In 2014, Jack Burt and a couple of his friends wanted to do something to remember their friend Stephen Breese, who was killed in a car crash, and also help Breese’s wife and infant daughter. Breese, 28, died in a head-on crash along Route 18 in Morris Township on Christmas night 2013. His ...
Two new Sheetz locations are springing up quickly in Washington County. The Altoona-based convenience store chain is close to finishing work on a store at the intersection of North Main and East Pike streets in Houston. The Houston Sheetz is scheduled to open in June. Another Sheetz is under ...
A fire displaced a Houston family Monday morning. Firefighters were called to 226 E. Grant St. at 9:48 a.m., according to a Washington County 911 supervisor. Crews arrived on scene to find the house in flames. Richard Burgess, one of the homeowners, was at work when he received a call from ...
Bill Evans learned valuable lessons as his wife, Jacquelyn, battled Alzheimer’s disease. The Houston man wants to share what he’s learned while caring for his wife of 46 years in her final days before her passing on Aug. 7 at age 74. “We have to make people more aware of what the ...
By Brad Hundt Staff writer bhundt@observer-reporter.com CANONSBURG – Canonsburg Borough Council failed to vote on a plan Monday that would have sold the Canonsburg Houston Joint Sewer Authority to the water company Aqua, despite Houston Borough having approved the plan last month. Eric ...
More than 1,000 degrees were awarded to graduates of the three Pennsylvania Western University campuses (California, Edinboro and Clarion) Saturday as part of fall commencement ceremonies. Dr. Brenda Fredette, dean of the College of Science, Technology and Business, served as master of ...
