A Carmichaels man died Saturday evening in a motorcycle accident. The office of Greene County Coroner Gene Rush identified the man as 30-year-old Joshua Michael Brown. According to a press release, Brown was involved in a motorcycle accident that occurred at about 5 p.m. Saturday on State ...
Nearly 50 years after it was discovered that an estimated 4,500 barrels filled with toxic waste were dumped and buried on a 650-acre strip mine in northwestern Washington County, federal environmental regulators are beginning to clean up the messy legacy left behind. The U.S. Environmental ...
Editor’s note: This is the first in an occasional series about the origin of unusual names of places in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties. Growing up in Avella, Joey Gonzalez heard plenty of stories about Shades of Death Road. It’s a place where people were murdered and hanged. ...
When Brady Mermon began as the chief of the Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Department in 1970, it was a small operation with an outdated truck. As Mermon prepares to retire at the end of the year, the growth the Washington County fire department has seen under his watch is evident. Brad ...
A number of local communities received state Local Share Account (LSA) grants through the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA). Among the municipalities receiving LSA funds, generated from gaming revenue, was the city of Washington. With the $184,500 in funding, city officials intend to ...
State police arrested a Waynesburg woman Tuesday on allegations that she attempted to take a baby from a Jefferson Township home. Larissa Sue Fonner, 26, faces felony charges of interference with custody of children, unlawful restraint and burglary. According to the criminal complaint, police ...
