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Greene County Local News

Charles E. Hunnell of Waynesburg has pledged $200,000 to establish the Florence Vernon Hunnell Scholarship at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus.Named for HunnellĢƵ late mother, the scholarship will benefit full-time students at the campus, with preference given to Greene County ...

Morris Township man wanted for violent threats

news@greenecountymessenger.comState police have issued an arrest warrant for a Morris Township man who allegedly made violent threats towards a woman and police.Jesse Ray Johnson, 46, faces a felony of making terroristic threats that cause evacuation of a building, and misdemeanors of ...

news@greenecountymessenger.comPennsylvaniaĢƵ Environmental Quality Board voted in mid-October in favor of adopting a new rule to limit the amount of two toxic PFAS chemicals in Pennsylvanians’ drinking water.PFAS chemicals are referred to as “forever chemicals” because they don’t ...

Naloxone orders expanded to combat overdoses

news@greenecountymessenger.comGov. Tom Wolf recently announced another expansion of naloxone standing orders, allowing residents to obtain products to help combat the rise of overdoses in Pennsylvania.The expansion includes a non-prefilled syringe with two single-dose vials of injectable liquid ...

news@greenecountymessenger.comJersey Gianna Smith of Carmichaels was named Miss PennsylvaniaĢƵ Outstanding Teen 2022 at the Appell Center for the Performing Arts in York in June for her work as a student, dancer and legislative mentor.Smith partners with the National Alopecia Areata ...

news@greenecountymessenger.comA bill from a local lawmaker that aims to better protect consumers traveling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is awaiting the governorĢƵ signature.The measure requires the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) to notify an E-ZPass account holder the first time the ...