Gov. Josh Shapiro visited Mt. Lebanon Fire Department Monday to press lawmakers in Harrisburg to approve his budget, which includes $30 million in grants for fire companies across Pennsylvania. Top of mind for Shapiro and other speakers at Monday’s event was the recent arson at the ...
Cecil Township’s elected officials voted this week to establish a Department of Fire and Emergency Services to bring together the community’s three independent fire stations. Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance creating the department at their meeting Monday. Now, a steering ...
Speaking to a crowd on a perfect September morning, Pastor Robert Grewe listed off the names of four people killed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. He explained there was no specific reason he used those names – they were just chosen randomly from the nearly 3,000 people who ...
Through the annual Towers to Tunnels Foundation 5K, the family and colleagues of first responders who died in the line of duty continue to honor them. Participating at AHN Field in Canonsburg again this year was Team Beattie, named for Washington County Deputy Sheriff Chad Beattie. Beattie ...
A Finleyville woman lost her home and several pet cats to fire early Wednesday. Finleyville Fire Department Chief Jacob Lawrence said crews were called just before 6 a.m. to 70 Hidden Valley Drive. Firefighters arrived to see heavy flames and smoke coming out of the side of the mobile ...
Two firefighters from Washington County went to Shippensburg this week to participate in the Pennsylvania Wildland Fire Academy. Attending were South Strabane firefighter Wesley Attwood and Jacob Coen, who is a volunteer at Lawrence Fire Company in Cecil Township. Attwood explained that the ...
