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Days before Washington County鈥檚 tourism season is set to officially kick off this weekend, the county commissioners voted to freeze distribution of the hotel tax revenue to the tourism agency in an escalating feud over transparency and how the money is spent. In a split vote during ...
A homicide charge was dismissed against a Dunkard Township man in an agreement that saw him plead guilty to providing drugs that led to a Greensboro man鈥檚 fatal overdose in September 2023. Roy Allen Keener, 45, pleaded guilty in Greene County Court of Common Pleas on Tuesday to drug ...
State police charged two people Thursday after two dead dogs were discovered in a Redstone Township home. Ryan S. Murphy, 36, and Paige Leigh Miske, 31, each face felony charges of aggravated cruelty to animals. Court documents list their address as Uniontown. During a press conference at the ...
California (Pa.) senior Noah Bernarding broke his own school record by two-tenths of a second in the 800-meter run on Friday at Princeton. Bernarding finished 19th with a time of 1:50.47 in a race that was dominated by Division I runners. Bernarding was the first Division II athlete to cross ...
Lee Qualk showed he can hang with the big boys in winning the long jump on Friday in the 51st Baldwin Invitational at Baldwin High School. The California senior soared 23-5.50 to edge North Allegheny鈥檚 Nicholas Humphries (23-3) and Penn Hills鈥� Ronald Porter (22-11.50). Qualk smashed his ...
Eight area teams fell short of reaching the WPIAL team track & field finals in Wednesday鈥檚 semifinal meets. California hosted a Class 2A boys and girls semifinal meet with Carlynton advancing to the girls final and Beaver to the boys. Mount Pleasant鈥檚 boys team and Southmoreland鈥檚 ...
Every summer for more than I can recall, I've read, or reread, two books, both by F. Scott Fitzgerald. One is the novel he was working on at the time of his death in 1940, at the age of 44 - 鈥淭he Last Tycoon,鈥� or more properly, 鈥淭he Love of the Last Tycoon, A Western.鈥� The other is ...
Fishing conditions were poor for the April 5 opening day of trout season on area streams. Heavy rain for several days prior to the opener made creeks and streams high and muddy. Anglers have everything going against them on creeks near flood stage. Trout don鈥檛 feed. Instead, they hug the ...
