The Washington County commissioners approved 50 projects to receive $8.7 million in Local Share Account grants during their meeting Thursday, but declined to modify the list to fund a request from City Mission despite pleas from the homeless shelter’s officials to reconsider. The City Mission’s application for $500,000 in Washington County’s casino gambling revenue funds […]
The projects recommended for a piece of the Local Share Account’s casino gambling money are expected to be approved by the Washington County commissioners during Thursday’s voting meeting, with one notable subtraction from the original list. The LSA committee voted last week to recommend approval of 50 projects to receive $8.7 million in gambling revenue […]
Nearly 100 projects are vying for a piece of the $9.2 million in casino gambling money that will be distributed this year through the annual Local Share Account program. The 94 applications under review this week by the LSA review committee are requesting a total of about $28 million, meaning the number of recipients will […]
Christmas Day 1944 never came for four Westmoreland County natives and 759 fellow servicemen who were passengers on a World War II troop transport ship headed for Cherbourg, France. On Christmas Eve, about 5 miles from its destination, the SS Leopoldville was torpedoed by a German submarine and sank, taking
Christmas Day 1944 never came for four Westmoreland County, Pa., natives and 759 fellow service members who were passengers on a World War II troop transport ship headed for Cherbourg, France.