Fort Pitt Museum will reopen April 17 with some updated long-term exhibits and a new director.

This time of year, Western Pennsylvania farmland tends to be covered in snow. So unless you're trying to shed the spare tire you put on, quite unintentionally, over the holidays, you might not be thinking "salad" for dinner.

Meeting roundup Canton Township supervisors, Canon-McMillan School Board, Peters Township School Board, Avella Area School Board, Washington County commissioners & Trinity Area School Board This article has been read 104 times.

This article has been read 1053 times. The state police fire marshal is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a Cross Creek Township packaging company building early Wednesday.

As an Army medic who tended to the wounded on the battlefields of Europe during World War II, Joseph Revesz never forgot the men and women who defended their country.

During a Monday meeting, Independence-Cross Creek Joint Sewer Authority members discussed several options for the future of the authority, including expansion of the lines.

KOSARIK. Geraldine "Jelly," 74, formerly of Avella, Pennsylvania, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2009.

This article has been read 98 times. Area food pantries are finding more items on their shelves during the holiday season.

" As layer after layer of debris is removed from the abandoned Lincoln National Bank, rich architectural details that once made it an Avella showpiece are being revealed.

An Avella, Pennsylvania landowner is suing an energy company for polluting his soil and water in an attempt to link a natural gas drilling technique with environmental contamination.

The Independence Township Supervisors accepted bids for two contracts for the construction of an estimated $550,000 municipal building.

This article has been read 120 times. Trinity Area School District will not give perfect attendance awards this year.

This article has been read 105 times. When Sabrina Mangin of Avella brought her newborn son home from the hospital 11 months ago, she feared she was just going to have to accept her weariness from sleepless nights and difficulty calming her son.

Westminster College awarded undergraduate degrees to 10 students at the completion of the summer term.

WELLSBURG a ' Tami Briggs of Wellsburg and Homer Briggs of Avella announce the engagement of their daughter, Patricia, to William Poling, son of Steve and Barbara Poling of Wellsburg.

President Barack Obama gave a nonpartisan back-to-school video message to students Tuesday, urging them to stay in school and make responsible choices.

Washington and Greene county starting teacher salaries this year range from $27,500 at Fort Cherry to $42,625 at Trinity, while maximum salaries range from $57,175 in West Greene to $94,084 in Peters Township.

Some children in Washington and Greene counties will watch President Barack Obama speak to public school students at noon Tuesday, but others will not.

A rural museum's new replication of an Indian village is surrounded by a palisade with pointed fence posts singed black at their tops by fire.

The Avella Area School board heard a proposal from Lori Lochran, Classrooms of the Future teacher, to create a hybrid cyber school during its regularly scheduled meeting Aug.