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Greene County Local News

news@greenecountymessenger.comThe state Department of Environmental Protection and EQT Corp. are investigating whether the natural gas producer struck an abandoned gas well last month while drilling in southwestern Greene County.The incident apparently occurred June 19 when sediment was found ...

news@greenecountymessenger.comState funding for local school districts will increase by as much as 14.3% for the 2022-23 school year.The $45 billion state budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year approved July 8 adds $525 million to basic education funding for K-12 schools – the main stream of ...

Editor’s note

<em>EDITOR’S NOTE: In 1996, Jim Moore, former editor of the Greene County Messenger, wrote these two feature articles about John Daily and John O’Hara and the impact they made in putting Rain Day on the proverbial map for Greene County. Jim, who passed away in 1998, used to ...

WAYNESBURG — Like John O’Hara, the name of John Daily is always mentioned in any story about Rain Day.Daily was the official Rain Day prophet for 45 years before retiring and moving to Florida several years ago. During his more than four decades as the official Rain Day spokesman, Daily ...

Pennsylvania businesses targeted by scam

Scammers are trying to rip off Pennsylvania business owners with fraudulent letters from the state’s Department of Revenue.The department issued a warning about the scam this week. According to a press release, the letter tells the recipient they are being investigated for “alleged ...