Judge asks DA, coroner to find ‘common ground’ in escalating feud over autopsy reports
Taxes should remain steady in Donora next year. Council approved advertising a $2,711,000 budget for 2026 that keeps the tax rate at 9 mills. The millage breakdown is a general tax rate of 8.625 mills, fire tax of 0.125 mills, recreation tax of 0.219 mills and library tax of 0.031 mills. The spending plan will be available for public review at the borough’s municipal office through Nov. 24. Casey Perrotta, council vice president, said there were a number of factors that went into holding the line on taxes. “We were able to realign some different finances in different locations,” said Perrotta, a member of the finance committee. One of those factors was to reapportion ...
A Donora man was sentenced last month to more than 12 years in prison on federal drug and gun charges following his conviction earlier this year. Tre Robert Goins, 31, was ordered to serve 146 months in prison followed by four years on supervised release during his Oct. 21 sentencing before ...
Students at Washington Park Elementary School are receiving rewards for positive behavior and can turn those rewards into prizes. The school recently opened Caleb’s Corner Store, a student-run shop that turns everyday character into currency. Students can earn Prexie Pennies for behavior ...
By Spencer Ripchik For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com West Virginia’s quest for a bowl game came to an end Saturday afternoon. The Mountaineers fell to Arizona State 25-23 to lose their seventh game of the season, knocking WVU out of bowl game contention. The ...
Observer-Reporter The Washington & Jefferson and Penn West California football teams both have qualified for postseason play. And both the Presidents and Vulcans will be playing road games in the first round. Washington & Jefferson (8-2) had secured a berth in the NCAA Division III ...
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored a little over two minutes apart in the first period to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 4-0 on Sunday to split their NHL's Global Series in Sweden's capital. The Penguins bounced back from a 2-1 loss to 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 ...
Twice a year, we adjust the clock and it often appears to wreak havoc on our sleep schedules and body clocks. Why does changing our clocks by one hour mess up our body clock? "Our body’s rhythms are finely tuned to our environment to ensure that sleep/wake timing, eating and many metabolic ...
