Commissioners to appoint seven members to opioid settlement review committee
The Everson Borough Council president is facing criminal charges after allegedly placing a tracking device in a borough police car without officers knowing. Jason Frazier, 43, was the registered owner of the Apple AirTag found in the car's trunk, according to his criminal complaint. While patrolling on the night of July 24, Assistant Police Chief Michael Garlowich received a cellphone alert that the device was moving with him in one of the borough’s police cars, the complaint said. The alert then led him to the trunk of the car, where he found the AirTag directly under the police antenna. Garlowich wrote in the complaint he had gotten two prior notices, but hadn’t known what ...
A newly formed committee will help the Washington County commissioners decide what organizations, nonprofits and programs should receive grants from the county’s share of the nationwide opioid settlement fund. The commissioners during today’s 10 a.m. voting meeting are expected to approve the seven-person review committee that includes county government officials, drug rehabilitation specialists, nonprofit leaders, school administrators and even a local police chief. The list of appointees was released during Tuesday’s agenda setting meeting and appears to have the full support from all three commissioners. The members appointed to the committee are Washington County Human ...
The United Way of Washington and Greene counties have announced a merger. The two organizations officially came together in January. Both are now operating under the name United Way of Washington and Greene Counties (UWWGC). The United Way in this region and around the country provides funding for local nonprofit groups that focus on such areas as health and education. The merger has been in the works since September 2024, according to Jessica Tennant, the director of marketing and funding for the UWWGC, when officials with Greene County’s United Way branch “reached out to the United Way of Washington.” In a news release announcing the merger, P. Ann Hrabik, the UWWGC’s ...
Fire departments are unlikely to continue searching the Monongahela River for a man who went missing last week. Monongahela Fire Department Chief Aaron Leezer said they were suspending efforts to locate 26-year-old Shelby Rhodes. Rhodes, of Monongahela, was reported missing Feb. 11. He was ...
Community Lenten gatherings will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 1000 Jefferson Ave., Washington, as part of the annual “Route 844 Corridor” churches’ Lenten services. Each year six or seven churches in the western end of the county gather and offer a worship and fellowship get-together for the community. This year the series will use the book, “Meeting Jesus on the Road,” by Cynthia M. Campbell and Christine Coy Fohr. The churches exchange pastors for the weekly services, with each preaching on one of the book’s Lenten lessons. After worship, each church offers a light dinner/snack for continued fellowship. This year’s schedule follows ...
Defending WPIAL champion Peters Township isn’t ready to give up its title. Taylor McCullough scored a game-high 14 points and Peters Township defeated Baldwin 43-36 in a Class 5A girls basketball quarterfinal game Wednesday night at Bethel Park. Peters Township (15-9), which had to make a ...
McMURRAY – The Waynesburg girls basketball team knew it had a tall mountain to climb Wednesday evening in the WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals at AHN Arena at Peters Township High School. Yes, the Raiders were fresh off an impressive win in the first round last Friday night at home against ...
Washington & Jefferson’s men’s basketball team had six players score in double figures, led by Matt Seidl’s 19 points, as it rolled to a 99-82 victory over host Bethany in a key Presidents’ Athletic Conference South Division game Wednesday evening. The Presidents shot 51 percent ...
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 ...
Lent is an important time of year for Christians across the globe. It is a season of sacrifice, during which many abstain from consuming meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays in the weeks preceding Easter. Abstaining from meat throughout Lent does not require devoted Christians to avoid flavor. In ...
