Once solid bastions of Democratic supporters, the unions representing local miners and steelworkers have experienced a seismic shift toward Republicans over the last decade in the era of President Donald Trump. Greene County Commissioner Blair Zimmerman, who is a lifelong Democrat and was a ...
The Washington County commissioners approved a $1.44 million bid to perform wall-shoring outside the abandoned Courthouse Square building to move forward with demolition of the former county office tower and make way to construct the new public safety complex. During the brief special meeting ...
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More than seven weeks have passed since Jesus Teran, a 35-year-old church member of St. Oscar Romero Parish and asylum seeker, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the agency’s Pittsburgh field house. Since his July 8 arrest, Teran, a Venezuelan immigrant, has been ...
Dave and Renee Dickson oversee operations at Foster Farm Acres in Buffalo Township. “Renee owns the place and I’m the caretaker,” Dave said, referring to his spouse, whose family has been in charge for three generations. “We raise beef, hay, oats, corn . . . whatever the deer don’t ...
The theme for this year’s pilgrimage at Mount St. Macrina, “Theotokos, Icon of Hope,” is an appropriate one for current times, said Sister Barbara Jean Mihalchick, O.S.B.M. Theotokos is the Greek word for Mother of God, and is one of the titles given to Jesus’ mother Mary. “Mary is ...
