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Search continues for missing man in Monongahela

Crews continued searching along the water in Monongahela Sunday for a man who has been missing since last week. Numerous local agencies were helping in the search for Shelby Rhodes. Boats equipped with side-scan sonar will be sweeping the Monongahela River, the Donora Fire Company said in a ...

Donora appoints acting police chief

Donora appointed a borough police officer as acting police chief. At Thursday's meeting, council unanimously named Patrolman Mark Shemansky to the position for a 90-day trial. If he is deemed a good fit, council will vote to make it a permanent position, according to Michael Thornton, borough ...

Bartolotta to host hearing on food allergies

Efforts to protect children from developing lifelong food allergies will be reviewed at a Senate Majority Police Committee public hearing at 2 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Arc of Washington County, 111 W. Pike St., Canonsburg. Sen. Camera Bartolotta invited the committee, chaired by Sen. Dave Argall, ...

What’s closed

Federal, state, county and most municipal offices are closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day. Most banks and financial markets will also be closed, and there will be no mail delivery. The Observer-Reporter will not publish a print edition Monday.

Eastern Catholic churches prepare to start Lent on Monday

St. John Paul II, Pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005, once said “the Church must breathe with her two lungs.” Those two lungs, the Eastern Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Church, both contribute to the health and vitality of the Catholic Church as a ...

Crisis grants available through LIHEAP

Columbia Gas’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is offering crisis grants to assist income-eligible households without heat or in danger of being without heat. Grants ranging from $25 to $1,000 are available for emergency situations such as a broken furnace that needs to be ...