Victoria Michaels, executive director of the Independence Conservancy, remembers as a child that Raccoon Creek ran bright orange and stank from the mine pollution. 鈥淭here鈥檚 not one person alive who had ever seen Raccoon Creek other than screaming orange because it had been that way for ...
Ernie Bradmon remembers the group of men that worked on the Monongahela Railway (MRY) out of Brownsville. In fact, many of them serve as docent, photographer and historian of the Monongahela River, Railroad and Transportation Museum today, keeping the history of the railway alive for the ...
CANONSBURG 鈥� The fourth time was the charm for Connellsville senior Lonzy Vielma at the 58th annual Powerade Christmas Wrestling Tournament. The West Virginia recruit had lost in the 鈥渂lood round鈥� his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons, but came through Saturday morning to assure ...
From raising more than $100,000 for gates at the Greene County Fairgrounds to teaching children through agricultural labs in school, the Greene County Farm Bureau is a nonprofit set on showing just how important farming is. 鈥淲e鈥檙e primarily a grassroots lobbying organization. We lobby ...
CANONSBURG 鈥� Connellsville鈥檚 senior duo of Evan Petrovich and Lonzy Vielma fell in Friday night鈥檚 quarterfinals, but still advanced to Day 2 of action in the Powerade Christmas Wrestling Tournament at Canon-McMillan High School. West Greene鈥檚 Colin Whyte also lost in the round of ...
Some Washington County residents may remember A.D. White. As a principal for what is now the Avella Area School District, he formed lasting relationships with his students, loved history, and in retirement, continued to give back to the community in the form of research, articles and ...
