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An app for that: Education department launches ‘Finding Your Way PA’

news@greenecountymessenger.comFor Pennsylvania students and families facing housing instability, thereĢƵ an app for that.The state Department of Education recently launched Finding Your Way PA, a mobile and desktop app that connects those in need with local resources. The app is available at ...

2022 Greene County Fair Schedule

Sunday, Aug. 711 a.m.: Draft Horse Halter Show1 p.m.: Draft Horse Hitch Show5:30 p.m.: Vesper Service led by Rev. Don WilsonMonday, Aug. 89:30 a.m.: 4-H, FFA and Open Goat Show1:30 p.m.: 4-H and FFA Live Carcass Contest4 p.m.: Home and Garden Exhibit Hall (Opens after judging concludes)4 p.m.: ...

Greene County man sentenced to state prison in 2019 fatal shooting

news@greenecountymessenger.comCassandra Worry told the man who killed her brother, William Worry III, that she would forgive him for fatally shooting him inside a Monongahela Township mobile home in 2019.“Anthony King, I forgive you,” Worry told him during his sentencing hearing Monday ...

John O’Hara made Rain Day famous world wide

WAYNESBURG—One cannot, or should not, speak of Rain Day without using the name John O’Hara in the same sentence. Without his influence and hard work, the communityĢƵ unusual celebration would never have occurred.The late Mr. O’Hara was a freelance newspaperman who brought Greene County ...

John Daily was spokesman for Rain Day for years

WAYNESBURG — Like John O’Hara, the name of John Daily is always mentioned in any story about Rain Day.Daily was the official Rain Day prophet for 45 years before retiring and moving to Florida several years ago. During his more than four decades as the official Rain Day spokesman, Daily ...

Editor’s note

<em>EDITOR’S NOTE: In 1996, Jim Moore, former editor of the Greene County Messenger, wrote these two feature articles about John Daily and John O’Hara and the impact they made in putting Rain Day on the proverbial map for Greene County. Jim, who passed away in 1998, used to ...