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The Greene County Board approved two plans Thursday that commissioners said would help guide future growth in the county. In 3-0 votes, commissioners approved a Barriers to Workforce Study and the Greene County Business Operations and Strategic Plan. The business plan, prepared by Waynesburg University eHIVE, mapped out operations for the county’s new incubator in the Silveus Building on Waynesburg’s High Street. “They have multiple strategic partners that they have received throughout the community,” said board Chairman Jared Edgreen. “They did focus groups throughout the community, got small businesses involved, so they have a lot of contacts, a lot of good information ...
A South Franklin man is accused of fabricating a story he told police claiming his father pointed a gun at his head and threatened to kill him. Jarod Weaver contacted Greene-Washington Regional police Tuesday and told officers that earlier in the day he and his father, George Weaver Jr., got into an argument over a weedwhacker, prompting the elder Weaver to brandish a handgun. Jarod Weaver claimed that his father pointed a handgun at him and told him he would “put a bullet in his head” after dropping him off at his home in the 2100 block of Park Avenue, and then later promised to return with another man to “finish the job,” according to court documents. He then said his father ...
A bill that would provide grants to hospitals to upgrade security advanced out of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ health committee Tuesday. If it makes it way through the General Assembly and is signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro, it would create a Hospital Security Grant Fund for nonprofit hospitals with documented security needs. The hospitals would be able to apply for a maximum of $150,000 in grants every year, and the funds could be used for items like trauma kits and metal detectors, or undertaking a threat assessment. The House bill was sponsored by state Rep. Jason Ortitay, a Cecil Republican who represents the 46th Legislative District, which includes northern parts of ...
The Washington County commissioners approved their final round of grants for 2025 from the state’s opioid settlement fund, but not before officials had stern words for the process that initially rejected other grants and is now seemingly backtracking on those decisions. During a special ...
A town hall called to discuss the pros and cons of data centers coming to the region attracted a crowd of about 250 people Wednesday night at Penn State Fayette. The session included panelists who had researched, marketed or provided labor for data centers. A presentation by Brian Kennedy, ...
It has been a 160-year series of “ups and downs” for St. Thomas Episcopal Church, but the Rev. Jim Miorelli is hopeful that the Canonsburg institution can continue to offer a welcoming, supportive environment for its surrounding community for another 160 years. Founded in 1866, St. ...
PITTSBURGH – Nick Herbig knew most NFL teams thought he was too small to play outside linebacker. That three years of creating chaos across the Big Ten while coming off the edge at Wisconsin wouldn't be good enough to convince clubs that he could do the same at the sport's highest level. The ...
SLIPPERY ROCK – When Colton Temple launched a two-run homer over the right field fence to cut Mercyhurst Prep’s lead to one in the top of the fifth, it looked like there could still be some magic left for Fort Cherry. But the wheels came off for the Rangers in the bottom of the sixth and ...
SOMERSET – During the middle of the sixth inning of a PIAA playoff game Thursday against Bentworth, Everett head coach Beth Bryant glanced at her lineup cards and liked what she saw. Bentworth was leading 2-1 but the Bearcats had been holding on by their fingernails since the first inning, ...
Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...
Here's a heads-up. UPMC Sports Medicine and the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation have teamed up to bring the HeadsUP Pittsburgh program to the UPMC Wellness Center at the Wilfred R. Cameron Pavilion in Washington this summer, offering free pediatric and adult ImPACT concussion baseline testing ...
