Roscoe News

By Tony LaRussa , For The Valley Independent Friday, October 30, 2009 Last updated: 11:22 am Mary Beth Buchanan says her eight years as the chief federal prosecutor for Western Pennsylvania have been marked by successful efforts battling crimes, including the sexual abuse of children, drug and gun violence and public corruption.

Jeff Oliver can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2666. RESA police had to make arrangements to pull two vehicles out of the Monongahela River after separate incidents over the weekend.

Police are seeking help in the search for a man who broke into a Roscoe man's truck and has since stolen from the victim.

No one loved 5-Town Park more than Marguerite Cox. The lifelong Roscoe resident and her husband, Charles - along with a group of devoted volunteers - worked tirelessly to restore the park more than a decade ago.

Chris Buckley can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2642. Every morning before heading to his store, Jerry Zahand Sr.

A Washington County family escaped injury last night when a gas explosion destroyed their mobile home in Roscoe.

A gas leak sparked a fire and explosion at a Washington County trailer park Friday night.

A contractor working on a private water line Friday evening accidentally ruptured a gas line, causing a mobile home in Roscoe to go up in flames.

" Carrie Masten and her daughter, Linda Mudry, were inside her home in Lazy D Mobile Estates Friday evening when an overpowering odor of gas drove them onto the porch.

A trailer home exploded in Roscoe Borough Friday evening. Washington 9-1-1 told Channel 11 that Columbia Gas was called to the location to check out a natural gas leak.