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After a five-year pilot program, Pennsylvania drivers can expect to continue seeing cameras enforcing the speed limit in work zones. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced this week that state police would begin enforcement on the Work Zone Safety Camera program. ...

Construction has begun on Waynesburg University’s new Center for Criminal and Forensic Investigation. The center is slated to open in the fall 2024 semester as the university celebrates its 175th anniversary. The $2.1 million center has been funded in its entirety by donors, and will benefit ...

A Cecil Township man was arrested Friday following accusations he sexually assaulted a teenager. Nicolas Edward Vorhes, 31, is charged by state police with felonies of statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault and corruption of ...

In a five-year period, police throughout Pennsylvania handed out more than 5.8 million traffic citations to drivers. If you were one of them, chances are you needed to pump the brakes. The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) issued a press release recently detailing the top 10 ...

Offering a helping hand

Adam Stokes started volunteering for the American Red Cross when a major snowstorm hit Western Pennsylvania in 2008. The Greene County man recalls community shelters being put in place and Red Cross representatives expressing the need for shelter teams. “That’s how I got involved with the ...

State police are looking for two people who robbed a Greene County convenience store with a gun last month. According to police, the robbery occurred at about 5 a.m. Feb. 29 at BFS Foods, 496 Jefferson Road, Jefferson Township. Police said the pair entered the store with a firearm while ...