Brownsville library closed indefinitely
The Washington County Community Foundation announces the availability of more than $250,000 in post-secondary scholarships for local students pursuing higher education. Scholarships are available for all levels of post-secondary education, including certificate programs, trade school programs, and associate, bachelor’s, and advanced degree programs. Interested students are encouraged to review the criteria online at www.wccf.net, where a search feature allows students to view available scholarships by high school. While each scholarship opportunity has its own criteria and requirements, the WCCF uses a universal application which will indicate any necessary supporting ...
The Washington County chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be helping people connect to their heritage this weekend at the Peters Township Public Library. “Find Your Revolutionary War Patriot” will be held at the library at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Sydney Krawiec, the library’s program and outreach coordinator, said the local chapter of the DAR will help participants use the archival and genealogy tools available to see if they have ancestors who lived through the Revolutionary War. “We’re really excited to have them share their expertise with the community,” Krawiec said. The class will be led by Cate Briggs, regent of the Washington County DAR. Briggs ...
Donora police charged three people Tuesday after an unsupervised toddler was found near a firearm. Timothy Allen Pace, 37, Kaden Pace-Davis, 19, and McKenzie Rose Fisher, 18, all face a felony charge of endangering the welfare of children. According to the criminal complaint, Washington County Probation informed Donora police last week that Pace was in possession of a firearm despite being a convicted felon. Police went to a home in the 100 block of South Mellon Avenue, where all three defendants live, and searched Pace’s room. According to the complaint, Pace-Davis’ and Fisher’s 20-month-old child was lying on the mattress in Pace’s room unsupervised. Police found a loaded ...
A Norfolk Southern train hauling coal slowly meanders through West Brownsville on Tuesday morning following the surprise snowstorm earlier in the week that dumped a few inches on the area.
Washington County officials are considering whether to contest a state board’s decision to reject four opioid settlement grants it awarded last year, although there is confusion over whether the county government or the entity that received the funds should appeal. County solicitor Gary ...
More than two dozen local high schoolers will head to Bridgeville this weekend for the second annual High School Esports Invitational tournament hosted by Point Park University. Canon-McMillan and Trinity Area students will compete against teams from across the state in three on three Rocket ...
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament begins in earnest today – I know, there were First Four games played Tuesday and Wednesday, but for most bracket-picking people it tips off this afternoon – and it will do so without a “local” team. Pitt, Penn State, West Virginia, Duquesne and ...
A baby boy lost his daddy. A loving partner lost her mate. The Meadows lost a friend and harness racing lost a rising star. Harness driver Hunter Myers, 27, was in a tragic accident during the 11th race March 19, 2025, at the North Strabane Township track. He was thrown from the sulky and hit ...
Jefferson-Morgan opened its season with a 6-5 win over Berks Catholic in a game shortened to six innings on Wednesday in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Rockets overcame deficits of 4-0 in the first inning and 5-2 in the fifth. J-M scored three times in the bottom of the fifth to tie. In the sixth, ...
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 ...
Online influencers claim the secret to low-calorie rice, pasta and potatoes may be as simple as chilling out. Are they right? Not quite. But a small yet solid body of science does suggest that chilling these carbohydrate-rich foods after cooking them still could help people slim down. For ...
