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Tentative Donora budget keeps taxes steady

Taxes should remain steady in Donora next year. Council approved advertising a $2,711,000 budget for 2026 that keeps the tax rate at 9 mills. The millage breakdown is a general tax rate of 8.625 mills, fire tax of 0.125 mills, recreation tax of 0.219 mills and library tax of 0.031 mills. ...

Demolition of Brownson House in Washington moves forward

Rubble and the steel skeletal structure are all that remain of the Brownson House building, which hosted youth sports for decades in Washington. Crews recently began demolishing the 115-year-old building on Jefferson Avenue as the nonprofit organization that operated the facility plans to ...

Donora man sentenced to prison on federal drug, gun charges

A Donora man was sentenced last month to more than 12 years in prison on federal drug and gun charges following his conviction earlier this year. Tre Robert Goins, 31, was ordered to serve 146 months in prison followed by four years on supervised release during his Oct. 21 sentencing before ...

Rewarding good behavior

Students at Washington Park Elementary School are receiving rewards for positive behavior and can turn those rewards into prizes. The school recently opened Caleb’s Corner Store, a student-run shop that turns everyday character into currency. Students can earn Prexie Pennies for behavior ...

Forgotten soldiers memorialized at Canonsburg cemetery

Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery in Canonsburg was the site of a “Forgotten Valor” ceremony Saturday honoring the legacy of 13 forgotten African-American Union Civil War soldiers with a memorial stone. The soldiers are buried somewhere in the cemetery. “Though ...