Hit: We can’t help but marvel at the resilience and strength demonstrated by Jen Pardini, whose life was forever altered two years ago at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, who brutally attacked her with a hammer, fracturing her skull and nearly ending her life. Rather than retreat from the ...
Hit: Last week’s trench collapse in Charleroi could have had tragic results had it not been for the diligence of multiple rescue teams from across five counties working together to extricate a trapped man. The unidentified man had been working in a trench in the 800 block of McKean Avenue in ...
Hit: A Mon Valley business has initiated a fundraiser to benefit employees of U.S. Steel’s Clairton plant who were impacted by last week’s explosion that killed two and injured another 10. Michelle DeHosse, who owns Sparkles by Shell in Monongahela, and her friend, Heather Gwaley, of ...
MISS: A wayward black bear has been spotted roaming around Canonsburg neighborhoods this week, prompting borough police to take to social media to urge people to use caution if they encounter the wild animal. As an addendum to that message, we urge those who feel compelled to take a selfie with ...
Hit: Blighted properties large and small are being removed from the local landscape, thanks to the action of the Washington County Board of Commissioners. Last summer, the commissioners established a blight and demolition fund using $13 million in federal COVID relief money that had to be ...
Miss: In a “plucky” caper reminiscent of the comedy, “The Apple Dumpling Gang,” featuring Tim Conway and Don Knotts as two bumbling outlaws, four people were charged in a failed attempt to fire a drug-filled crossbow arrow into the Fayette County jail. The caper was foiled after the ...
