Waynesburg News

Jeff Pikulsky can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2635. For the last 31 years Cora Ducoeur has run the more than century-old Orange's Gift Department Store in downtown Charleroi, she has specialized in selling specialty items.

Since his last visit to Greene and Washington counties in August, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter has changed not only his appearance but also his party affiliation.

The Honorable John W. Fritz Jr., died on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, in his Quakertown home.

Barbara Moschetta is one of those rare people who from a very early age always knew what she would be when she grew up.

A Greene County man is accused of driving under the influence after running his sport utility vehicle into three juveniles riding bikes on a Cumberland Township street Saturday afternoon, then fleeing the scene of the accident, state police at Waynesburg said.

At least two children were hit by a car on Browns Ferry Road in Carmichaels Saturday afternoon.

On his campaign Web site last fall, then-state House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese boasted about his reliability in bringing home the legislative pork.

Do seemingly distant communities such as Windber and Waynesburg share common challenges? Could ideas developed in Somerset also be useful in Steubenville, Ohio? Would planning for growth in Johnstown or Jerome be meaningful in Mercer or Monessen? For Allen Kukovich and others involved with the Regional Visioning Project, the answer to all of those ...

This article has been read 186 times. A look back at some of the headlines gracing the pages of the Observer-Reporter and the Waynesburg Republican this week in Greene County history: June 20-26, 2004 Man faces new animal cruelty charges A Cameron, W.Va., man found guilty of cruelty to animals for failing to provide care to six horses that ...

It was a daylight burglary of her home in January that made Sarah Hughes of Mt. Morris realize something needed to be done to make her community safer.

Sandra Brown is quite upfront with people inquiring about staying at her bed and breakfast in rural western Greene County: Don't expect fancy amenities and you may have to dodge a few wayward chickens on your way to the front door.

Not everyone longs for the "good, old days," but it's a pretty good bet that if you ask some Greene County locals to recall their happy days of the 1950s and 1960s many would say it would be eating a double-dip ice cream cone at Bryan's Dairy.

Have you met John Gusic? This article has been read 39 times. The tall, distinguished gentleman with the red vest delivers mail and helps patients one Wednesday a month at Southwest Regional Medical Center.

Education: Associate degree in nursing from Community College of Allegheny County, 1980; bachelor's degree in nursing from Waynesburg University, 2008 Background: Beverly has been an active member of the Emergency Nurses Association for 25 years, holding offices at the state and chapter levels.

Waynesburg council, which has been considering building a skate park for borough youth for more than a year, discussed Monday what might be the best location for the park.

It is unlikely anyone looking at police photos of two Honda Civics that were reduced to twisted metal in a crash two years ago would question whether speed was involved.

Community Action Southwest, reacting to anticipated funding reductions from the state for the upcoming fiscal year, announced some significant changes in senior services in Greene County, including the closing of one senior center.

Two friends of Britnee Moore testified Monday that the 20-year-old Waynesburg woman admitted she reached for a cell phone to answer an incoming call just before her car and one driven by Hope Maley collided two years ago on Route 218, three miles south of Waynesburg.

A young Waynesburg woman who was behind the wheel of a car that crashed into a 16-year-old girl was found guilty Wednesday of homicide by vehicle.

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