Ellsworth News

You might say Theodore J. "Ted" Gregor's business is picking up. And he's hoping it continues that way.

Despite a $10,000 reward and a video that may show the killer leaving the crime scene, authorities have not been able to identify the gunman who shot an aspiring teacher from Minnesota on Sunday and stole his ...

“Something's being done for these loved ones that were lost.”

The state secretary of transportation is inspecting a Washington County intersection where five people died in a crash. via ThePittsburghChannel

“Obviously, that accident's still being investigated”

Less than a week after a van-truck crash killed three group home residents and two workers from the Mental Health Association of Washington County, county commission Chairman Larry Maggi said he wants to see ... via O-R Online

A Washington County woman was critically injured Wednesday night in a one-vehicle crash in West Pike Run Township, state police at Belle Vernon reported. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“The terrible accident that occurred today involved many of our customers that would greet you daily or just wish you a good day. Please pray for our injured friends as well as our deceased ones as they try to cope with this tragedy.”

Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette Rescue personnel and state police survey the scene of yesterday's crash in which five people riding in the white van at right were killed. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“We have reason to be thankful”

It was an especially grim day for Ellsworth firefighters Thursday, when they had to pull Mary Watkins from the wreckage of a violent accident that killed Watkins and four others. via O-R Online

The five people who died and seven others who were injured in a 9:45 a.m. crash at Route 136 and Brownlee Road in Somerset Township were identified. via O-R Online

“We will look at it again and see if we will move this project ahead of other projects”

A tractor-trailer slammed into a van carrying mentally disabled people on a trip to the Pittsburgh Zoo, flipping it onto its side, crushing it against a building and killing five people. via KVML

Police arrested a fourth suspect this morning in connection with the fatal shootings of a former Carroll police chief and his wife. via Pittsburgh Tribune

Check It Out! In what might be the most anticipated opening we've come across in a while, Devil's Den , the new bar on 11th and Ellsworth in South Philly, finally threw open its doors last week and revealed a ... via Philadelphia Weekly

W. Ellsworth Kuhn, 94, of 2872 Whispering Oaks Court, Buffalo Grove, IL, formerly of Shippensburg, died Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at home. via Chambersburg Public Opinion

Southmoreland School District will hold its final kindergarten registration for the 2007-08 school year from noon to 8 p.m. April 17 at the Southmoreland Primary Center in Alverton. via PittsburghLIVE.com

Eleven women from the Pittsburgh region were named this morning to Pennsylvania's annual Best 50 Women in Business list. via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

“It will be a little bit of Asian, a little bit of Mexican and a little bit old-school South Philly.”

"It is not an Italian gastropub," says owner Nicholas Miglino of Sticks & Stones , his forthcoming resto-bar at 1909 E. Passyunk Ave. via Philadelphia Weekly

“Involving local citizens in disaster response creates a self-sufficient community”

Founded in 1881, the American Red Cross has provided emergency assistance and disaster relief for more than 125 years. via Pittsburgh Tribune

“Some hunt but don't eat it, and for a lot of the others, after they have a deer or two in their freezers they use the rest to help feed the hungry.”

Frozen ground venison donated by Hunters Sharing the Harvest is among the food items distributed at the Ellsworth Food Pantry by volunteer Al Bellotti, left. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“This should be distributed by population, or whatever means, so every municipality involved automatically will get a fair share of the revenues.”

More than 80 agencies, local governments, private businesses and private organizations have submitted applications totaling more than $80 million for the estimated $8 million in slots revenue collected last ... via O-R Online

Numerous people recently appeared before Washington County Judge Paul Pozonsky on criminal charges. via O-R Online