A caravan from America 250 PA celebrating the country’s semiquincentennial this year is swinging through southwestern Pennsylvania this weekend to kickoff a patriotic party. Members from the legislatively-created organization tasked with promoting the 250th anniversary of independence are ...
Last week’s reversal of cuts to a federal organization behind miner safety programs drew praise from labor leaders. About 1,000 employees of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health — representing about 90% of the agency’s workforce — were placed on administrative ...
Multiple police officers and suspects in a vehicle theft had to be rescued from a steep hillside Sunday night. Monessen Fire Department Chief Delmar Hepple said crews were called at about 6 p.m. to the intersection of Dennis Avenue and Pine Street and that four officers and two ...
Every year, Colleen Nelson’s calendar captures a new collection of Greene County sights. For the nation’s sesquicentennial, she’s also turning it into a learning experience for local students with artwork and information about local history. Nelson began making the calendars with her ...
Pastor Dennis Stich stood at the front of John Wesley United Methodist Church in Washington on Sunday afternoon and asked, “How many of you have heard of Claudette Colvin?” A few people raised their hands. “How many have heard of Rosa Parks?" asked Stitch, pastor of First Christian ...
The former vice president of Point Marion’s parks committee – who was co-winner of a $30.6 million Powerball jackpot nearly 25 years ago – is accused of taking more than $73,000 from the borough to help fuel her gambling habit. Georgianna M. Carter, 58, was charged Thursday with felony ...
