In 42nd season at J-M, Curtis gets final victory lap
Community dinner A free community dinner will be held at the social hall of California United Methodist Church, 227 Third St., California, on Wednesday, May 6. The main course features items from JD Subs. Attendees are invited to bring a variety of side dishes or desserts to share. Dinner will be between 6 and 7 p.m. and anyone is welcome to attend. Garden club meeting Giant Oaks Garden Club will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, May 7, at St. David’s, 905 McMurray Road, Venetia. Lunch and the meeting are at 11:15 a.m. At 1 p.m., Jeffrey Kim, a watershed specialist from Washington County Watershed Alliance, will speak. WCWA is a nonprofit organization that enhances and ...
A Fayette County man was killed in a single-vehicle accident when his pickup truck crashed Sunday morning in North Union Township. Joseph Franks, 52, of Lemont Furnace, was the only person inside the vehicle at the time of the crash on Mt. Braddock Road, according to a release from Fayette County Coroner Dr. Bob Baker. There were no other injuries in the crash, which occurred shortly after 3 a.m. near the road’s intersection with Route 119, Fayette County 911 dispatch said. Franks was transported to WVU Uniontown Hospital, where the Fayette County coroner’s ofice was called, Baker said in the release. The West Leisenring, North Union Township and Dunbar Township fire ...
At first, the crowd at Tanger Outlets could have been mistaken for the normal cluster that forms when some friends run into each other on a busy shopping day. It kept growing past coincidence, until more than 80 people milled around between the Coach and American Eagle stores. Then, at 2 ...
LeMoyne Community Center Executive Director Teresa Burroughs was presented with the 66th annual Washington County NAACP Human Rights Award during a star-studded banquet event this weekend. Over 200 local leaders filled the DoubleTree Meadowlands ballroom to celebrate Burroughs on Friday night ...
Monday is the final day to register to vote for the May 19 primary election, and there are several contested races in southwestern Pennsylvania. People have until the end of the business day to register to vote at their county’s elections office, or they can register online directly through ...
JEFFERSON – Much has changed since John Curtis started coaching high school baseball. There were no pitch counts for coaches to worry about, players wore stirrup socks, there were just two classifications in the WPIAL and only section champions qualified for the postseason. That was back ...
PITTSBURGH – Oneil Cruz hit a tie-breaking single in the bottom of the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a sweep of Cincinnati with a 1-0 win on Sunday. Pirates rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin doubled off the centerfield wall against Reds reliever Tony Santillan (1-1) with ...
Though the Washington & Jefferson baseball team is not the top seed in this year’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference Tournament, they will still be the hosts. The Presidents are the second seed and will play No. 5 Grove City in the first round at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ross Memorial ...
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 ...
I love the idea of transforming garbage into free mulch and fertilizer. Composting is a win-win: I save money and keep my eggshells, coffee grounds and weeds out of a landfill. Compost is the single best additive available for improving any soil type. Is your soil too sandy? Add compost. Too ...
