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Charleroi magistrate office condemned after water leak

The Charleroi office of District Judge Eric G. Porter was condemned Wednesday, forcing the magistrate and his staff to find a new location. Borough Manager Joe Manning said a water leak in the building at 416 Fallowfield Ave. made the space uninhabitable. “The pipes may have frozen overnight,” Manning said. Extensive damage included collapsed ceilings and water on the floor and in the basement of the structure, prompted the borough code enforcement officer to condemn the building. West Penn Power was contacted, and electric service was shut off. A notice was placed on the door that the building had been condemned. Borough officials have been in contact with Porter and reached ...

Missing W.Va. man has Uniontown ties

West Virginia State Police Kingwood Detachment has activated a Silver Alert in an attempt to locate an 84-year-old Preston County man. Willard A. Dewitt is 6 feet tall, 240 pounds, with hazel eyes and gray hair. He was most likely last seen wearing blue jeans, a white T-shirt, black suspenders ...

Waynesburg woman who fled state sentenced

A Waynesburg woman who had fled the county in 2023 before being apprehended in California last year was sentenced to 10 months to five years incarceration in Greene County Court of Common Pleas Tuesday. Michelle Morris, 47, was originally arrested in 2021 after an incident where she fired a .22-caliber rifle during an argument with her roommate in her bedroom at their home in Waynesburg. She was out on bail in 2023 when she’d moved to California without notifying the court. Upon learning she was in the state, Greene County Sheriff’s Office had contacted the Los Angeles Police Department, which arrested her in the suburb of North Hills in October. Morris’s attorney, Michael ...

Sale of Fourth Street Foods finalized

Fourth Street Foods is officially under new ownership U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia L. Dodge approved the sale of the Mon Valley frozen foods business on Jan. 21, and the sale closed Jan. 30. Wisconsin-based Morski Foods purchased the Charleroi-area business for $3 million. “We have a ...

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Penguins defenseman Jones suspended 20 games for PED violation

NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL suspended injured Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Caleb Jones for 20 games on Wednesday for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program. Jones, 28, is in his first season with the Penguins. The club placed him on injured reserve in ...

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College basketball: Waynesburg women upset Saint Vincent

Junior guard Mia Henkins scored a game-high 20 points, senior guard Kalista Friday added 16 and the Waynesburg women’s basketball team upset Saint Vincent 77-68 in a Presidents’ Athletic Conference game Wednesday at Kennedy Hall in Latrobe. Saint Vincent (9-2, 14-6) entered the game tied ...

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Meadows handle surges during cold stretch

By John Sacco Contributing Writer In the face of record cold temperatures, action on and off track at The Meadows is red hot. After last Thursday's race card, the North Strabane Township track reported a parimutuel handle of more than $3 million over a three-card span. Saturday’s card ...

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OP-ED: Random thoughts about man’s stupidity

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 ...

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