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The Peters Township High School senior class president accused of “catfishing” and extorting nearly two dozen teenagers by convincing them to send him explicit photos agreed to waive his case to trial as prosecutors dropped hundreds of charges in order to consolidate them. Shackled and wearing an orange jumpsuit, 18-year-old Zachariah Abraham Meyers appeared Friday morning at the Washington County Courthouse before District Judge Phillippe Melograne and agreed to allow his case to proceed without contesting the charges during his scheduled preliminary hearing. “Is that your understanding, young man?” Melograne asked Meyers about his decision to forgo a preliminary ...
The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission has found that a former member of the Cecil Township Municipal Authority violated ethics laws when she billed the authority for accounting services that had not been approved. According to the state ethics panel, Patricia Mowry performed accounting services for the authority for a six-month period in 2021 despite no formal approval having been given by the authority’s board. Mowry then billed the authority for $5,362 for the unapproved work she did. The commission’s finding, which was issued this week, stated, “But for being a member of the board, Mowry would not have been in a position to perform and bill for the unapproved work.” ...
Greene Washington Regional Police Department arrested a woman accused of assaulting police officers Tuesday. Jewely Ann Strohecker, 20, of Buffalo Township, faces a felony charge of aggravated assault and a misdemeanor of terroristic threats. According to the criminal complaint, at about 4:50 p.m. Tuesday, police were called to the Motel 6 at 1385 W. Chestnut St., Canton Township, after a woman reported a man was threatening her with a knife. Police located the man and confiscated a Taser in his possession. Court records indicate the man has not been charged with a crime. According to the complaint, Strohecker was staying in the same room as the man. Charging documents state that ...
The South Strabane Township Board of Supervisors moved toward paring back the 2026 budget after a snafu earlier in the month prevented elected officials from adopting a revised spending plan. Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday evening to eliminate the position of administrative assistant and public safety specialist. Supervisors George Rowand, Jeff Bull and Zack Morgan voted in favor of cutting the position, while Bob Weber and Russ Grego voted against it. The job, held by Kelsey Shriner, was on the chopping block when supervisors reopened the 2026 budget at the start of the year. Ultimately, supervisors could not approve the budget because it was not properly advertised prior to the Feb. ...
There was a time when the supply of teachers in Pennsylvania so outnumbered the available spots that prospective teachers had to bide their time for years substitute teaching while waiting for a full-time job. Those days are over. The number of certified teachers coming out of ...
PITTSBURGH – Ava Komoroski of Peters Township is a sure thing. Especially in the 100-yard freestyle. A junior, Komoroski came into the WPIAL Class 3A Swimming Championships as the defending champion. She also entered the competition as the top seed with a more than one second advantage ...
CANONSBURG – After the match, one could find Ringgold’s Evan Tolliver stuck between the benches in the auxiliary gym at Canon-McMillan High School. Tolliver, a 133-pound junior, was worn out. But happy. That's because he had just put the finishing touches on a quarterfinal win, his ...
ALTOONA – Lucas Barr and Malachi Peak earned milestone victories Friday night in the PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional Individual Wrestling Championships at Altoona High School. Barr, a senior at McGuffey, set the program record for career wins after earning an 18-2 technical fall in 4:54 ...
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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