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Crews begin demolishing former South Side restaurant

Crews began working Thursday to demolish the former South Side restaurant more than three years after the exterior of the building at 352 S. Main St. in Washington partially collapsed. The location had been a popular bar and restaurant for decades and was most recently known as Hepinger’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Uniontown man charged with assault

A Uniontown man was arrested after allegedly trying to sexually assault two other men who lived at his house. Austin McCurley, 41, was charged with two counts each of attempted involuntary deviant sexual intercourse and indecent exposure in an incident at his residence on Cleveland ...

Greene County board appoints Stewart as chief public defender

The Greene County Board of Commissioners named a point person from the firm hired last month to run the county’s public defender’s office. At its Thursday meeting, the board appointed Marissa Stewart, an attorney with Pollock Morris Belletti & Simms, as chief public defender, ...