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The books spread around the Skylight Room of Waynesburg University’s Eberly Library had one thing in common: Somewhere, they’d been pulled off the shelves. The university held a reading and discussion as part of its celebration of Banned Books Week, created by the American Library ...

A former school building and municipal building in Greene Township will be torn down next month. Equipment to be used in the demolition is already parked outside the building, which dates back to the 1930s. Township officials said the teardown for the building has been years in the making, ...

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 ...

The auctioneers will be doing the bidding. The Central Greene School District Board of Education voted Monday night to put out a request for proposals for an auctioneer to sell the former Margaret Bell Miller Middle School building. With the 97-year-old building showing its age and overall ...

Sunday will be a day of celebration at Jefferson United Methodist Church. The Greene County church will mark its 200th anniversary with a homecoming celebration, which will begin with a service at 11 a.m. The church traces its roots to April 6, 1824, when a session of the Pittsburgh ...

Former Pennsylvanians take shelter in Florida

With Hurricane Milton bearing down, Pete Zapadka and Amy Johns sought shelter on higher ground near their Palm Harbor, Fla., home. The married couple moved south to Florida in 2019. Johns is originally from Canonsburg. Zapadka was a local news editor for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and at ...