Coroner’s report shows a drop in overdose deaths in 2025, but suicide is ‘epidemic’
There were fewer overdose deaths in Washington County in 2025 compared to the year before, but suicide “remains epidemic.” According to the annual report released Wednesday by the office of Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco, there were 47 overdose deaths in the county last year, down from 57 in 2024, and far fewer than the 109 overdose deaths in 2016, the year such deaths hit their peak in this region as a result of the opioid epidemic. The report stated, however, that “overdose deaths continue to become more complicated to investigate, due to the number of different substances found. In years previous, it was common to see only one or two compounds responsible for a ...
It wasn’t exactly Abbey Road, but students dressed up in 18th-century garb had that vibe as they crossed South Main Street in Washington with the help of Maria Piatt while she flagged down traffic for the kids to have safe passage Thursday morning. Nearly two dozen school students spent the ...
Slow-moving storms dumped a deluge of rain on the Canonsburg area Wednesday night, flooding several businesses and making some heavily traveled roads impassable. The west end of the borough was hammered by more than two inches of rain for at least an hour beginning shortly after 6 p.m., ...
Brice Rush still remembers his first King Coal Show. It came in 1957, when his dad took Rush and his twin brother to the show after they’d finished milking the cows at their dairy farm in Khedive. “He gave us each $1,” Rush said. “I spent mine on a Coke and hamburger, and still had 65 ...
It’s always a good sign when the opponent brings a position player in to pitch. That means it’s late in the game, the outcome has been determined and there will a batting-practice fastballs for your team to hit for an inning or two. So it was an extremely good sign for the Wild Things on ...
An annual Washington County staple makes its return today. The Pony League World Series gets underway at Lew Hays Field with the first game being between Hidalgo, Texas and Paderborn, Germany at 4:30 p.m. Opening ceremonies follow and the nightcap game features Bay County, Mich. and Guaynabo, ...
Matt Humbert is leaving Belle Vernon. Humbert, who spent over a decade at Belle Vernon, has resigned as the school's athletic director to take the same position at Bethel Park. The news was made official in a letter sent out by Belle Vernon Superintendent Dr. Timothy Glasspool Thursday ...
A tariff is a tax imposed on imported goods, and it sits at the center of how nations manage trade, protect industries, and shape economic strategy. At its core, a tariff raises the price of foreign products entering a country. This makes imported goods less competitive compared to domestic ...
Blueprints has received new funding support for its Greene County Home Delivered Meals program through the Community Foundation of Greene County. The recent funding was generously made possible, in part, by grants from the community foundation through both the James and Jackie Campbell Family ...
