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North Franklin Township will hold a public hearing next month on an ordinance that would regulate the development of cryptocurrency mining and data center facilities in the township. The municipality’s board of supervisors voted Tuesday to schedule a public hearing on the ordinance for 4:30 p.m. April 14. There will also be a public hearing for an ordinance concerning fossil fuel electric generating facilities. Bob Sabot, chair of the board of supervisors, said there are currently no plans for a data center in the township. “No one has come forward saying they want to put a data center in North Franklin Township, but we’re being extremely proactive,” Sabot said. The ...
South Strabane police arrested a man Tuesday after he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend. Garrett Devon Ware, 29, of South Strabane, faces a felony charge of strangulation and misdemeanors of terroristic threats and simple assault. According to the criminal complaint, shortly before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, police were called to the 1600 block of Pierce Avenue. Ware allegedly choked Rachel Gilles and punched her. Charging documents state that Ware was in possession of a firearm and threatened her life. Ware was arraigned Tuesday afternoon before District Judge Charles Tenny, who sent him to the Washington County jail on $25,000 bond.
The former director of a local youth football league will head to trial on charges that alleged he embezzled about $235,000 from the organization. Charges against 57-year-old William Spencer were held for the Washington County Court of Common Pleas on Wednesday. He had been scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing that morning. Spencer, of Canton Township, resigned from his role leading the Western Pennsylvania Youth Football League last March after the league’s members became concerned about the organization’s finances and lack of a payment to its insurance provider. According to charging documents, investigators from the state attorney general’s office found 187 ...
The alleged middle man in the murder-for-hire plot at a Rostraver Township shopping center more than three years ago has been arrested in Philadelphia and charged with helping to facilitate the killing. Westmoreland County detectives on Tuesday charged Tuan Minh Dang, 47, of Philadelphia, with ...
Cecil Township took another step closer to implementing a comprehensive solar power amendment to its local zoning ordinance during a Monday night hearing. The board of supervisors discussed details regarding how commercial and residential solar systems will be governed before setting a fourth public hearing on the matter ahead of an anticipated adoption vote in April. The board has held two previous hearings to gather input from residents on the most appropriate way to regulate solar systems in the township, according to Supervisor Cindy Fisher. Township zoning hearing board Chairperson Kara Shirdon addressed the supervisors first, questioning whether the current definition of an ...
A man who was struck in the head with a full beer can at a concert last year is suing The Pavilion at Star Lake for alleged negligence. Law firm Morgan & Morgan filed the lawsuit on behalf of Michael Mollenkopf in Allegheny County this week. Named in the lawsuit are Live Nation, which ...
ALTOONA – Trinity tried to follow the same blueprint it had last Saturday when it beat District 6 champion Hollidaysburg. Strong defense and timely baskets. The defensive part was there again as the Hillers held York Suburban well below their average of 51 points per game. They just fell ...
Name: Marlee Solomon Grade: Junior School: Canon-McMillan Sport: Wrestling Solomon’s week: An exclamation point was put on an amazing season by Solomon by dominating all four of her matches at the PIAA girls wrestling tournament en route to her second consecutive state title. “I’m ...
ALTOONA – On the final night of section play, Peters Township had to win at Bethel Park just to get into the WPIAL playoffs. Now the Indians are in the state quarterfinals. It’s been quite a journey over the last month-plus for Peters Township and that continued with a dominating 54-32 ...
Periodically, a news story comes across my iPad that I just can’t stop thinking about. This story started like this: “On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar.” That opening line drew me in almost as fast as “A Florida man ..." “The caller was the bartender,” and ...
Doctors have a new emerging weapon in the fight against cancerous tumors: ultrasound. After a five-year study by the University of Michigan showed promising results in treating liver cancer with ultrasound, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the procedure called ...
