The making of America’s first president
Canonsburg historian Fred Puchany will present to Jefferson College Historical Society on Monday, April 13. He will discuss clothing, flags, and share idioms of a historic nature. Discussion will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Canonsburg Senior Center, 30 E. Pike Street. All are welcome. A free spaghetti dinner will be served from 1 to 5 p.m. April 18 at Chartiers Cross Roads Church, 502 Old Hickory Ridge Road, Washington. A Chinese auction will be offered. A spaghetti dinner to benefit Scott Boardley, who has multiple sclerosis, will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the American Legion Post 175, 168 Park Ave., Washington. Adult price is $15, and children, ages 5 to 12, ...
A Carmichaels man died Saturday evening in a motorcycle accident. The office of Greene County Coroner Gene Rush identified the man as 30-year-old Joshua Michael Brown. According to a press release, Brown was involved in a motorcycle accident that occurred at about 5 p.m. Saturday on State Route 21 in Jefferson Township. More details were not immediately available. Brown was pronounced dead at 8:12 p.m. His specific cause and manner of death are pending further investigation.
The Washington County coroner has identified skeletal remains that were found in Washington last year as a man who had gone missing in 2020. According to Coroner Timothy Warco, the remains belonged to 30-year-old Robertson Wuyoch, of South Strabane Township and formerly of Micronesia. Wuyoch had been reported missing by family members on June 11, 2020 after he did not return to his home on North Main Street. The morning of May 4, 2025, a passerby found his remains in a wooded area near 150 Terrace Ave. According to Warco, his cause of death was hanging. Warco’s office was not able to determine a manner of death due to a lack of information, but officials do not believe his death ...
Private personal data of current and former Bentleyville officials was part of a packet distributed to council and members of the public at the borough’s most recent council meeting. The information — which included unredacted Social Security numbers, addresses, names, and driver’s license numbers — was part of an audit handed out by the finance committee during its report Tuesday. Borough Solicitor Dennis Makel said the details had been listed in a banking statement that was erroneously left unredacted. “It was inadvertent,” he said. The names included eight officials: six former council members, the borough’s former secretary, and Police Chief Rich Young. Young’s ...
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Outdueling two NASCAR Cup Series champions for the first victory of his career, Ty Gibbs made an emphatic and emotional breakthrough Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. The win came in the 131st Cup start for the grandson of NASCAR Hall of Fame team owner and former Super ...
CHICAGO — Michael Busch ended an 0-for-30 slide with a tying, two-run single in the eighth inning and Carson Kelly had a winning single in the ninth as the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 on Sunday. The Cubs avoided a three-game sweep with the ...
WASHINGTON — Logan Thompson stopped 24 shots, and the Washington Capitals kept their slim playoff hopes alive by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 Sunday in perhaps the final home of Alex Ovechkin's brilliant career. To reach the postseason, the Capitals must defeat Columbus in the season ...
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 ...
Melvin Pike of Uniontown met his match at the end of a shotgun while his 11-year-old daughter looked on in a Canton Township gymnastics studio. When names like "Snooky," "Codfish," and "No Legs" surfaced 13 years later, it was clear that the case had all the markings of a mob hit. On April ...
