Greene County miner killed by falling rock
The Washington County Coroner's Office is seeking information on Donald Jerome, who was born March 29, 1952, and died May 12 in Donnell House, Washington. He was from the Washington area. Information should be directed to the coroner's office at 724-228-6785.
A Greene County man was killed by falling rock in a mine accident Tuesday night. Zachary Wolfe, 34, of Rices Landing, died in the 10 p.m. accident at the Bailey Mine in Aleppo Township, the Greene County Coroner’s Office said in a statement Wednesday. An investigation by Pennsylvania State Police determined Wolfe was fatally injured after being crushed by rock. Wolfe was pronounced dead at 11:39 p.m., the coroner’s office said. Greene County Emergency Management Agency Director Richard Policz said EMS services and the New Freeport Fire Department were dispatched to the scene. At least one other person was airlifted after suffering a head injury, he said. The coroner’s office ...
Courthouse Square is now in the history books. The bulk of the demolition of Washington County’s former government office building is mostly done, with the rest of the work scheduled to continue through the end of June to get the site prepared for a new public safety complex. “To see my ...
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 ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Iván Herrera hit a three-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning — one of four homers by St. Louis — as the Cardinals rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Herrera's 410-foot shot off of Mason Montgomery (1-1) was his first career ...
By John Sacco Contributing writer A whole lot of shuffling is going on with local girls’ and boys’ basketball teams and a pair of two-county area wrestling programs in the WPIAL’s realignment over the next two-year cycle. Chartiers-Houston girls’ basketball team is moving from Class ...
Wild Things manager Tom Vaeth said he wanted to use a six-man pitching rotation this season. That plan has suddenly gone awry for multiple reasons. One of those reasons is a good one. Righthander Andrew Herbert had his contract purchased Tuesday by the Baltimore Orioles organization, pending a ...
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 ...
When the weather warms up outside, the desire for healthy, lighter fare rises alongside the mercury. That leads many people to turn to vegetables, which can satisfy hunger pangs but do not typically create feelings of sluggishness. Vegetables can be cooked in myriad ways, and some can even be ...
