Judge asks DA, coroner to find ‘common ground’ in escalating feud over autopsy reports
Taxes should remain steady in Donora next year. Council approved advertising a $2,711,000 budget for 2026 that keeps the tax rate at 9 mills. The millage breakdown is a general tax rate of 8.625 mills, fire tax of 0.125 mills, recreation tax of 0.219 mills and library tax of 0.031 mills. The spending plan will be available for public review at the borough’s municipal office through Nov. 24. Casey Perrotta, council vice president, said there were a number of factors that went into holding the line on taxes. “We were able to realign some different finances in different locations,” said Perrotta, a member of the finance committee. One of those factors was to reapportion ...
Rubble and the steel skeletal structure are all that remain of the Brownson House building, which hosted youth sports for decades in Washington. Crews recently began demolishing the 115-year-old building on Jefferson Avenue as the nonprofit organization that operated the facility plans to ...
Crews began working Thursday to demolish the former South Side restaurant more than three years after the exterior of the building at 352 S. Main St. in Washington partially collapsed. The location had been a popular bar and restaurant for decades and was most recently known as Hepinger’s ...
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored a little over two minutes apart in the first period to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 4-0 on Sunday to split their NHL's Global Series in Sweden's capital. The Penguins bounced back from a 2-1 loss to the ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi raised eyebrows this week when he declined to describe the 23rd-ranked Panthers' showdown against No. 9 Notre Dame as a "must-win." Technically, Narduzzi was right. Pitt's only path to the College Football Playoff is by winning the ACC ...
Observer-Reporter The Washington & Jefferson and Penn West California football teams both have qualified for postseason play. And both the Presidents and Vulcans will be playing road games in the first round. Washington & Jefferson (8-2) had secured a berth in the NCAA Division III ...
I am only 18 months away from turning 80, and truthfully, the way things are going, if seven more of my classmates pass away, I could end up being the valedictorian of my high school class. One thing I’ve consistently observed in life is the ongoing display of consistency that humankind ...
Twice a year, we adjust the clock and it often appears to wreak havoc on our sleep schedules and body clocks. Why does changing our clocks by one hour mess up our body clock? "Our body’s rhythms are finely tuned to our environment to ensure that sleep/wake timing, eating and many metabolic ...
