O-R Weekend Recap: 5 things you need to know for Monday
How was your weekend? We hope you kept warm in the below-freezing temperatures, but if you missed out on some of the biggest news stories in the area while you were keeping bundled up, we have you covered! Here’s are five of the most-read articles from our website this weekend!
South Strabane Township police obtained an arrest warrant for a West Virginia woman who is accused of not only robbing two banks in Trinity Point just before Christmas but also two banks in West Virginia and two more in Ohio.Christine Joy Martin, 30, of Davisville, has been in North Central Regional jail in Greenwood, W.Va., on $150,000 bond since being taken into custody Dec. 30 for allegedly robbing a bank in Morgantown, W.Va.
South Strabane police Detective Ken Torboli charged Martin with two counts of robbery and two counts of robbing a financial institution for allegedly robbing the First Commonwealth and Wesbanco branches Dec. 23.
For the full details on the case, click here to read Kathie Warco’s story.
On the campus of Trinity Area High School, students soon will be growing vegetables in a repurposed shipping container.
The school district received a Local Share Account grant from slots revenue to purchase a Leafy Green Machine, a high-tech hydroponic farm built inside a shipping container, making it just the sixth public school system in the United States to undertake the project.
The school district will use the transformed shipping container to grow produce for the school campus and the community in a joint venture with the Greater Washington County Food Bank.
For the full story, click here to read Karen Mansfield’s story.
Like many other young football players in the Pittsburgh area, one of Mike Hull’s goals was to play a game at Heinz Field.He can check that one off his bucket list, even though the result wasn’t one he wanted.
The former Canon-McMillan standout made his NFL postseason debut Sunday and checked off playing a game at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh’s 30-12 AFC Wild Card playoff victory over Miami.
For more details on Hull’s playoff debut, click here to read Steelers beat writer Dale Lolley’s interview.
One-room schoolhouses from yesteryear are disappearing from the local landscape but a few are being preserved to keep a slice of history alive. In East Finley Township and Canton Township in Washington County, Rogersville in Greene County and Rostraver Township in the Mon Valley, efforts are taking place to renovate these buildings.
For more information, click here to read Scott Beveridge’s story.
Steelers beat writer Dale Lolley gives readers an inside scoop on the team in his NFL from the Sidelines blog. On Sunday, he followed up the Steelers vs. Miami game with his thoughts and more information, including a video that showed Ben Roethlisberger walking into the Steelers’ locker room, despite reports that he was injured and limping.
For all the latest Steelers news, click here to read Dale Lolley’s post Steelers vs. Miami thoughts blog.