Multiple people injured in Mather apartment fire
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.
On Sunday mornings, Octavio Nava used to celebrate Mass with his family at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church in Meadow Lands. But the pew where Nava, his wife and two children sat on Sundays is empty. Nava - a trusted member of the church community for years - was deported to ...
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 ...
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 ...
The methods and means of supporting a rifle on the shooting bench are as varied as the rifles themselves and the men and women who shoot them. Take a walk along the firing line of any range and one will find that range benches and shooting setups take on a personality entirely their own. While ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Warm Up with Community & Kindness, a free community dinner, will be held Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. at California United Methodist Church social hall, 227 Third Street, California. For more information, call the church office at 724-938-2270. The Carmichaels Women's Civic Club will meet ...
