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Fairgoers reunite at Greene County Fair

Serving one of the first of what promised to be many baskets of food doled out to people during the Greene County Fair, Kristy Vliet was looking forward to the people she’d meet again this week. “I just get to see a bunch of people I don’t see all the time,” said Vliet, owner of 5 ...

A hearing later this year will determine if a man sentenced for death of killing and raping a 12-year-old girl in Greene County was intellectually disabled. If defense attorneys can prove Jeffrey Martin, 67, was, a judge could convert his death sentence to life in prison. Martin, originally ...

Plenty of people drop in for Rain Day

Not long after this yearĢƵ Rain Day kicked off in Waynesburg Commons, they found out this yearĢƵ festival would live up to the name. After a rainless Rain Day last year, the first drop fell this year at 11:21 a.m., according to the Rain Day Facebook page. It was welcome news to the crowd ...

House in Waynesburg damaged by fire

Firefighters responded to a house fire in downtown Waynesburg Monday afternoon. Firefighters were called at 1:09 p.m. Monday, Waynesburg Police Chief Billy Nichols said. One tenant was in the building at the time, and got out safely. Smoke from the fire billowed through several blocks of ...

20 years ago, the Hat Bet was TrumpĢƵ

Long before Donald Trump became synonymous with the red “Make America Great Again” hat, people in Waynesburg came to associate him with a different cap entirely. In the borough office window, flanked by Kent TekulveĢƵ Pirates cap and actor William SandersonĢƵ cowboy hat, sits a white ...