Finleyville News

" There are many items of unknown origins in the collection and discoveries of the Peters Creek Historical Society whose inventory records are missing.

If you're a wine-lover in Pennsylvania who also believes in buying close to home, you face what might be called a locavore's dilemma.

Until he left home for Navy boot camp, John Edward Allen had never been on an airplane.

A second person has been charged in connection with an armed robbery at a service station in Finleyville earlier this month.

A plumbing and heating contractor has agreed not to work for any casinos in Pennsylvania for at least five years, according to a consent agreement approved Wednesday by state gambling regulators.

This article has been read 352 times. A suspect has been apprehended in the early morning armed robbery of the the Sunoco convenience store on Washington Avenue in Finleyville, Monongahela police said.

The Monessen School District has confirmed its first case of the H1N1 flu, commonly known as swine flu.

William Frankfort, president of the Peters Creek Historical Society, and Larry Gallant, right, the society's field investigator, speculate on the origins of a stone monolith along the Montour Trail in South Park.

The fall is here. Enjoy your weekend browsing craft booths, pumpkin patches and food stands the entire month of October.

West Newton police are investigating the apparent theft of thousands of dollars reportedly missing from the borough fire department's bank account.

CRASH: Benjamin W. Laboon, 26, of 2004 New York Ave., Finleyville, lost control of his 2006 Pontiac G6 while negotiating the ramp from northbound Route 72 onto Route 117 just after 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

As a survivor of the brutal Bataan Death March of World War II and Japanese prisoner of war camps, John Emerick never lost his concern for the welfare of the men who were with him through those ordeals.

There's nothing like an oversight - OK, a glaring mistake - to catch the attention of readers of this weekly offering.

Patrick Herforth's passion for living and exploring his creative side now shines in the custom furniture he designs and builds.

In response to requests from residents, borough council plans to voice displeasure with a Ringgold School Board decision to close Donora Elementary Center.

A Washington County man was killed and two other people injured Wednesday in a three-vehicle crash on Route 837 near Finleyville.

Computers were down at four of First Niagara Bank's 57 branches early Wednesday, interrupting business for customers of the area's newest bank on its second day of operation.

The city's newest police officer now has his own police vest. Beny, the 3-year-old German Shepard police dog for the city's K-9 unit, received his vest during Wednesday's meeting of city council.

Jeff Pikulsky can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2635. For a modestly sized specialty butcher shop on an isolated back road, Cheplic Packing Inc.

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