Adult, toddler killed in I-70 crash near Claysville
Two Waynesburg attorneys are vying for a chance to serve on the bench of the Greene County Court of Common Pleas. On May 20, Democrat and Republican voters will nominate either Patrick Fitch or Chris Simms in the race to replace Judge Lou Dayish, who opted not to run for retention at the end of his 10-year term. Fitch, 56, who currently serves as an assistant public defender in Washington County, is running as a Republican. Simms, 39, a partner at Pollock Morris Belletti & Simms, LLC, a Waynesburg law firm, has cross-filed and will appear on both the Democrat and Republican ballots. Fitch said he would like to reduce the backlog of cases in court, and ensure the fair ...
On Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Thomas L. Gillespie of St. Patrick Church of St. Oscar Romero Parish and staff members were live-streaming the Sistine Chapel chimney on their computers when Gillespie shouted, 鈥淲hite smoke, white smoke!鈥� They rushed into the living room and turned on the ...
An adult and young child were killed Sunday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 near the Claysville exit. State police said a passenger sedan was traveling west on the interstate when the driver lost control and went across the grassy hillside and struck an eastbound ...
A fire at a vacant nursing home in Fallowfield Township earlier this month has been ruled arson. The state police fire marshal determined that the May 3 blaze at 1039 Fourth St. Ext. in the township was intentionally set, although no other details about the fire, including where it in the ...
Danae Rugola is returning home. The 2019 graduate of Uniontown Area High School was hired on May 5 at the district鈥檚 school board meeting to replace veteran coach Aaron Scott, who had resigned from his position to be there for his daughter during her senior year of high school. Although ...
Perry Cunningham has played and coached in his fair share of baseball games, but on Tuesday evening at Gateway High School, the former Waynesburg University head coach, who is also in the Frontier League Hall of Fame as a pitcher, will make his debut in the WPIAL playoffs. Cunningham, who is ...
Brownsville鈥檚 softball team was waiting out a lightning delay in its non-section game against Laurel Highlands on Thursday and Jane Bock found the perfect way to entertain her team during the break, which coincided perfectly with the WPIAL playoff pairings being revealed. 鈥淲e decided to ...
On a summer evening in Milwaukee, with his team mired near the bottom of the National League, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan emerged from the dugout mid-game. Bragan headed toward the umpires. Strangely enough, he was sipping from a small drinking carton. Moments earlier, the brash Bucco ...
Nuggets of goodness show up where you least expect. For months I鈥檝e gotten unsolicited emails from a person who is apparently in a leadership role in a fishing organization. These are invitations to fly-tying sessions, guest speaker events, or group outings 鈥� all in Connecticut. I ...
