State Senate races highlight Tuesday’s primary election
Election Day meals The Center Township VFD Auxiliary will have food for sale on Election Day from 8 a.m to 7 p.m. Breakfast will include sausage and biscuits. Lunch will be sloppy joe, hot dogs, ham, cabbage and sausage. Dinner will be lasagna, salad, garlic bread and desserts. Invasive plant walk Join Dr. Mark Mamros and Dean Rossini of the PA Forest Stewards Program to discover the many unwanted invasive plants growing in Washington County. The invasive plant walk will be May 19 at 7 p.m. The group will meet at Shelter 2 in Mingo Creek County Park. A limited number of handouts will be available. Dress for light hiking and the weather. Preregistration is preferred but not ...
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) will conduct a solemn Memorial Day ceremony honoring John Ross Dunn, bugler of the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, known as “The Ringgolds,” at Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery in Ruff Creek, Greene County. The ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 23, and is open to the public. Dunn served as a bugler in the first of Pennsylvania’s distinguished Civil War cavalry units. Buglers played a vital role on the battlefield, transmitting orders and signals that guided troop movements during combat. This ceremony seeks to recognize Dunn’s service and sacrifice, as well as to preserve the memory of all who served in the Union ...
A Dilliner man was arrested on charges of possessing multiple images of child pornography. Police began investigating Johnie Carter, 42, after a Cybertipline report from Google to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alleged he had saved seven images involving children, according to the criminal complaint. Charging documents stated at least one photo included a child estimated to be as young as 5. Subscriber information linked to the account led police to an address in Dilliner where Carter resided, police said. Under questioning from police, Carter admitted to having multiple images of child pornography on his tablet, court documents said. Carter was charged ...
The deadline for the commonwealth’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate (PTRR) program has been extended to Dec. 31. The deadline extension gives eligible Pennsylvanians additional time to apply for rebates on property taxes or rent paid in 2025. So far, the Department of Revenue has received 400,000 rebate applications this year. Last year, more than 500,000 seniors and people with disabilities received rebates totaling more than $315 million. The program benefits residents who are aged 65 or older, widowers and widowers aged 50 and older and people with disabilities aged 18 and older. Eligible applicants must reapply for a rebate every year because eligibility is based on annual income and ...
Greene County residents in need of transportation could soon have a new way to get around. Thursday, the Greene County Board of Commissioners approved partnering with Carnegie Mellon University on an Appalachian Regional Commission grant to fund a program in the county. Greene County would ...
The Washington School District Board of Education adopted the preliminary 2026-27 budget earlier this week pending public review and final adoption in June. The budget projects $35,707,124 in total revenue to cover $36,851,554 in expenses, leaving a $1,144,430 deficit, which will be filled with reserve funds. The new budget will also decrease the property tax rate on district homeowners due to a unique situation relating to state funding. According to Business Manager Emily DiNardo, the district is in a “challenging” position regarding its tax revenue due to an uncommon situation resulting from the homestead or farmstead exclusion under Pennsylvania tax code. The exclusion ...
Elections officials are hoping for better than average turnout for Tuesday’s primary despite few competitive races on the ballot. The polls open at 7 a.m., and all mail-in ballots must be received at a voter’s county elections office before the polls close at 8 p.m. The biggest races this ...
DOVER, Del. – In the debut of the All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway, the Monster Mile lived up to its billing as one of NASCAR's most treacherous tracks. Even for winner Denny Hamlin, surviving Dover was a high-wire test for the $1 million prize. Rebounding from a qualifying spin to ...
Credit the Wild Things and Schaumburg Boomers for showing the variety of games the Frontier League can produce during their three-game weekend series at EQT Park. The first two nights saw fast-paced, well-pitched games that were won by Washington, including a two-hit shutout Saturday ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Aaron Rai shifted into high gear Sunday and pulled away from a world-class field with one amazing shot after another until he became the first English-born player in more than a century to capture the PGA Championship. Rai, who dreamed of being a Formula 1 driver until ...
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 ...
BELLAIRE, Ohio – In 1991 — now 35 years ago — movie makers set out to make a psychological thriller involving murder and cannibalism in what was then the city of Bellaire. Today, Bellaire is a village, and "The Silence of the Lambs" went on to win five major Oscars and become the ...
