battle with leukemia. An online fundraiser from the family has generated over $4,000 of a ...
Throughout Jessica Welsh’s slide show, Zachary Bryte didn’t react. Not at the image of his son, Kai, as a healthy newborn. Not at the photos taken at the hospital 31 days later, documenting the litany of severe breaks, bruises and other abuse at Bryte’s hands that had left him on the brink of death. And not at the long list of after effects that Welsh, a Greene County Children and Youth Services case manager who subsequently adopted Kai, said will severely limit what he will do in a shortened life. “He’s never going to get married, and go to school, go to prom,” she told Bryte at sentencing. “His life was stolen because you took it from him, and he didn’t deserve ...
The Washington County Coroner's Office is seeking information on Robert Martuicc, who was born Dec. 4, 1954, and died Aug. 13 at Premier Health Center of Washington. He previously lived in Charleroi. Information should be directed to the coroner's office at 724-228-6785.
The South Strabane Board of Supervisors tabled the second scheduled vote in as many months on the long-awaited fossil fuel power generation ordinance following the detection of a number of inconsistencies in the draft text. This ordinance is the final remaining piece of a set of three related ordinances advanced by local officials since late 2025 to regulate data center development in the township. The centerpiece data center ordinance and an updated noise ordinance were adopted unanimously in June, with the fossil fuel ordinance set for a vote in July. At the time, township Solicitor Dennis Makel recommended tabling the vote following a number of residents’ comments and ...
The trend of “agritourism” that is giving farmers a much-needed boost of income is also coming with unintended consequences as the growing industry meant for rural excursions is sometimes getting lumped in with other amusement attractions. “It’s becoming very cumbersome,” said Lisa ...
A Washington County driver traveling west on Steubenville Pike in Hanover Township died in a crash Tuesday. According to the Washington County coroner's office, Corey Wood, 21, of Houston, lost control and crashed into a wooded area west of the intersection of Steubenville Pike at Beverly ...
SAUGET, Ill. – Miles Simington hit a tiebreaking RBI single that scored Caleb Ketchup from third base in the top of the ninth inning as the Wild Things defeated Gateway 5-4 Thursday night and clinched a Frontier League playoff berth. The game went to the ninth tied at 4-4. Ketchup led off ...
Waynesburg University has looked into its past to find a coach to lead its women’s softball program into the future. Brett Shimek, who coached the Yellow Jackets to two Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships and a pair of NCAA Division III tournament appearances, was hired as ...
Mike Evans is a Peters Township grad and though he now bleeds blue and yellow as Canon-McMillan’s football coach, he still frequents the area he grew up in. “I still shop at their Giant Eagle,” Evans said. “I still go to their Bruster’s Ice Cream place and when I run and walk with my ...
For months, President Trump and his administration have been fixated on one issue. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with ending the war in Iran or with the affordability of groceries and gasoline. The president’s primary goal this spring and summer has been the passage of the Safeguard ...
Lexus Novotny, a senior at Geibel Catholic High School, was crowned the Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Queen at this year's pageant, held Sunday at Carmichaels Area High School in the opening weekend of the King Coal Show. She was also awarded Top Evening Gown and Top Interview in the annual ...
