When Rob Schiffbauer started as a volunteer firefighter at Carmichaels and Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Company two decades ago, there was a waiting list to join the ranks. “You basically had to wait for someone else to resign,” Schiffbauer said. At the time, the fire company ...
On a sunny 90-degree day, the grounds behind the Carmichaels & Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Department station were shrouded in a fine mist Sunday. The reason: the Battle of the Barrel, back at the King Coal Show for the second year after a lengthy absence. Teams from departments in ...
A 12-year-old boy died Saturday while swimming with friends in the Monongahela River. Divers found Rontae Lester, of Donora, on the riverbed at about 3:30 p.m., according to a report from Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco. According to Warco, one of Lester’s friends called 911 at ...
The Washington County coroner has identified the mother and child who died in Sunday’s head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70. Killed was 25-year-old Aisha Trawally and 4-year-old Abdul-Salami Touray, both of Columbus, Ohio, according to Coroner Timothy Warco. State ...
