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Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home played in shaping the nation before, during and after the Revolutionary War. This week we stop ...

A tasty tribute

Move over, apple pie. America is baseball, hot dogs, and ... cookies. Cookie Table University, a celebration of cookies hosted by the Wedding Cookie Table Community, held its 11th annual event on Sunday at Hilton Garden Inn at Southpointe, featuring 250 cookie recipes spanning the history ...

A hearing to determine the validity of signatures on a petition submitted to Donegal Township by a group called West Alexander Borough Project – which aims to incorporate West Alexander as an independent borough – was held Wednesday in Washington County Court of Common Pleas. At issue is ...

Monongahela police charged a former Greene Washington Regional Police officer Wednesday for evading police nearly a month ago. Nathanael Charles Ferree, 43, of McKeesport, faces a felony charge of fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, and summary traffic violations of failure to yield to ...

After nearly two months with no information, the Bedillion family is upping the cash reward for any tips on a suspected arson at their Industry, Beaver County bee yard. Sara and Mark Bedillion are offering $2,500 for information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of any suspects, up ...

‘Bee’ kind to your local honey bees

Whether you have a small garden in the backyard or hundreds of acres of farmland, there is one creature that keeps them thriving and healthy. The honey bee. Dr. Sarah Bashore, a professor of biology, fisheries and wildlife biology at Pennsylvania Western University, says though the honey ...