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Local roundup: Mick helps Maples close season with win

Josh Mick was 3 for 4 with a triple and three RBIs as Mapletown closed its baseball season with a 13-3, five-inning victory over visiting Turkeyfoot Valley in a non-section game. Freshman Sam Moritz allowed just one hit with two walks and four strikeouts in four innings to earn the win for ...

Zaas’ big blast helps W&J sink Waynesburg

Green lights on 3-0 counts, especially when you’re trailing, don’t come around often in baseball. But when itÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ a cleanup hitter with power like Washington & JeffersonÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Scout Zaas, you can sometimes swing away. The Presidents found themselves trailing 3-2 in the sixth ...

Conservation can achieve wonders

I can still remember the pictures of the Cuyahoga River in Eastern Ohio catching fire from all the pollution floating on the river surface. The day was June 22nd, 1969. Today itÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ our polluted oceans in the news and last week we all saw the pictures of the garbage being dumped in the ocean ...

New executive director announced

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has a new executive director. Stephen Smith, who has served as deputy executive director since February, was appointed to his new role recently by the Board of Game Commissioners, which convened in executive session. Smith replaces Bryan Burhans, who ...

Farmers markets cropping up for another season

Area farmers markets are making their return, a sure sign that summer is just around the corner in Fayette, Greene and Washington counties. The Connellsville Farmers Market has a new location this year at Yough River Park. The schedule is 5 to 8 p.m. June 6 and 20; July 18, Aug, 1, 15 and ...

Waynesburg woman charged with arson

Waynesburg police arrested a woman accused of setting fire to a house earlier this month. Christina Lynn Shriver, 34, of Waynesburg, faces felony charges of arson, aggravated arson, reckless burning and risking catastrophe. Emergency crews were called to 177 S. Morgan St. at about 1 p.m. May ...