Literacy council names new executive director
Two men from Allegheny County are accused of burglarizing a self-storage facility in Peters Township over the weekend and attempting to steal gold and jewelry before a woman caught them in the act and called police. Peters Township police said they were called to Tar Self Storage at 3054 Washington Road shortly after midnight Sunday and found David Michael Wasky using a lock cutter trying to get into lockers located in the interior area of one of the storage buildings, according to court documents. After Wasky was arrested, he told officers that he was there with another man, Brandon Lawrance Babjack, and he gave a description of what he was wearing, police said. As officers ...
The Martha Washington Garden Club will meet at noon April 21 at the Laboratory Presbyterian Church, 23 Manse St., Washington. Dan Sutter from the Game Commission will discuss, “The bear necessities’” in Pennsylvania: why are we seeing more bears in our backyards? Prior to the meeting at 10 a.m., there will be a design workshop. To reserve a seat, contact https.//mwgcwashpa.wordpress.com/contact. “Dancing at the Firehall” will be held at Center Township Volunteer Fire Department in Rogersville on Saturday, April 25, from 7 to 10 p.m. Dances will include waltzes, polkas, line dancing and square dancing. Light refreshments will be available for purchase. The event benefits the ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – An eagle chick from the Mon Valley is resting and recuperating at the Cheat Lake-based Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia after an emergency weekend surgery to extract a fishhook from its stomach. The bird – known as USS11 – is part of a family of eagles – ...
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After a couple of weeks of warm weather, a blustery cold snap returned to the region on Monday afternoon with temperatures in the 40s, but that didn’t seem to bother Bentworth ace pitcher Sydney Gonglik. Gonglik, an LSU commit, had no problem bringing the heat, striking out 16 over seven ...
Jack Anderson went 4-for-4 with a double and drove in four runs as Washington & Jefferson pounded Pitt-Greensburg 15-2 in a nonconference baseball game on Monday. Andrew Miko had three hits and three RBI for the Presidents, who improved to 24-7 on the season. Pitt-Greensburg fell to ...
Tyler Wolfe hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning, giving Fort Cherry a 3-2 baseball win over visiting Chartiers-Houston in Class 2A Section 1 on Monday. The two teams play the second game of the series tonight at EQT Park. The Rangers (7-0, 11-1) bounced back from their ...
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 ...
As the days get longer and the weather improves, many people often find the motivation to refresh their homes - and their habits. Spring cleaning is a perfect opportunity to reset, reorganize and make small changes that can help the planet. What's more, these changes are simple to implement ...
