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State police responded to six fatal crashes across Pennsylvania during the Easter weekend. From April 3 to 5, troopers were called to 532 total crashes. Six people were killed in those accidents, and 42 of the crashes were related to motorists driving under the influence. Those numbers are similar to last year, when during the same three-day period state police responded to 527 crashes. Four of those crashes were fatal, killing six people in total. State police did not provide the enforcement numbers for individual troops. Of the six fatal crashes, one occurred in Donegal Township. Just after 6 p.m. April 4, Daniel Pasqualucci was driving a sedan at speeds above 80 mph while going ...
Operators of two amusement companies have pleaded guilty to distributing illegal video gaming devices in Washington County and other communities in the Pittsburgh region. According to a news release from the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office, the proprietors of Buffalo Skills Games Inc. and J.J. Amusement Inc. agreed to dissolve the companies and forfeit $5 million in assets as part of the plea deal. In 2024, the devices were seized at bars, convenience stores and gas stations in Washington County, along with Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Cambria, Crawford, Indiana, Somerset, Erie, Venango, Armstrong and Westmoreland counties. Close to 400 illegal gambling devices were seized at ...
Another two dilapidated buildings that had been an eyesore for years in Washington were demolished last week, paving the way for a new mixed-use development in the heart of the downtown business district. Only rubble remains of the two vacant buildings in the 80 block of North Main Street ...
Washington County women who have leadership roles in health, business, banking and other fields are among the five finalists for the 2026 ATHENA Leadership Award. The Washington County Chamber of Commerce announced the finalists Wednesday. They are: – Lori Mesta, a vice president and ...
UPMC Washington Teen Outreach will hold its annual youth conference Thursday, April 16, at Washington & Jefferson College. Ten Washington County school districts and more than 130 students will be participating in the conference, which is being called “Teen Mental Health Aid.” Thirteen interactive activities have been prepared regarding the topic of mental health, and the conference will be conducted through “speed learning,” where participants move between learning stations. The conference will be from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in W&J’s Rossin Ballroom. For information, call 201-637-2921 or 724-222-2311.
M.J. Maruschak gave Canon-McMillan its second dominant pitching performance in as many days and the Big Macs remained undefeated with a 4-1 win at Norwin on Thursday in Class 6A Section 2. One day after Sebastian Shulsky struck out 16 batters in a win over Norwin, Maruschak fired a ...
The Baldwin softball team came to Trinity on Thursday with an intent to put pressure on from the first batter of the game. It’s an identity that has the Highlanders at the top of Class 5A Section 4 and it worked again against the Hillers. The first five batters reached base in the top of ...
PITTSBURGH — The future the Pittsburgh Pirates once envisioned fully became the present on Tuesday night. Paul Skenes on the mound. Konnor Griffin at shortstop. Two first-round picks drafted a year apart — Skenes in 2023, Griffin in 2024 — who have embraced the pressure that comes with ...
Periodically, a news story comes across my iPad that I just can’t stop thinking about. This story started like this: “On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar.” That opening line drew me in almost as fast as “A Florida man ..." “The caller was the bartender,” and ...
If the aches and pains of ongoing osteoarthritis are getting to be too much for you to bear, there may be a new way to find relief. More than 32 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease caused by the gradual breakdown of cartilage. It can impact nearly any ...
