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When Patrick Radden Keefe was in high school in the early 1990s, he had a singular ambition – to write for The New Yorker. When he revealed to an English teacher that he wanted to join the staff of what could very well be AmericaĢƵ most prestigious magazine, it was met with a little bit of ...

Natural gas poised to be long-term energizer

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last in a series of stories reflecting on 20 years of gas drilling in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Renz No. 1 was enshrouded in doubt 20 years ago, when Range Resources was attempting to unleash natural gas from the well through hydraulic fracturing. Workers had ...

Two volunteer firefighters and a police officer are being hailed as heroes for their quick action Thursday night to rescue an elderly woman from a house fire in Charleroi. Charleroi fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said his department received the call for a kitchen fire inside the main floor ...

A Fayette County man who killed another motorist after firing gunshots at her vehicle in Rostraver Township during a road rage incident on New YearĢƵ Day 2022 was convicted Thursday of third-degree murder. Anthony Hairston, 29, of Belle Vernon, was found guilty on the lesser murder charge, ...

Washington County officials released a preliminary image of its proposed public safety building and judicial center planned to replace the Courthouse Square office complex, while also approving a $12.5 million bond to partially fund the project. The artistĢƵ rendering produced by ...