Washington County to terminate 911 emergency radio contract with MRA
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court last week heard oral arguments in a Donegal Township case aimed at determining whether the terms of two township supervisors were unconstitutionally cut short after the township voted in the November 2020 general election to approve a referendum to reduce the board of supervisors from five to three members. On April 10, the high court heard arguments on whether a section of the Second Class Township code was incorrectly used to prematurely end the term of township supervisors Richard Martin Jr. and Richard Fidler. The court’s six justices were asked to consider if Section 402(e) of the Second Class Township Code was unconstitutional as applied to the ...
Washington County is planning to terminate its contract with MRA Inc. a little more than a year after approving the agreement with the North Strabane-based company to upgrade the countywide 911 emergency radio system. “After a long, arduous, expensive process, we are back to the drawing ...
A Washington man pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of drug delivery resulting in death in connection with the deaths of two people to whom he helped supply a deadly batch of fentanyl in 2021. Lorenzo Brian Lloyd agreed to the negotiated plea deal that will come with a sentence of 2 to 4 ...
CASA for Kids announced the creation of the John DeBlassio CASA Champion Award in honor of John DeBlassio, who died in May 2022. This award will be bestowed annually upon a CASA volunteer, board member, or community member who exemplifies the spirit of advocacy and dedication to the welfare of children, a legacy that DeBlassio embodied throughout his life. This year, the award will be presented to DeBlassio’s wife, Kathy, at the CASA for Kids Walk for a Child – a mile-long walk to raise awareness and support for child abuse prevention, on April 27 at 8 a.m. at Southpointe Town Center Park. DeBlassio was an Upper St. Clair High School teacher and advocate for the empowerment of ...
By Joe Tuscano For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com HOUSTON – Whenever Chartiers-Houston and Carmichaels meet in a softball game, some stranger things can happen. But nothing was more strange than Tuesday's game at Allison Elementary School. The two teams took ...
The number of undefeated teams in Class A Section 1 has been reduced to one after Avella scored six runs in the top of the seventh inning to win at Fort Cherry, 14-8, Tuesday. The teams split the key two-game series with each winning on the opponent’s home field. Carmichaels is the lone ...
Layla Sherman hit two doubles and drove in three runs, powering Burgettstown to an 11-6 win over Washington Class 2A Section 3 on Tuesday. Winning pitcher Brooklyn Robinson doubled and drove in two runs and Andi Midler also doubled. Burgettstown (2-3, 3-6) did most of its damage early, ...
Sure, we’ve had our days of unseasonable warmth lately, but remember that stretch back in January when it was so cold we could have ducked into a meat locker to warm up? Football fans in Kansas City surely do. On its way to winning its second Super Bowl in a row and its third since 2020, the ...
It takes quite a bit of work to get a single family’s backyard garden ready for planting. At Corner Cupboard Food Bank, there are eight raised beds and several more along the fence that need tending, so the nonprofit’s executive director was glad to receive some recent help with that task ...
