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A Greene County man accused of beating and sexually assaulting his infant son last year pleaded guilty to all counts against him in Greene County Court of Common Pleas Tuesday. Zachary Bryte, 26, of Washington Township, was arrested and charged with attempted homicide in June after his month-old son was taken to UPMC Greene with seizure-like symptoms. The child was then transferred to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va, where doctors found a skull fracture, brain bleeding, rib fractures and other injuries that they determined to be consistent with severe trauma. State police said Bryte appeared to have abused the child since his birth. The child was hospitalized in critical ...
The Keystone Exams, which are part of a Pennsylvania high school student’s graduation requirements, could soon be under the microscope following a Monday vote in the state’s House of Representatives asking that a study be done to determine if alternatives could be used instead. The vote was 191-10, indicating broad bipartisan support for the measure in the narrowly divided House. It would require the commonwealth’s education department to look at whether other standardized tests that high school students take, such as the SAT, ACT or Smarter Balanced assessments, could be used in its place. The study would explore whether those tests match statewide academic standards and fulfill ...
The Cecil Board of Supervisors tabled a motion Monday night to authorize township engineer Daniel Deiseroth to conduct a traffic study on the Pennsylvania Route 50 corridor that bisects the rural municipality, opting instead to wait and consider a revised proposal that will include the entire township. Deiseroth explained that the Route 50 study could have been used to inform the placement transportation impact overlay district on the area, which would have imposed a one-time fee on all future developments along the corridor. The revenue generated by the fee would be earmarked for road maintenance and related infrastructure enhancements that would offset the increased wear and tear ...
PennWest University is holding its annual spring commencement ceremonies Saturday as more than 1,800 students are expected to graduate from its three campuses in Western Pennsylvania, including in California. The morning and afternoon ceremonies at the PennWest’s campuses in California, ...
Two SCI-Fayette corrections officers and a former inmate are accused of conspiring to smuggle drugs into the prison. Officers Beau Angelo, 37, of Uniontown, and Charity Thompson, 40, of McClellandtown, were charged Monday along with Vadol Lewis, 33, of Pittsburgh. According to their ...
As part of their Law Day programming, the Washington County Bar Association and the Washington County Bar Foundation invite the public to attend a “Civics 101 and America 250” program at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College, Howard J. Burnett Center, Yost Conference Room, 292 East Wheeling St., Washington. The speaker panel will include Washington County Judge Michael Lucas; Assistant Public Defender Ellen Connally; Assistant District Attorney MarLee DeBolt; attorney John Egers, vice president of the bar association; and attorney and panel moderator Rachel Lozosky, chair of the Bar Association’s Public Relations and Services Committee. ...
Bailey Barnyak fired a no-hitter and Joselyn Carter hit a walk-off single as Carmichaels defeated Waynesburg 1-0 in a nonsection softball game Tuesday. Carter’s hit, with one out in the bottom of the seventh, scored Carys McConnell, who led off the inning with a double off Waynesburg pitcher ...
The Presidents’ Athletic Conference baseball tournament is back again in Washington, and this year’s event that begins at noon today at Ross Memorial Park has a different feel, especially for the host team. For the first time since the 2019 tournament, Washington & Jefferson is not the ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bob Skinner, who earned three World Series rings and was named to the All-Star team three times during a baseball career that spanned more than four decades as a player and coach, has died. He was 94. The Pittsburgh Pirates, where Skinner began his career and helped the ...
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 ...
Milestone moments like graduations, birthdays and wedding anniversaries are worthy of celebration. When such celebrations feature a significant number of family and friends, it’s customary to host a gathering at home. Celebrations held at private residences tend to be less formal and ...
