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The Washington County coroner has identified skeletal remains that were found in Washington last year as a man who had gone missing in 2020. According to Coroner Timothy Warco, the remains belonged to 30-year-old Robertson Wuyoch, of South Strabane Township and formerly of Micronesia. Wuyoch had been reported missing by family members on June 11, 2020 after he did not return to his home on North Main Street. The morning of May 4, 2025, a passerby found his remains in a wooded area near 150 Terrace Ave. According to Warco, his cause of death was hanging. Warco’s office was not able to determine a manner of death due to a lack of information, but officials do not believe his death ...
Canonsburg historian Fred Puchany will present to Jefferson College Historical Society on Monday, April 13. He will discuss clothing, flags, and share idioms of a historic nature. Discussion will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Canonsburg Senior Center, 30 E. Pike Street. All are welcome. A free spaghetti dinner will be served from 1 to 5 p.m. April 18 at Chartiers Cross Roads Church, 502 Old Hickory Ridge Road, Washington. A Chinese auction will be offered. A spaghetti dinner to benefit Scott Boardley, who has multiple sclerosis, will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the American Legion Post 175, 168 Park Ave., Washington. Adult price is $15, and children, ages 5 to 12, ...
A Carmichaels man died Saturday evening in a motorcycle accident. The office of Greene County Coroner Gene Rush identified the man as 30-year-old Joshua Michael Brown. According to a press release, Brown was involved in a motorcycle accident that occurred at about 5 p.m. Saturday on State Route 21 in Jefferson Township. More details were not immediately available. Brown was pronounced dead at 8:12 p.m. His specific cause and manner of death are pending further investigation.
Private personal data of current and former Bentleyville officials was part of a packet distributed to council and members of the public at the borough’s most recent council meeting. The information — which included unredacted Social Security numbers, addresses, names, and driver’s license numbers — was part of an audit handed out by the finance committee during its report Tuesday. Borough Solicitor Dennis Makel said the details had been listed in a banking statement that was erroneously left unredacted. “It was inadvertent,” he said. The names included eight officials: six former council members, the borough’s former secretary, and Police Chief Rich Young. Young’s ...
Cecil Township supervisors and residents expressed support for proactive regulation of data centers during a meeting last week. Supervisor Cindy Fisher emphasized that while the township has not received any applications for data center projects, the board believes it is imperative to take steps to “protect our residents” ahead of any future data center development. Data centers have been top of mind for municipalities across Washington County in recent months as several companies have expressed interest in bringing the high-tech industry to rural Southwestern Pennsylvania. “No Data Centers” signs are a common sight across nearby South Strabane Township following rumors of ...
April 1 was a typical day for Alyvia Kemis. That afternoon the Canonsburg teenager, who went by Lyv, had gone to Kutters Edge Body Piercing for a new nose ring, and then went to sit by Chartiers Creek. Michelle Kemis, her mother, explained that the creek was a favorite spot of hers. “It ...
Equitrans appealed to the state Superior Court after a Greene County judge denied its motion for relief in a lawsuit over a 2018 house fire in Morgan Township. The state Attorney General’s office filed a felony charge in 2023 against Equitrans for violating the Pennsylvania Clean Streams law after a grand jury accused the company of failing to investigate long-known methane leakage at the Pratt Storage Field, which sat below the house. Residents Cody White and Samantha Adamson were in the house with their 4-year-old son James at the time of the explosion, which was set off when Cody lit the stove to make macaroni and cheese for his son. All three suffered severe burns over more than ...
CHICAGO — Michael Busch ended an 0-for-30 slide with a tying, two-run single in the eighth inning and Carson Kelly had a winning single in the ninth as the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 on Sunday. The Cubs avoided a three-game sweep with the ...
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Outdueling two NASCAR Cup Series champions for the first victory of his career, Ty Gibbs made an emphatic and emotional breakthrough Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. The win came in the 131st Cup start for the grandson of NASCAR Hall of Fame team owner and former Super ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy joined more elite company Sunday at the Masters when he pulled away with a pair of birdies around Amen Corner and, as usual, saved a little drama for the end before taking his place in Augusta National history as only the fourth back-to-back champion. In a final ...
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 ...
Melvin Pike of Uniontown met his match at the end of a shotgun while his 11-year-old daughter looked on in a Canton Township gymnastics studio. When names like "Snooky," "Codfish," and "No Legs" surfaced 13 years later, it was clear that the case had all the markings of a mob hit. On April ...
