Donora News

Bryan W. Salyer, 35, of 201 Cummins Ave., Houston; two counts of DUI, first offense, retail theft; charged July 23, 2012, for stealing PC games from Target, South Strabane Township; charged Sept.

Two Donora residents were arrested late Friday by borough police in connection with the heroin overdose death of a 55-year-old Carroll Township man earlier that day.

Could the Ringgold School Board race have a ripple effect on nominations for two seats on the Washington County bench? Whether to build a new middle school has been a controversial issue in Ringgold, where 14 candidates are seeking nominations as a prelude to the November election, when seven are to be elected.

Donora had already lost its major industry and was flat broke and in debt about the time John “Chummy” Lignelli decided to get into local politics nearly four decades ago.

More than 300 years ago William Penn was granted land in the New World. "Penn's Woods" had great forests, clean rivers, rich soils, and superior mineral wealth.