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The Washington County Community Foundation is launching a fundraising campaign for its Close to Home Disaster & Emergency Fund. The foundation is hoping to raise $250,000 to match a $250,000 anchor gift from an anonymous donor. The fund provides grants to human service organizations in the county to provide relief after natural disasters, economic disruptions, public health emergencies and other types of calamities. More than $740,000 from the fund went to Washington County organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, $23,500 in grants were issued as a result of budget impasses on the state and federal levels. “Charities across our community are navigating an ...
A former resident of Bentleyville and Scenery Hill will assume the role of Florida Bar president next year. Paige Greenlee graduated salutatorian from Bentworth High School in 1992. She obtained her law degree from Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., in 2000. Greenlee founded her Tampa, Fla., ...
A Bridgeville woman is facing charges after she was accused of taking money from a fund supporting a middle school choral group. Valerie Kubiak, 42, has been charged with theft by unlawful taking, access device fraud, receiving stolen property and misapplication of trusted property after she was accused of stealing $18,000 from the bank account of the Chartiers Valley Choral Parents Association. Kubiak was the association’s treasurer and, according to Allegheny County Police, she spent the money on vacations, restaurants, sports gambling and at nail salons. Detectives from Allegheny County Police were called to assist in an investigation about the missing funds in February. Kubiak ...
Pittsburgh-based Wigle Whiskey has announced the launch of Wigle Craft Cocktails, a new collection of ready-to-drink canned cocktails. The collection consists of five varieties of vodka- and bourbon-based cocktails, each with a different flavor. In a news release, Wigle Whiskey said the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang each scored goals and the three-time Stanley Cup champion teammates are headed back to Pittsburgh after they helped the Penguins avoid a first-round series sweep with a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 4 on Saturday night. Game 5 ...
The NFL could not have scripted a better amateur draft in Pittsburgh. During a record-breaking, three-day event, the “local boy does good story" unfolded as Eli Heidenreich of Mt. Lebanon was selected by his hometown Steelers in the seventh and final round. Wiping away tears, he walked ...
One of my favorite parts of being an outdoors writer is pretending to be a gun writer of sorts. Not just because of my long-term admiration for writers such as Col. Jeff Cooper, Gene Hill and Elmer Keith, but rather because of my long-standing affection for the strange and unusual ...
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 ...
Homes are often characterized as sanctuaries for their residents. Though such characterizations often are made in reference to humans and their domiciles, homes also should be safe spaces for pets. Pet owners go to great lengths to ensure their pets are healthy and happy, and that typically ...
