Three board members joined the Wilmington Area school board this week — two newly elected in November and one being a familiar face returning for a two-year commitment.

While they may not have had the most points in their 33-21 PIAA loss to Avonworth, on Nov. 29, the Wilmington Greyhounds still proved themselves winners on the football field.

A New Castle man is facing charges filed this week after Neshannock Township police reported finding him passed out in his car in a restaurant lot with his engine running.

The 2020 proposed budget was introduced last week at a New Castle City Council by Mayor Anthony Mastrangelo, which included the funds for streets and bridges.

For more than 30 years, Santa has made his way from the North Pole all the way to North Beaver Township. 

Castleview Memorial Park held their fourth annual candlelight holiday remembrance service for those who may have suffered losses this year.

An indoor display of hundreds of nativity scenes at the Villa Maria Conference Center delighted visitors from near and far Sunday.

SHARON – Sharon Historical Society will present “Urban Renewal: A Pictorial History,” a look at Sharon’s South Ward downtown redevelopment, at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the council chambers of the Sharon City Building.

The nursing education partnership between Grove City College and Butler County Community College has received a large financial boost.

PITTSBURGH – Sharon City School District was the first identified victim of what U.S. Department of Justice officials are calling some of the biggest cyber criminals in the world.

SANDY CREEK TOWNSHIP – A Sandy Creek Township man was hit by a vehicle and killed Friday night after going to his roadside mailbox.

Thursday was the deadline for Lawrence County candidates and others who spent money on campaign literature to file financial statements showing how much they spent and for what.

State traffic and drinking and driving laws pertain to horses and buggies as well as motorized vehicles on public roads.

David Antuono has been reelected as president of the Neshannock Township School Board.

An East Side man is wanted on drug and domestic violence-related charges after he assaulted a woman at his home the night of April 9, New Castle police reported.

Property taxes will remain at current levels in Neshannock Township, but wage earners will be paying more in 2020.

SHARON – A Sharon man arrested in connection with accusations that he raped a 14-year-old girl waived his right Thursday to a preliminary hearing.

It's a story almost as old as time. 

Ellwood City Medical Center employees learned by text message Friday that they would not be receiving paychecks that day — the latest development in ongoing concerns at the troubled hospital.

"You can do a lot of things with a piano," Bryan Pezzone mused during a break in his set Thursday night. 

Police are investigating a fatal accident on Route 422 and Interstate 376 late Friday night.

County maintenance superintendent Frank Piccari checks on a generator in the courthouse boiler room that is a backup if the power should fail.

PINE TOWNSHIP – An 89-year-old woman was killed about noon Thursday in a two-vehicle accident along Interstate 80.

An Ohio man was injured Wednesday when a tractor-trailer he was driving collided with two other vehicles on Route 422 in Shenango Township.

PITTSBURGH – Federal prosecutors released an indictment Thursday against a Russian citizen in connection with attempts to hack multiple U.S. organizations, including the Sharon City School District.

A new tree festival in Pulaski Township is celebrating the holiday season — and raising money to help the community.

After nearly 50 years as Lawrence County’s maintenance superintendent, Frank Piccari will retire Dec. 31 — sort of.

Lawrence County property owners who have not yet made good on their county property taxes for this year have only three weeks to pay them.

Pennsylvania two-year college tuition and fees at public institutions went from $3,885 in 2004-05 to $5,658 in 2019-20, the 20th largest increase among 49 states studied, the College Board said in a new report.

A Warren County dairy known for its glass bottles has been purchased by a Crawford County family and is expected to relocate by early 2020.

HARRISBURG — Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is launching a review to determine whether the state’s Lottery is doing enough to ensure that frequent winning players are extra lucky and not crooked.

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HARRISBURG – The 50-year fight over whether to arm local police with radar for speed enforcement has taken another turn. The House is poised to pass legislation to allow radar use in many local police departments, but its proposal would bar part-time police departments and part-time officers from using the equipment.

SHARON – About 20 members of the Phi Theta Phi fraternity at Thiel College descen ded on downtown Sharon Tuesday in their annual effort to drum up support for patients at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

The New Castle Area School Board is keeping continuity with its officers for the coming year.

For nearly 40 years, Charlene McCoy and her family have been bringing Christmas magic in the form of murals to the city’s South Side.

The Laurel School District and interim superintendent Leonard A. Rich are entrenched in contract negotiations that would keep him with the district for the next three years.