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The superintendent of Monessen City School District said police are investigating after a firearm was found in a teacher’s desk Thursday. Dr. Robert Motte sent a letter to parents informing them the weapon had been found at Monessen Elementary Center. Motte wrote in the letter that the teacher has a license to carry a firearm. The teacher has not been identified. Motte said Friday that officials discovered the firearm Thursday morning in the course of a separate, unrelated investigation. According to Motte, this investigation was related to Title IX but declined to elaborate on the specifics. “We were actually doing another investigation, and through that questioning it came ...
A Canton Township man faces criminal charges after he was accused of stealing more than $14,000 from residents at an assisted care facility. Greene Washington Regional Police Department on Wednesday charged Quinn Christopher Wells with felonies of theft by deception and receiving stolen property. Wells, 40, was the house coordinator for Pathways Residential Homes at 690 Hewitt Ave. According to the criminal complaint, between April 2024 and December 2025 he took support funds from two care-dependent residents. Charging documents allege Wells took $9,793.58 from one resident and $5,137.06 from another. According to the complaint, Wells used the money for meals, clothing and gift ...
The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Chartiers Township has been named the Best Small-Town Museum in USA Today’s annual 10 Best Readers Choice Awards. It was one of a handful of honors given to museums across the region in the awards. This is the first year the museum was selected for ...
A request for qualifications is going out for potential engineers for a new trail at the Wisecarver Recreation Area. The Greene County commissioners approved the request in connection with a planned Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant loop trail, part of a series of improvements being made at the park. The county has received several grants for the project, including a $208,100 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources grant in fall 2024. The request will be out for 30 to 60 days, Clerk Jeff Marshall said. Last Thursday, the commissioners had updated the DCNR on its plans for the trail, said Board Chairman Jared Edgreen. It would be built in a phased approach. ...
State police accused a woman this week of defrauding her mother out of $1,400. Erica Bardell, 42, of McDonald, allegedly convinced her mother that she was being held against her will and needed the money to be released, state police said. Bardell's mother, a 70-year-old resident of Summerhill Township, Cambria County, sent Bardell the money in increments between Feb. 13 and 15. According to state police, Bardell admitted she was not in danger and was "just trying to get money." State police charged her with theft by deception and financial exploitation in Cambria County. As of Thursday's deadline, there was no docket listed for Bardell in the Unified Judicial System of ...
United States wins 3rd Olympic gold in women's hockey, beating Canada 2-1 on Megan Keller's OT goal MILAN (AP) — Megan Keller backhanded in a shot 4:07 into overtime and the United States won its third Olympic gold medal in women's hockey, beating Canada 2-1 at the Milan Cortina Games on ...
CANONSBURG – The Canon-McMillan girls basketball team prides themselves on their defense. Ask any of the players and they’ll tell you that. It’s what Big Macs coach John Fontana said is their calling card and they certainly relied on it Thursday night. In a game where there were ...
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart built a double-digit lead in the first quarter and went on to a 41-28 victory over Jefferson-Morgan in a WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball quarterfinal game Thursday night at Peters Township’s AHN Arena. OLSH (20-4), the No. 3 seed, raced out to a 18-7 lead at the ...
I am only 18 months away from turning 80, and truthfully, the way things are going, if seven more of my classmates pass away, I could end up being the valedictorian of my high school class. One thing I’ve consistently observed in life is the ongoing display of consistency that humankind ...
Crystal Manich remembers the fear. She remembers the safety drills, the whispers, the sense of panic that would arise at the sight of a student in a trench coat. Manich was a junior at Mt. Lebanon High School in April 1999, when the mass shooting happened at Columbine High School in ...
