Nemacolin News

Four men active in their communities will be honored when Veteran Community Initiatives holds a Chapel of the Four Chaplains Awards Ceremony later this year.

Steve "Froggy" Morris was best known for his popular bars and restaurants, but he is also being remembered for his commitment to children with epilepsy.

The state has extended air quality plan approval for a controversial waste coal-fired power plant proposed for Greene County, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said today.

Soldiers from the 307th Military Police Company wanted a memorial dedication Sunday to go beyond honoring the deaths of two comrades in Iraq.

Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Now that the D.C. Circuit's Judicial Conference has ended, I have left Farmington, Pennsylvania and made the 70-mile journey to Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Business Times - by Kim Lyons Joe Wojcik Kennywood guests ride The Thunderbolt roller coaster.

“He brings excellent experience in luxury properties to his new role, and extensive knowledge of the western and central Pennsylvania markets. We look forward to his active contribution to our sales team.”

Benchmark Hospitality Appoints Don Miller Director of Sales for Bedford Springs Resort in Bedford, Pennsylvania . via Hotel Online

“A prophet has no honor in his own country”

The next big thing at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, will be a celebration of the region's rich cultural heritage. via Pittsburgh Tribune

“It will be your choice if Mr. Martin should remain ... in prison for the remainder of his life or if he should be killed.”

A Greene County jury Thursday convicted Jeffrey Robert Martin on all counts, including first-degree murder and child rape, and the panel is now deciding if Martin should be sentenced to death or life in prison. via O-R Online

“Marianna & Mine No. 58 - The Big Mine.”

It was called a model mine, perhaps one of the best collieries in the country and the world. via O-R Online

Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail Quest class session with Venture Outdoors, 7-8 p.m., River Club, One Oxford Center, Downtown. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“It spread through the wall from the basement to a second-floor bedroom”

A Greene County family was displaced from their home Sunday as a result of a fire. via Pittsburgh Tribune

“Stay away; you are not getting anywhere near us.”

The production company that is filming a scene or two in Nemacolin for "The Road," a movie based on the Pulitizer-prize winning novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy, must have been elated to discover ... via O-R Online

“Low-level individuals traditionally work in connection with drug rings that move in to towns and corner the drug market. Without the street-level runners and dealers, these major drug dealers have a major void in their organization.”

Ten street-level drug dealers, operating in Greene County, have been charged today as part of a task force sweep targeting low level drug dealers in Southwestern Pennsylvania. via Attorneygeneral.gov

As Pittsburgh tries to make the transition from a center for heavy industry to a hub for technology, education, medical research and comfortable living, it must strive to create equality in the workplace. via Http

“We need to hit $200,000 so we have all the funding in place for the building”

From fistfuls of change dug from children's pockets to checks for hundreds of dollars, donations to Uniontown's East End United Community Center's capital campaign goal continue to arrive. via Pittsburgh Tribune

“We can only hope that the new Right-to-Know Law will make it so the average citizen doesn't have to pay $50,000 and take a case to the Supreme Court to get information that they have a right to in the first place”

A judge ruled that Pennsylvania's student loan agency acted with wanton disregard when it withheld spending records and ordered it to pay $48,000 in legal fees incurred by three media companies that fought in ... via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

“It will make that intersection much safer, and it's going to make that property much more developable”

Greene County commissioners are expected at their meeting today to hire a Philadelphia engineering firm to draft plans on how to develop land that the county owns at Baileys Crossroads, Cumberland Township. via O-R Online

“Apparently, it doesn't work. There have been numerous complaints that we don't have water down here”

Fire destroyed a house on Roosevelt Lane Thursday and left two families homeless. via O-R Online

“I feel the time has come for me to pursue new opportunities”

Veteran Republican state Rep. Jess Stairs is calling it quits. Stairs, 65, of Mt. via Pittsburgh Tribune