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The Bentworth School District was on modified lockdown most of the day on Wednesday after a phone call that "was perceived as a threat to a staff member,” said Superintendent Scott Martin. He said all of the district's schools were subject to the lockdown because the buildings are close to ...
An American Red Cross transport van was involved in a rear-end crash with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70, which closed the Speers Bridge crossing the Monongahela River for about an hour Tuesday morning. The van was traveling west about 10 a.m. when it struck the back of the rig as they ...
A section of Route 88 through Charleroi that was closed for months after a trench collapsed over the summer has been restricted to one lane since Friday after the roadway began to buckle, although borough officials said the two incidents are not related. The issue near Eighth Street was first ...
Help is on the way at the Washington County Courthouse. Retired senior judges will soon be called upon to assist with the caseload as the Washington County Court of Common Pleas is down two judges following the retirement last summer of former president judge Gary Gilman and the recent ...
Cecil Township officials are closer to being able to rebuild the Georgetown Road underpass after being awarded a $750,000 grant from the state. The so-called “Georgetown Scalper” is in the 500 block of Georgetown Road near where it turns into Valley Brook Road. It has long been an issue ...
