Police: Driver in fatal I-70 crash was driving 118 mph
Washington City Council held the first reading Monday of an ordinance to refinance the city’s pension bond debt. Councilman Ken Westcott, who chairs the finance department, explained that the city will embark on an action he referred to as “debt smoothing” for the city’s pension bond debt, which stands at about $1.7 million. The move will spread the debt over three years, providing debt service relief, and freeing up about an additional $425,000 a year for the next two years. “Our pension debt is huge,” Westcott said. “If we don’t do these things it will go up another $200,000 to $300,000. Without raising taxes, we don’t have the money to cover that right now. ...
Park Avenue in North Franklin Township was closed for nearly four hours Tuesday due to police activity near Armour Street. North Franklin fire Chief Dave Bane said his department was called at 10:30 a.m. to close the 900 block of Park Avenue and divert traffic between McJay Drive and Williams ...
State police say a Fayette City man was driving 118 mph moments before he crashed into the rear of an Allenport woman’s car on Interstate 70 in Westmoreland County earlier this year, killing her after her car burst into flames. Jacob M. Posey, 22, was charged Friday with felony homicide by ...
The woman who was flown for medical treatment after being rescued from a Saturday house fire in Washington is expected to make a full recovery. “The breathing tube has been taken out,” city Fire Chief Chris Richer said Monday. The woman, described as legally blind and disabled, was trapped inside the home at 1200 Fayette St. when crews responded around 6:45 p.m. Richer praised members of the Washington Fire Department for their efforts to save the woman, who sustained second-degree burns on her upper extremities. “It was pretty impressive,” he said. “They had to fight their way in, then fight their way out with her. Their bravery certainly saved a life.” The ...
Peters Township placed 25th in the nation at the 2024 PGA Boys High School Golf Invitational held July 1-3 at the PGA Frisco campus and Home of the PGA of America. The invite-only tournament field was made up of the top high school golfers across the country competing at the “Modern Home of ...
Some of the richest racehorses in the world walked through the entrance to Amulet Equine Rehabilitation and Conditioning Center in Belle Vernon in the past five years. The healing there is about to end, however. Owners Tom Svrcek and Janet Collins confirmed over the weekend that the ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Joey Bart hit a grand slam and the Pittsburgh Pirates scored six runs in the sixth inning to storm past the Milwaukee Brewers 12-2 on Tuesday night. All-Star Bryan Reynolds, Rowdy Tellez, Jack Suwinski and Joshua Palacios also homered for the Pirates, who won in Milwaukee ...
Small businesses are struggling in Pennsylvania. Just ask any restaurant or retail business owner, and they will rattle off the financial challenges they face every day. Labor, food and energy costs, as well as operational expenses, never decrease; instead, they keep going up. In many ...
A group of Greene County residents are working together to ease the transition for children who are put into foster care. The child advocacy group Growing Up Greene, Embroid’em in Waynesburg and other volunteers are making pillowcases so that foster children have a sense of comfort when ...
