Bentleyville police chief, ex-treasurer launch civil suit against borough
Bentleyville Police Chief Richard Young and former Treasurer/Secretary Tammy Stamm have launched a civil suit against the municipality and six borough officials, claiming the borough published false and defamatory statements against the two saying they had misused public funds. Young and Stamm filed a praecipe for writ of summons to initiate the lawsuit Aug. 10 in Washington County Court of Common Pleas. Their attorney, William Labovitz, said filing a writ stops the clock on the statute of limitations. As of now, he is still discussing with his clients whether they will proceed with a formal complaint laying out their claims. “We have not committed to doing it,” he said ...
The South Strabane Township Police Department will hold its sixth annual charity softball game this weekend, with proceeds dedicated to supporting a Washington County family during a health crisis. The event will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at the South Strabane Community Park at 750 Floral Hill Drive, with food truck concessions and live music provided by DJ Suge Shane, according to a release from the department. Children will be able to participate in a tug-of-war contest between the fourth and fifth innings. Proceeds from the game will help the Toth family and their son Michael’s ongoing battle with leukemia. An online fundraiser from the family has generated over $4,000 of a ...
An appellate court has upheld a Washington County judge’s decision to dismiss homicide and conspiracy charges against one of three people accused in the killing of a Donora convenience store worker more than five years ago. The state Superior Court ruled Tuesday that the case against Jah ...
Throughout Jessica Welsh’s slide show, Zachary Bryte didn’t react. Not at the image of his son, Kai, as a healthy newborn. Not at the photos taken at the hospital 31 days later, documenting the litany of severe breaks, bruises and other abuse at Bryte’s hands that had left him on the brink of death. And not at the long list of after effects that Welsh, a Greene County Children and Youth Services case manager who subsequently adopted Kai, said will severely limit what he will do in a shortened life. “He’s never going to get married, and go to school, go to prom,” she told Bryte at sentencing. “His life was stolen because you took it from him, and he didn’t deserve ...
The Washington County Coroner's Office is seeking information on Robert Martuicc, who was born Dec. 4, 1954, and died Aug. 13 at Premier Health Center of Washington. He previously lived in Charleroi. Information should be directed to the coroner's office at 724-228-6785.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Quinn Mathews allowed one run over 5 2/3 innings for his first major league win and Jimmy Crooks hit a two-run homer to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Mathews (1-2) threw 102 pitches in the longest of his four ...
FLORENCE, Ky. – It had been awhile since Kobe Foster had pitched for the Wild Things, but the lefthander showed Friday that he’s tough to hit on 13 days of rest. Foster threw seven shutout innings and combined with reliever Michael O’Hanlon on a two-hit shutout as the Wild Things ...
WAYNESBURG - Waynesburg quarterback Teagan Crouse ran for three touchdowns and passed to Jack Ricciuti for two scores, powering the Raiders to a 43-0 victory over visiting West Greene in a season-opening football game Friday night. Waynesburg scored on all seven of its possessions in the first ...
A tariff is a tax imposed on imported goods, and it sits at the center of how nations manage trade, protect industries, and shape economic strategy. At its core, a tariff raises the price of foreign products entering a country. This makes imported goods less competitive compared to domestic ...
It's hard to describe inspiration, but you know it when you see it or feel it. For Grace Reid-Vensel, the inspiration for a way to help her community came from enduring the COVID-19 pandemic. "I was a 16-year-old junior in high school in the wake of the pandemic," Grace remembers. "My ...
