Fayette County’s namesake honored at bicentennial commemoration
PITTSBURGH – The Observer-Reporter and The Almanac received three Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Golden Quill Awards Thursday night at Rivers Casino, Pittsburgh. The Golden Quills competition, in its 61st year, honors professional and student excellence in print, broadcast, ...
The tiny borough of Long Branch in Washington County that went for Donald Trump last fall is poised to elect the first openly gay mayor in Western Pennsylvania, although the candidate said he’s more focused on issues affecting the community rather than being a trailblazer. Mike Natale ran ...
A man is facing charges of aggravated assault in Greene County after allegedly throwing a rock at his girlfriend’s head in Waynesburg. A criminal complaint was filed Wednesday against Brennenn Eddy, 36. The previous day, according to the complaint, he had gotten into an argument with his girlfriend near the train tracks on Greene Street. During the argument, he picked up a piece of granite from the tracks’ ballast and threw it at her, wounding her forehead, the complaint stated. Afterwards, a friend took her to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Greene in Waynesburg, where she received stitches for the wound, court records indicated. The next day, the complaint ...
Rob Kezmarsky had one last chance to coach a basketball game with Uniontown seniors Notorious Grooms, Calvin Winfrey III and Kelan Milsom. The trio made the most of the opportunity. The three Red Raiders were the three leading scorers for the Class 5A South team in its high-flying 141-101 ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kyle West’s recollection of his conversation with WVU baseball coach went back to the old days. Well, maybe they weren’t the old days, but certainly they were different from the current state of the program. “He was telling me there was a time when you couldn’t ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It wasn’t exactly a journey of 1,000 decisions that guided Steve Sabins to West Virginia. Rest assured, there were plenty of steps the WVU baseball coach took that ultimately brought him to Morgantown. Others were made for him. There was one instance where he was ...
On a summer evening in Milwaukee, with his team mired near the bottom of the National League, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan emerged from the dugout mid-game. Bragan headed toward the umpires. Strangely enough, he was sipping from a small drinking carton. Moments earlier, the brash Bucco ...
(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email [email protected].) NEW TRAIL AT LAUREL HILL STATE PARK The Scenic View Trail at Laurel Hill State Park ...
