Canonsburg woman able to get back home after trip to Dubai
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Drivers in Western Pennsylvania are beginning to feel the impact of a conflict over 6,000 miles away. Since the Iran War began a little over a week ago, critical supply chains for oil have faced sustained disruption, causing a jump of more than 45 cents per gallon of gas over that time, ...
A state Department of Corrections employee is accused of coercing a Fayette County prison inmate into sexual acts. Court paperwork stated Elise Fahringer, 37, admitted she had a physical relationship with the inmate in July and August of 2025 while counseling him as a psychological service specialist at the State Correctional Institution at Fayette in Luzerne Township. The inmate, now at SCI-Smithfield in Huntingdon County, said he felt pressured into participating in the sexual acts out of fear that Fahringer would accuse him of sexual assault, according to the criminal complaint. Fahringer also told the inmate she could have his upcoming parole release denied by telling the parole ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Quadir Copeland had 24 points and eight assists, Ven-Allen Lubin added 18 points and No. 7 seed N.C. State beat 15th-seeded Pittsburgh 98-88 on Wednesday in the second round of the ACC Tournament. N.C. State (20-12) advances to play No. 2 seed and 10th-ranked Virginia ...
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 ...
HOUSTON (AP) — The surprising loss by the United States to Italy in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday night means that the Americans need help to advance to the quarterfinals. The 8-6 defeat left the team with a 3-1 record at the end of its pool schedule. Mexico and Italy wrap up Pool B ...
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 ...
