O-R Weekend Recap: 5 things you need to know for Monday
Do you have a case of the Mondays? Well, we’re here to help you out with that with a collection of our five most popular weekend news stories from the Observer-Reporter’s website!
A 25-year-old Crucible man was charged by Cumberland Township police with two counts of child endangerment. Police say they found Zacharey Michael Coger passed out on the couch when he was supposed to be caring for his two children on Sept. 14.
According to police, Coger told them he fell asleep after taking subutex and smoking marijuana. Police found two pills within reach of the children along with a tin of “an assortment of pills,” with no prescriptions, the complaint said.
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A small-business incubator could be in operation in the heart of downtown Washington two years from now, according to plans announced Friday by Washington & Jefferson College and the Observer-Reporter.
During a brief presentation before about 20 county and city officials and area state legislators, W&J President Tori Haring-Smith and O-R Publisher Tom Northrop described a mixed-use incubator in which the newspaper will provide its former circulation building on South Main Street as well as its unused pressroom on Strawberry Way to the college rent-free.
For the full details on the small-business incubator, click here to read Michael Bradwell’s story.
Maybe the only people busier than the Carmichaels football team this week were the team barbers. All 41 players on the team got the buzz cut at a school pep rally, then went out and buzzed Mapletown, 35-0, in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game. The win keeps the Mikes atop the conference with a 4-0 record.
For the entire game coverage, click here to read Joe Tuscano’s story.
Sharon Ringeisen was a backstage manager for rock bands that played at regional pavilion venues. Now, she is hanging up her career in music and is auctioning off hundreds of items she kept from her years in the industry. There are more than 400 listings she has posted online at the Backstage Auctions website.
For more information on Ringeisen and the auctions, click here to read David Singer’s story.
A Washington man was killed on Interstate 70 near Triadelphia, W.Va., Thursday night when a truck hydroplaned on the wet road and struck three vehicles.
According to The Intelligencer of Wheeling, W.Va., Bernard Bachmann, 62, of Washington, was killed in the accident. The truck, driven by Richie Samuel, 44, of Brooklyn, N.Y., apparently crossed the median after hydroplaning. No other serious injuries were reported. The West Virginia Department of Transportation is investigating.
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