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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 PennsylvaniaĢƵ Teacher of the Year. The fourth-grade math teacher has been BrandstetterĢƵ 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 SaturdayĢƵ Christmas parade in Waynesburg. The annual highlight has ...

Property transfers

Fayette County The following property transfers have been recorded in the Fayette County Recorder of Deeds office between Nov. 3-7. Brownsville Caroline Cummings to Wendi M. Landman for $36,087.60 Bullskin Township Rodney Cross and Judy Cross to Madison E. Downs and Christopher Kiral ...

Waynesburg man jailed after chase ends in swimming pool

A Waynesburg man was arrested Friday morning after leading police on a seven-mile chase that ended when his car splashed into an in-ground swimming pool. Police began pursuing Juan Villarreal, 40, around 1:38 a.m., after a trooper stationed in Jefferson noticed the tinted windows of ...

Bus stop: J-M votes down joint transportation agreement

A proposed joint transportation agreement between three Greene County schools was ultimately too expensive to make work for now, Jefferson-Morgan School District Superintendent Brandon Robinson said. The districtĢƵ board voted 9-0 Monday to reject proposed bids for the joint contract, ...

Trend toward warmer, less snowy winters

There have been memorable winters in Southwestern Pennsylvania, said Jack Hughes. “The Great Appalachian Snowstorm” of 1950, which dumped 27.4 inches of snow on the region over a three-day period on Thanksgiving weekend, en route to a record year of 82 inches. And the blizzard of 1993, ...