Greene County Messenger

The Greene County Board of Commissioners approved an addendum to the lease agreement with Cumberland Township regarding the early termination of the lease and demolition of the pool at Wana B Park. The county and Cumberland Township announced the decision earlier this month to get rid of the pool, which had been closed since 2023 due to geological issues and subsidence that caused a succession of leaks.

Oct 8, 2026 By 3 min read 1 / 4 During a break on the first day of Coalbie's Warrior Walk, Coalbie sits in front of the hill she and Aaron Houser climbed. [Courtesy of Aaron Houser] 2 / 4 Courtesy of Aaron Houser Aaron Houser and Coalbie of Growing Up Greene spotted a stone boundary marker while crossing into Pennsylvania from West Virginia on Coalbie's Warrior Walk Wednesday. "Colby was the first to cross into Pennsylvania, and she goes first everywhere," Houser said.

When Aaron Houser was trying to think of the archetypal Greene County trek for an upcoming fundraiser for the child advocacy nonprofit Growing Up Greene, it came down to two options: a longwall mine, or the Warrior Trail. He chose the one with more sunlight — and more walking. The 67-mile trail was created by Native Americans for hunting, trading and communications between the Ohio River in northern West Virginia and the Monongahela River at the eastern edge of Greene County.

People in Sycamore will have a little further to travel to mail a package. The post office in the Greene County community closed temporarily, effective at the end of business Monday, U.S. Postal Service spokesman Mark Lawrence said. In a statement, the Postal Service said it had lost the lease on the building at 123 WW Railroad Road, necessitating the closure. No timeline has been set for reopening. Sycamore has 10 post office box customers, Lawrence said.

Police are seeking a Waynesburg man accused of injuring several people Sunday night after backing his car into a garage while allegedly drunk. Witnesses told Waynesburg police that James Roach, 35, had been asked to leave a gathering at 310 E. Lincoln St. before backing his Jeep Grand Cherokee into the garage shortly after 7 p.m. Stacey Lewis, who was standing near the garage entrance, was hit with the back of the vehicle near the fuel tank, the complaint said.

Greene County’s solicitor has been recognized as the best in the state. Robert (Gene) Grimm was honored with the State Solicitor of the Year award last month by the Pennsylvania County Commissioners Association at its annual conference.

Liam Lohr’s two-run double in the top of the ninth inning helped lead the Carmichaels Copperheads to a 4-2 victory over Hopwood in Fayette County Baseball League action at Hutchinson Field on Friday. Lohr may have had the game-winning hit, but Carmichaels starting pitcher Matt Bamford had 15 strikeouts over eight innings. He was relieved in the ninth for Ben Shields, who would earn the pitch victory, after throwing 136 pitches (87 strikes).

Charges were filed Monday in Greene County against two men accused of raping a child in incidents spanning several years. James Riley, 27, and William Riley, 23, are accused of molesting a girl in Morgan Township starting when she was 7, when all three were juveniles, she told police. She reported the alleged incidents in 2022. She said William Riley had assaulted her and forced her into sexual acts over a four-year period starting in 2013, she told state police.

A trial date has been set for a former Greene County district attorney and his former chief detective who are alleged to have used their positions to go after political foes. David Russo, 49, of Holbrook, and Zachary Sams, 41, of McDonald, are now scheduled to stand trial beginning Oct. 13. Both appeared in Greene County Court of Common Pleas for a hearing Monday.

Cash and suspected illegal drugs were seized at two locations in Greene County Friday morning after Greene County Drug Task Force detectives simultaneously executed search warrants at both spots, Greene County District Attorney Brianna Vanata announced Friday. The searches, conducted in Jefferson and Nemacolin, arose fro mseparate investigations, the district attorney’s office said.