The former vice president of Point Marion’s parks committee – who was co-winner of a $30.6 million Powerball jackpot nearly 25 years ago – is accused of taking more than $73,000 from the borough to help fuel her gambling habit. Georgianna M. Carter, 58, was charged Thursday with felony ...
James G. Blaine, who grew up in West Brownsville and is the only Washington County resident to ever run for president on a major party ticket, is getting a “glow up,” thanks to a new Netflix drama series featuring President James Garfield’s brief term in office. The Washington County ...
After a short retirement, the Rev. Robert Ellis Stump admits to feeling good to be back in the pulpit again. The new pastor of California United Methodist Church has 40 years of experience at United Methodist Churches in Central Pennsylvania. Stump, 65, had retired from the ministry in June ...
Bentleyville is reopening its 2026 budget, which includes a one-mill tax increase. If approved, it would be the borough’s first tax increase since 2018. Council voted unanimously at a special meeting Monday to advertise the reopened spending plan for 2026. “After we went through ...
Pennsylvania schools are preparing for a major change in how children are taught to read. For the 2027-28 school year, all schools in the state will be required to use evidence-based reading curriculum, which uses methods such as phonics, a method that teaches students to decode words by ...
Workers from Allison Park Contractors put the finishing touches on the cement walkway for the new pedestrian bridge that is being built next to the site where the historic cast-iron bridge that crosses Dunlap Creek in Brownsville is being rehabilitated. Market Street has been closed since ...
