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North Strabane police arrested a driver involved in a head-on collision Thursday afternoon. David Michael Orosz, 29, of Barnesville, Ohio, faces a felony charge of aggravated assault by vehicle, and misdemeanors of reckless endangerment, driving under the influence, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to the criminal complaint, the accident occurred at about 1:15 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of McClelland Road and Village Drive. Charging documents state that Orosz's vehicle crossed into the other lane and struck a vehicle head-on. Court records do not specify which way either vehicle was traveling. Maryann Conti, the driver of ...
A man from Washington was sentenced in federal court in West Virginia Thursday for selling methamphetamine. According to a press release from the U.S. attorney's office in the Northern District of West Virginia, James Thomas Howard was sentenced to 77 months in prison. Howard, 37, sold 32 grams of methamphetamine to someone in Marshall County, West Virginia. According to the release, he is also known as "Jim Tom" and has multiple prior drug convictions.
Bentleyville Council voted to reopen its 2026 budget, which calls for a one-mill tax increase. The vote was passed in a 5-1 vote at a special meeting Thursday. Councilwoman Kara Shaw-Dearth cast the negative vote. Councilman Joseph Patress was not in attendance. Mayor Adrian Gordon has 10 days to consider vetoing the new budget. Five votes are needed to override a veto. “I really don’t have too much of a foot to stand on,” Gordon said Friday. “If I voted to veto and made an ordinance up, I’m going to be landslided when it comes to vote time anyway. I’m going to give it the full amount of time before I say anything. I’m going to wait until the 10 days are up until I ...
When there was an explosion at the plant across the street Thursday night, David Russell and his wife “thought the roof ripped off” of their home. Multiple calls were made to 911 at about 6:15 p.m. Thursday reporting an explosion at Langeloth Metallurgical Co., a metal fabricator located ...
The former director of a youth football league in the Pittsburgh area is accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands from the organization over the past several years. William Spencer of Canton Township was arrested Friday after the state Attorney General’s office said he funneled about $235,000 from the Western Pennsylvania Youth Football League into his bank account from 2020 until he resigned from his leadership position early last year. According to court documents, some of the league’s members became concerned last March about the organization’s finances and lack of payment to its insurance provider, prompting an emergency meeting between the executive board and many of the ...
As Greene County begins preparing for next year’s presidential elections, it has new leadership in place in its elections office. At its meeting Thursday, the Greene County Board of Commissioners approved Josephine Weingardt as acting elections director and Dalton Zupper as acting elections manager. The board also approved a contract extension with Jessica Goughnour, a longtime elections worker in Westmoreland County who was brought on for clerical duties and to provide guidance ahead of last year’s November general election. Her contract now runs through the 2026 elections. The board received between six to eight applications for the election positions, said Commissioner Jared ...
Brayden Fuller had a rare triple-double and Avella stayed in contention for the Class A Section 1 boys basketball title with a 63-49 road win over Cornell on Friday night. Fuller scored 17 points and was credited with 13 assists and 11 rebounds for the Eagles, who are 5-2 in the section and ...
McMURRAY – Dylan Donovan has had plenty of big moments in his Peters Township career and now he can say he’s the school’s all-team leading scorer for boys basketball. Donovan broke the school record with a free throw at the 5:43 mark of the fourth quarter and finished with 14 points ...
McDONALD – Gianna Bianchini admitted she had been in a bit of a funk with her outside shot over the last couple weeks, she put her nose to the grindstone to get back on track. “I’ve been working on setting my feet and getting my form right,” Bianchini said. “It felt good to finally ...
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 ...
The day a child leaves home can be bittersweet for parents. Although a son or daughter being successful and mature enough to move on to new opportunities can be a source of pride, parents typically lament the quiet that comes from empty rooms and a change to the daily routine they’d grown ...
