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J-M instructor wins state Teacher of the Year

Naomi Brandstetter, a fifth-grade student at Jefferson-Morgan Elementary School, had a long list of reasons Monday why Maddie Loring should be named Pennsylvania’s Teacher of the Year. The fourth-grade math teacher has been Brandstetter’s favorite in all her years of schooling. She ...

Waynesburg welcomes Santa

The color guard wore antlers, the cattle donned holiday garlands and a vintage fire truck was topped by a smiling Kris Kringle. The elevated levels of yuletide cheer were matched by a festive crowd along High Street for Saturday’s Christmas parade in Waynesburg. The annual highlight has ...

Police have arrested the two other suspects accused in Sunday night’s robbery at the Washington Food Mart in which a customer was shot when she pulled out a concealed weapon in self defense. Christian Zavier Patrene, 19, and Christopher Ellis-Valperga, 18, were arrested Friday and charged ...

A judge has selected a new member to fill out the California Area School Board. Following a hearing Monday at the Washington County Courthouse, Judge Brandon Neuman selected Kim Leasure to serve on the board to fill the vacancy created by Diane Zielensky when she resigned Sept. 17. The school ...

Editor’s note: This article is a part of Helping the Helpers, our annual series to raise awareness for nonprofits throughout the area. In late 1969, a group of five people returning to the community from state psychiatric hospitals started having social gatherings once a week. Through ...

Midtown Market opens in Canonsburg

Andrew Andronas was awake until 4 a.m. Friday. It wasn’t his mind working overtime. He was. Andronas was applying the proverbial final touches to Midtown Market ahead of its ribbon-cutting a little more than eight hours later at 48 W. Pike St. in downtown Canonsburg. He was the driving ...