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Cecil supervisors table Route 50 traffic study proposal

The Cecil Board of Supervisors tabled a motion Monday night to authorize township engineer Daniel Deiseroth to conduct a traffic study on the Pennsylvania Route 50 corridor that bisects the rural municipality, opting instead to wait and consider a revised proposal that will include the entire ...

McCormick comes to Washington County to promote energy bill

Asserting that the United States is locked in a competition with China “and where we’re lagging is energy,” U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick came to the northern part of Washington County Wednesday afternoon to talk about a bill he has introduced that he says will fuel growth in the energy ...

Traffic fatalities declined statewide in 2025

Traffic fatalities decreased in Pennsylvania in 2025 while holding steady or decreasing in the region, according to state statistics. The statewide total dropped to 1,047, 80 people fewer than in 2024 and the lowest number since record keeping began in 1928, the Pennsylvania Department of ...

Waynesburg University celebrates new graduates

More than 300 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students crossed the stage during Waynesburg University's commencement ceremony Sunday. Emily Barker of Mount Sterling, Ohio, was co-valedictorian for the class along with Abigail Speer of Bridgeville. She delivered the valedictory address; ...

Steel beam from World Trade Center to be shown at Shanksville

Anyone who was alive then and living in the eastern half of the United States will recall that the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, was pretty much flawless, with clear skies and comfortable late-summer temperatures. New York City firefighter Stephen Siller had planned on spending the morning ...

New Meadowcroft season gets underway

The 2026 season at Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village outside Avella kicked off Saturday. This year’s season will include mainstays like vintage baseball, an atlatl competition and more. Meadowcroft is the oldest known site of human habitation in North America and a National ...