Washington Co. man acquitted of murder in New Kensington killing
The Washington School District Board of Education tabled motions to award more than $550,000 in total maintenance contracts across two district buildings during a Monday meeting, citing a need to explore additional options. According to the meeting agenda, four bid awards totaling $348,000 of extensive repair and renovation projects on the three-story district administration office had been scheduled for a vote. The work included a full roof replacement; improved site drainage and related construction; masonry restoration construction; and masonry restoration and painting. The second slate of scheduled votes concerned the two-story Carriage House - located at the rear of the 311 ...
A Washington County man charged last year in the 2022 killing of another man in New Kensington was found not guilty of murder and other felony charges. The four-day trial last week for Larry Osborn Nix II at the Westmoreland County Courthouse culminated Thursday night with the jury acquitting him on the most serious charges after deliberating for about three hours. Nix, 42, of West Brownsville, was accused of fatally shooting 31-year-old James Michael Hayes while in the parking lot of the Kensington Arms Apartments in New Kensington on Dec. 9, 2022. Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli convened a grand jury to review the case, and Nix was charged last March with ...
Greene County residents recovering from drug or alcohol addiction have a new program to assist them with legal issues. Summit Legal Aid is providing new free civil legal help through a $50,000 program launched earlier this month. The program, approved by the Greene County Board of Commissioners in December, is funded through money from a $26 million multi-state opioid settlement the county entered into in 2021. Those funds are distributed to each county for use in drug and alcohol recovery programs. It covers a variety of areas of civil law where people in recovery can experience obstacles, including family court, housing matters, debt and other financial issues, and barriers to ...
A Fayette County woman charged with killing her young son more than two years ago is heading to trial next month. Counsel confirmed a starting trial date of Aug. 3 during a pretrial hearing for Brianna Bloyer in Fayette County Court of Common Pleas Monday morning. The trial is scheduled to ...
The former director of a youth football league in the Pittsburgh area who embezzled hundreds of thousands from the organization over the past several years pleaded guilty last week. William Spencer, 57, of Canton Township, appeared Wednesday at the Washington County Courthouse before President ...
The man who died earlier this year after being taken into police custody in Donora had a lethal amount of fentanyl in his system, according to an autopsy performed by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. John F. Miller died at a Pittsburgh hospital five days after he ran from ...
The countdown is over. NFL training camp has arrived. Every team is 0-0 so there's hope in each city that this season ends with a championship parade. Bryce Young and the defending NFC South champion Carolina Panthers report on Wednesday. So do the Arizona Cardinals led by rookie head coach ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees' game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night was postponed because of a forecast of rain and will be made up as part of New York's second doubleheader in a four-day span. New York announced the postponement about five hours before the scheduled start and ...
The humility harness racing icon and driver John Campbell carries led to a simple answer to the question of why he has such great success in The Adios. “The success in it was just a lucky coincidence,” Campbell said. “I mean, I can like the race, and I did like the race. I also liked how ...
Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties and features a remarkably high number of local governments. Each parcel of land within the commonwealth falls into a specific city (57), borough (956), incorporated town (1), or township (1,546). The large number of municipalities resulted from early ...
Fermented foods are trending, but experts say they are not all the same. They're a staple of cultural food traditions worldwide and research shows they're healthy. Experts say to eat whole fermented foods, including yogurt, kimchi and tempeh. There aren't clear recommendations on how often to ...
