Brad Hundt

The blue has been ominously spreading west on the map, like an enemy army advancing. The map is the one that the Pennsylvania Department of Health maintains to track the statewide measles outbreak. Each county where there is a reported case is shaded in blue, with counties that have an abundance of cases designated in […]

A former information technology contractor with the Peters Township School District has been sentenced to four to eight years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material. Jason Wayne Ayres, 48, of Chartiers Township, was sentenced Monday by Washington County Judge Traci McDonald followed by Ayres pleading guilty to two felony counts of sexual abuse […]

A portion of the Arrowhead Trail in Peters Township is closed for a paving project. The project will take place from the Rolling Hills Park connector to the Pelipetz Trail access. It is expected to be completed Sept. 9. For information, contact the Peters Township Parks and Recreation Department at 724-942-5000.

Oglebay Park Resort’s Labor Day Weekend celebration returns Friday and continues through Monday in Wheeling, W.Va. It will feature Fort Henry Days, the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra’s “Music Under the Stars” and a fireworks finale over Schenk Lake, alongside a full weekend of family activities and entertainment throughout the park. The holiday weekend will also bring […]

On Sept. 17 – Constitution Day – citizens and students across Washington County will be reading, signing, and celebrating the U.S. Constitution. At noon that day on the steps of the Washington County Courthouse, citizens are invited to take a turn reading the document in its entirety, then sign a replica of the document just […]

On that Tuesday morning a quarter-century ago, Mitchell Stecker vividly recalls being herded out to the playground at Washington Park Elementary School. “I remember that clear blue sky,” said Stecker. It was shortly after the start of the school year, and Stecker was in the fourth grade and not yet 10. He became ill when […]

Does Peters Township need more recreational fields? That was an issue that emerged in a joint workshop meeting Tuesday that pulled together members of the Peters Township School Board and Peters Township Council, along with administrators from the school and the township. While most of the meeting focused on the nuts-and-bolts of things like residential […]

On a sunny morning much like the one 25 years before, first responders and community members gathered in South Strabane Friday to remember the terrorist attacks that shook the world on Sept. 11, 2001. This year’s remembrance was at the Tanger Outlets shopping center on Racetrack Road. It was a departure from previous ceremonies, which […]

The Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency (WCTPA) has announced another round of tourism grants for municipalities, businesses and cultural attractions in the county.

Timothy Chopp can't remember a time when he didn't want to climb into the cockpit of a plane and take off across the heavens.