DAR honors three women in American history
A Fayette County man serving a prison sentence for murdering his girlfriend in 2021 received an additional six- to 12-month prison sentence Thursday for dumping a large amount of waste tires at Ohiopyle State Park. Thomas L. Dean, 53, entered a fast-track guilty plea Thursday to misdemeanor violations of the Solid Waste Management Act, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced in a release. Dean is also ordered to pay a $2,500 fine to the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Abatement Fund. The Office of Attorney General’s Environmental Crimes Section investigated and prosecuted the case, which involved Dean — and his nephew, Donald Dean — dumping tires at the park while working at an auto ...
A fire at the City Mission in Washington forced the evacuation of the entire campus and its nearly 200 residents Friday morning, although the blaze was contained quickly by the shelter's upgraded sprinkler system, minimizing the damage. City firefighters were called to the sprawling shelter on ...
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. Detectives had obtained a search warrant for 129 Hickman St., Jefferson, after an undercover operation in May in which officers purchased “tranq” — a dangerous veterinary tranquilizer (xylazine) frequently mixed with illicit opioids. During a search of the building, detectives found glassine bags ...
With downtown Pittsburgh as a backdrop, U.S. Reps. Chris Deluzio and Summer Lee talked about legislation that they say would hold companies accountable for unproductive “zombie mines” during a press conference on Mount Washington. “The Night of the Living Dead” might lead you to ...
GRANVILLE, W.Va. – Starter Chansen Cole and reliever David Hagen combined on a four-hitter and West Virginia used a pair of five-run innings to beat Binghamton 10-1 in the first round of the Morgantown Regional on Friday at Kendrick Family Ballpark. WVU (40-14), the No. 1 seed in the ...
Winning your district’s championship in baseball or softball means you won’t have to travel far in the first round of the PIAA playoffs. Some teams even get home games in the opening round. Bentworth (21-2), which won its first WPIAL softball championship Wednesday by beating Neshannock ...
AVON, Ohio – Andrew Czech went 3-for-3 with a home run, Kobe Foster pitched seven strong innings and the Wild Things defeated Lake Erie 10-4 in a series opener Friday night. Foster (4-0) scattered six hits and allowed two runs. He was backed by an offense that scored five unearned runs, ...
Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...
Dr. Norma Thomas doesn’t amass possessions — she’s more of a “get it and give it away” person, she said. The exception is history, where she and the local center she founded have become a magnet for people looking to add to the documentation and understanding of the Black ...
