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Washington County officials are appealing the decision by the state’s opioid settlement fund review committee to reject eight grant applications put forward by the county for various projects battling the drug epidemic in the region. The Dispute Resolution Committee overseeing the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust fund will hold a public hearing at 12:15 p.m. March 13 to allow county officials to explain why the eight projects deemed “non-compliant” in December should be given a second look. The county is appealing the decision of seven of the eight that were rejected since Commission Chairman Nick Sherman acknowledged the request by North Strabane ...
A request for qualifications is going out for potential engineers for a new trail at the Wisecarver Recreation Area. The Greene County commissioners approved the request in connection with a planned Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant loop trail, part of a series of improvements being made at the park. The county has received several grants for the project, including a $208,100 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources grant in fall 2024. The request will be out for 30 to 60 days, Clerk Jeff Marshall said. Last Thursday, the commissioners had updated the DCNR on its plans for the trail, said Board Chairman Jared Edgreen. It would be built in a phased approach. ...
State police accused a woman this week of defrauding her mother out of $1,400. Erica Bardell, 42, of McDonald, allegedly convinced her mother that she was being held against her will and needed the money to be released, state police said. Bardell's mother, a 70-year-old resident of Summerhill Township, Cambria County, sent Bardell the money in increments between Feb. 13 and 15. According to state police, Bardell admitted she was not in danger and was "just trying to get money." State police charged her with theft by deception and financial exploitation in Cambria County. As of Thursday's deadline, there was no docket listed for Bardell in the Unified Judicial System of ...
The prosecution asked jurors to use their “common sense” that Keaundre Crews shot and killed Jaisen Irwin outside Bob’s Tavern in Finleyville more than three years ago, while the defense noted there is no physical evidence linking the defendant to the homicide. During opening statements ...
The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Chartiers Township has been named the Best Small-Town Museum in USA Today’s annual 10 Best Readers Choice Awards. It was one of a handful of honors given to museums across the region in the awards. This is the first year the museum was selected for ...
The Greene County commissioners approved a slew of tourism-related at their most recent meeting, including money for local events tied to America’s 250th anniversary and repairs to some county facilities. The $265,000 for the county’s Tourism Assets Improvement Project will be used to repair the roofs of the Greene County Fairgrounds arena barn and the Mon View Roller Rink in Greensboro. Funding came through a Commonwealth Financing Authority Local Share Account grant announced in December. The arena barn roof has been leaking, while a storm last year blew off part of the roller rink roof, said board Chairman Jared Edgreen. “They patched it for now, but it’s going to be a ...
CORAOPOLIS – After beating Rochester by 32 points in a nonsection game in mid-January, the Fort Cherry girls basketball team seemed like a big favorite entering Friday’s WPIAL quarterfinals matchup. But the game wasn’t played on paper. It was on the hardwood at Moon Area High School ...
Trinity will enter the PIAA Class 5A girls basketball playoffs as either the seventh- or eight-place team out of the WPIAL. The Hillers were knocked into next week’s 7-8 game when they lost 49-38 at Baldwin in a consolation round game Friday night on the Highlanders’ home court. Trinity ...
By Joe Tuscano Contributing writer HEIDELBERG – The countdown has begun for Lucas Barr. The 133-pound senior entered Friday's first round of the WPIAL Class 2A Wrestling Championship with a dominant 17-2 technical fall over Damien McClay of Chartiers Valley and followed with a pin of ...
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 ...
Crystal Manich remembers the fear. She remembers the safety drills, the whispers, the sense of panic that would arise at the sight of a student in a trench coat. Manich was a junior at Mt. Lebanon High School in April 1999, when the mass shooting happened at Columbine High School in ...
