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 5-year-old boy was taken by a medical helicopter to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh after nearly drowning in a backyard swimming pool in Nottingham Township Friday afternoon. The incident occurred in the 200 block of Pine Nut Drive, according to a Washington County 911 dispatcher. The boy was pulled from the water about 12:40 p.m. by someone who was attending a party at the pool, according to Pennsylvania State Police spokesman Rocco Gagliardi. EMS personnel administered CPR to the boy before he was flown to the hospital. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating.
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 ...
A Canonsburg man is accused of beating his 87-year-old grandmother with a cane last weekend, causing injuries to her head. Canonsburg police were investigating a hit-and-run crash in the 100 block of Hutchinson Avenue about 2:30 a.m. Sunday when they knocked on the door of a nearby residence ...
PITTSBURGH — Leslie Dowdle called it. Months before her son Rico entered free agency after running for more than 1,000 yards for Carolina, Leslie Dowdle rang Rico just minutes after the Pittsburgh Steelers announced that Mike McCarthy would replace Mike Tomlin as head coach in January. "She ...
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 ...
AVON, Ohio – Cole Fowler hit a three-run double on an 0-2 pitch, Hector Garcia had a quality start and the Wild Things defeated Lake Erie 5-2 Saturday night at ForeFront Field. The victory was the 300th in the career of Wild Things manager Tom Vaeth. The winningest manager in Wild Things ...
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, ...
Welcoming a new cat into the family is a milestone that can be exciting for adults and children alike. But relocating to a new abode can trigger a sensory overload for a new feline friend. Companion animals thrive on routine and can be territorial creatures. Therefore, moving them can be akin ...
