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Carmichaels wins Battle of the Barrels

On a sunny 90-degree day, the grounds behind the Carmichaels & Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Department station were shrouded in a fine mist Sunday. The reason: the Battle of the Barrel, back at the King Coal Show for the second year after a lengthy absence. Teams from departments in ...

After close to a decade of Aviation Days, Richard Judy has seen any number of nervous children walking towards a small plane for their first time up in the air, their parents hanging back ready to film the milestone on their phones. But he’s seen the excitement on their face once they land. ...

New superintendent starts at West Greene

Eric Gaydos spent more than a decade at the Laurel Highlands School District when he moved to the West Greene School District in 2019 to become the academic director. Leaving that comfort zone was a big jump. So he took another big step in return, talking to teachers and community members to ...

Waynesburg council OKs new police firearms

The Waynesburg Police Department will become the latest organization to move away from Sig Sauer P320 pistols after reports from around the country of the gun going off without the trigger being pulled. At a special meeting Tuesday night, the council voted to spend up to $12,600 from the ...

Fairgoers reunite at Greene County Fair

Serving one of the first of what promised to be many baskets of food doled out to people during the Greene County Fair, Kristy Vliet was looking forward to the people she’d meet again this week. “I just get to see a bunch of people I don’t see all the time,” said Vliet, owner of 5 ...

A hearing later this year will determine if a man sentenced for death of killing and raping a 12-year-old girl in Greene County was intellectually disabled. If defense attorneys can prove Jeffrey Martin, 67, was, a judge could convert his death sentence to life in prison. Martin, originally ...