Hit: Two youngsters from Clarksville are due a debt of gratitude for their quick thinking last November when a tree fell on a family friend in the woods. Aaron and Kaitlyn Hilverding, ages 8 and 9 respectively at the time, alerted first responders after Timmy Howard became trapped by a fallen ...
Hit: The state continues to chip away at the monumental task of locating and capping orphan and abandoned oil and gas wells. Gov. Josh Shapiro visited Washington County last week to mark his administration capping its 300th well, which is just a fraction of the sites in need of remediation. The ...
HIT: Scott Becker has been the leader of the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum for more than 30 years, so many people will not remember a time when Becker was not at the museum’s helm. Becker has been an indefatigable advocate for the Chartiers Township museum, which has a collection of more ...
Hits and Misses HIT: State Rep. Jason Ortitay, who represents portions of northern Washington County and southern Allegheny County, has been pressing legislation for four years that would increase awareness regarding eating disorders in children. On Monday, the Pennsylvania House Education ...
MISS: From Monday to Thursday, the whole region was in a deep freeze, with high temperatures struggling to get into the teens during the day and low temperatures sliding below zero at night. Fortunately, for most of us, we were able to ride out the arctic blast in the warmth of our homes and ...
Hits and Misses HIT: A student who had been diagnosed with tuberculosis was sent home from Charleroi High School Monday after it was discovered that the student had not received a clearance from a doctor to return. The district said it quickly isolated the student and that, at least for now, ...
