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Police beat March 27

DONORA Assault alleged: Cody Dewayne Roach, 35, of Monessen, was charged by Donora police Wednesday with aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment. According to the criminal complaint, at about 7 p.m. Wednesday, police were called to the 100 block of Ninth Street for a domestic incident. Roach is accused of punching his ex-girlfriend and throwing two knives at her 12-year-old son. District Judge Mark Wilson sent Roach to the Washington County jail on $50,000 bond. EAST WASHINGTON Trespassing: William Andrew Biggs, 32, of Pittsburgh, was charged by East Washington police Wednesday with burglary, criminal trespassing, resisting arrest and false identification to law ...

South Strabane Township disbands parks and recreation commission

The South Strabane Township Board of Supervisors enacted an ordinance this week that will dissolve the parks and recreation commission. The supervisors voted 3-2 to do away with the commission at their meeting Tuesday. Supervisors Bob Weber and Russ Grego voted against it. Earlier this year supervisors had reopened the budget and developed a new spending plan that would have cut the $10,000 allocated to parks and recreation. However, that revised budget never came to fruition because it was not properly advertised prior to the Feb. 15 deadline. Supervisor Jeff Bull said the decision to move ahead with the cut “was more of a budgetary reason than anything. “Ten thousand dollars ...

Arguments heard in Washington Co. precinct consolidation plan

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 ...

Setting the stage

The transportation authorities of Southwestern Pennsylvania counties will play a key role in helping the city of Pittsburgh in its plans to host the 2026 NFL Draft next month. Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor, Allegheny County officials, and Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) were on the ...

Alleged burglar shot by woman in Brownsville

A Fayette County man is accused of breaking into a home in Brownsville and assaulting a resident who shot him several times when he refused to leave. Ronald Rosiek, 69, was transported by medical helicopter to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital for emergency surgery after he was found by police. His condition was unknown Wednesday. The complaint indicated the alleged victim, a woman who was not identified, was able to identify Rosiek as the person who was in her home, but did not explain how she knew him. Court paperwork stated the woman called police to her home on 18th Street after Rosiek repeatedly rang her doorbell around 11:25 p.m., according to the complaint. In a follow-up call 15 ...

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Penguins lose Crosby but squeeze past Senators

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Ben Kindel scored the shootout winner to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. Rickard Rakell scored twice and had an assist, and Erik Karlsson also scored for the Penguins, who moved into second in the Metropolitan ...

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A pair of aces: Shulsky, Maruschak have Canon-Mac dreaming big

Sebastian Shulsky flew under the radar for a while during his junior season at Canon-McMillan. That was until a game at Norwin last year. College coaches were not there to see him pitch. They came to watch a player from Norwin, Caden Sirvich, but Shulsky opened some eyes by pitching well with ...

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Early knockout: Mets chase Skenes in 1st inning, beat Pirates

NEW YORK — Brett Baty laced a bases-loaded triple and the New York Mets chased Paul Skenes in the first inning of his worst major league start, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7 on Thursday in their season opener at Citi Field. Carson Benge homered in his first career game, going ...

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Opinion

A second chance for Blue Skies

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 ...

Living

Bethel Park native and ventriloquist records tune with the Ink Spots

Interviewing April Brucker is kind of a two-for-one proposition. She’ll run through all the things she’s been up to lately, whether it’s working on three separate screenplays at the same time, appearing on her own streaming chat show or working on a music video. But while Brucker is ...

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