Work is about to begin to rehabilitate two pre-Civil War arch tunnels on the National Pike Trail near Claysville, along with eventual upgrades to make the nearly two-mile path easier to navigate. The Washington County commissioners last week approved a $547,489 contract with Frank Gavlik & ...
By Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA State College This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for Talk of the Town, a daily newsletter of local ...
Monessen Mayor Ron Mozer issued a local disaster emergency declaration after a sinkhole developed on State Road, creating a substantial risk of collapse. Mozer said Delmar Hepple, a member of the city’s street department, first noticed the problem when his wife drove on the road Saturday ...
A new report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) shows that 37% of the state’s general acute-care hospitals posted a negative operating margin in 2024, including four in the region. That means more than one-third of those hospitals lost money on their ...
Sadie Wiltrout only lived for 5 months and 24 days But more than a century after Sadie died in 1908, she continues to tie generations of the Wiltrout family together. The Wiltrouts, led by Beallsville resident Terry Wiltrout – Sadie’s great-nephew – undertook a project to restore her ...
A group of Philadelphia attorneys specializing in capital murder cases is asking the state Supreme Court to restrict Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh’s ability to pursue the death penalty, accusing him of using it as a political tool and coercing defendants into cooperating ...
