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After sexual assault charges were filed against two Laurel Highlands High School teachers within a week, state Rep. Charity Grimm Krupa asked the state attorney general’s office to determine whether the district followed state mandatory reporting policies and properly investigated reports. “Families in this community deserve to know whether all appropriate steps were taken to protect students and to respond to allegations when they arose,” she said in her letter to state Attorney General Dave Sunday. Last week, social studies teacher Martin Gatti, 50, of Uniontown was charged with attempted institutional sexual assault after allegedly repeatedly asking a female student under ...
The sound and the fury that roars out of Washington, D.C., on a daily basis may attract the lion’s share of attention, but local government and its more mundane duties have a more direct impact on people’s daily lives. That was the verdict from Washington County municipal officials who ...
Peters Township could be carved out of the Washington County Elections Board’s overall plan to consolidate precincts and merge polling places in more than a dozen municipalities ahead of the May 19 primary election. During a nearly three-hour hearing before Judge Michael Lucas at the ...
Peters Township quarterback Nolan DiLucia won the Willie Thrower Award Saturday. The award was given out at a luncheon in New Kensington and it recognizes the top quarterback in Southwestern Pennsylvania. He was selected by a panel of 69 voters that included WPIAL head coaches, media members ...
PITTSBURGH — Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist in his return from injured reserve and the Dallas Stars pulled away from the undermanned Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday. Jason Robertson reached the 40-goal plateau for the third time in his career and assisted on Rantanen's goal ...
Martinsville, Va. — Chase Elliott outdueled Denny Hamlin at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, earning his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season. Elliott capitalized on a shrewd gamble by crew chief Alan Gustafson to pit the No. 9 Chevrolet earlier than the other contenders. When the ...
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 ...
UPMC Washington Hospital Auxiliary is holding a raffle for $500 in meat from 84 Packing Co., and $200 from Walmart. The $5 tickets can be purchased in the gift shop and main lobby at the hospital. Drawing is March 31 at noon. California United Methodist Church will hold a free dinner for ...
