Rural Wings 2024 takes flight in Greene County
With some help from neighboring Chartiers Township, Canonsburg may have found a way to address flooding on McBurney Road. An area stream flows through Chartiers and onto West Pike Street in Canonsburg, resulting in flooding. “That stream overflows, breaches at the banks, crosses the street and impacts the local businesses,” said council President Rich Russo after Monday’s council meeting. “It’s been a problem for years. We’ve tried to get some money to fund (necessary remediation and repairs).” Needed work includes repiping a side of the stream by McBurney Road. Russo said the borough has sought grants from the state Department of Community and Economic Development to ...
Charleroi will hold its annual cleanup day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday throughout the downtown area. Market House will be used as a staging area as volunteers clean the streets, pick up debris and spruce up planters with fresh topsoil and new plants. The state Department of Transportation provided trash bags, work gloves and safety vests for the volunteers. Charleroi Area School District has confirmed the participation of 49 students and parents. Borough employees also will be participating. Big’s Sanitation will provide a 30-yard roll-off dumpster at the borough’s public works garage. Items such as tires, refrigerators and air conditioners will not be accepted. Televisions ...
Reports of honeybee swarms have started to tick up recently, and local beekeepers are ready to safely remove them if they pop up on your property. Swarm season actually came a bit early this year. Fred Miller, president of the Tri-County Beekeepers Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania, ...
Middle schoolers from four Greene County school districts were given the opportunity to build, code, fly and even make drones dance Wednesday as part of Rural Wings 2024, an inaugural drone showcase and competition at EQT Rec Center in Waynesburg. A collaboration between the school districts, ...
Washington police arrested a man on an attempted homicide and other charges in connection with a shooting Tuesday night that left another man injured. Justice Lamar Walden, 29, of Washington, faces felony charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and prohibited possession of a ...
SLIPPERY ROCK — No track, no problem for Fort Cherry’s 400-meter relay team. The Rangers’ quartet of Dylan Wudkwych, Tegan Henke, Shane Cornali and Matt Sieg took home the gold medal in the boys Class 2A race Wednesday in the WPIAL Track & Field Championships at William C. ...
WPIAL Class 2A Girls 100 meters (12.7) – 1. Hayzes Robinson, Avonworth/Northgate, 12.05; 2. Eva Denis, Greensburg C.C., 12.15; 3. Monroe Law, Winchester Thurston, 12.18; 4. Shaye Bailey, Freedom, 12.224; 5. Tori Atkins, Laurel, 12.227; 6. Jordynn Carter, Carlynton, 12.34; 7. ...
Logan Daniels’ two-run single capped a three-run top of the 11th inning for Trinity as the Hillers defeated Plum 6-4 in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A baseball playoffs Wednesday night at Gateway High School. The win sends 12th-seeded Trinity (9-8) into the quarterfinals Monday ...
Sure, we’ve had our days of unseasonable warmth lately, but remember that stretch back in January when it was so cold we could have ducked into a meat locker to warm up? Football fans in Kansas City surely do. On its way to winning its second Super Bowl in a row and its third since 2020, the ...
Nestled in the scenic area near Canonsburg Lake, the Little Lake Theatre Company has been delighting audiences for a whopping 76 seasons now. “We’re very blessed to be bouncing back from COVID,” said Patricia Knapp, managing director, adding that for a while they had to go virtual. ...
