‘Second chance’
A West Virginia independent contractor is facing charges after being accused of failing to finish work on a Greene County home. Michael Brown, 62, of Maidsville, W.Va., had made a verbal agreement in October 2023 to perform work on the house in Greensboro, according to the criminal complaint. Homeowner Diane Pilon, who lives in Morgantown, W.Va., told police her family paid Brown the agreed-upon fee of $57,000 over the next two years. Brown has yet to finish the work, and was not responding to the Pilons’ requests for updates, the complaint alleges. Brown is charged with home improvement fraud and financial exploitation of an older adult. A preliminary hearing date had not ...
South Strabane Township police arrested a man Friday after he was accused of assaulting a woman in a road rage incident. Krishnakumar Kandasamy, 38, of South Strabane, faces a felony aggravated assault charge. According to the criminal complaint, police officers were called at about 6:40 a.m. Friday to the intersection of East Beau Street and Trinity Point Drive. South Strabane Township police Chief Drew Hilk said Kandasamy and Lisa Jane Eckert were stopped in the left turning lane on East Beau Street to turn into Trinity Point. Both had exited their vehicles and began arguing. A witness told police that Kandasamy assaulted Eckert in the middle of the roadway. Charging documents ...
Cecil Township officials plan to pursue a range of state grants to complete necessary maintenance on the Generations Room after missing out on county LSA funding. According to Supervisor Cindy Fisher, the room – part of the township building along Millers Run Road that regularly hosts Aging Services of Washington County and community events for seniors – is in “desperate need of repairs.” The room needs fresh paint, new flooring and replaced furniture in several areas, including a new automatic door, Fisher said during a supervisors meeting last week. Cecil Township authorized the aging agency to apply for a county Local Share Account grant in fall 2025 to complete a ...
Monongahela police charged a man Friday for driving under the influence with his 4-year-old child in the vehicle. Christopher Aaron Fisher, 35, of Uniontown, faces a felony charge of endangering the welfare of children, and misdemeanors of reckless endangerment and DUI. According to the criminal complaint, police were called shortly after 10 p.m. April 6 to the 100 block of Third Avenue in New Eagle. Police were initially informed by dispatchers that the 4-year-old had contacted 911, but later learned the call had been placed by her mother. Charging documents state that the child was improperly placed in a car seat, and lying sideways in the rear of the car. Fisher allegedly failed ...
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home played in shaping the nation before, during and after the Revolutionary War. This week we begin ...
A Carmichaels man died Saturday evening in a motorcycle accident. The office of Greene County Coroner Gene Rush identified the man as 30-year-old Joshua Michael Brown. According to a press release, Brown was involved in a motorcycle accident that occurred at about 5 p.m. Saturday on State Route 21 in Jefferson Township. More details were not immediately available. Brown was pronounced dead at 8:12 p.m. His specific cause and manner of death are pending further investigation.
Radios, computers and typewriters were on display this weekend at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum for the third annual Vintage Tech Fest. The event took place Saturday and Sunday at the Chartiers Township museum. “We’re celebrating the technology of the trolley era, which in Pittsburgh ...
Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes allowed one hit in six strong innings and Brandon Lowe homered for the third time in two games, driving in five runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates steamrolled the Washington Nationals 16-5 to begin a four-game series Monday night. Skenes (3-1) struck ...
Zoie McDonald hit a walk-off single that scored Mikayla Gonglik and Bentworth remained unbeaten with a 4-3 win over Frazier in a Class 2A Section 4 softball game Monday afternoon. McDonald’s single came after Frazier (2-4, 4-6) scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the ...
When Drew Welhorsky was in eighth grade, he was cut from a travel baseball team. Little did he know at the time that disappointing moment would become a gateway to setting a WPIAL record in a completely different sport. With encouragement from one of his best friends, Daniel Speca, Welhorsky ...
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 ...
Melvin Pike of Uniontown met his match at the end of a shotgun while his 11-year-old daughter looked on in a Canton Township gymnastics studio. When names like "Snooky," "Codfish," and "No Legs" surfaced 13 years later, it was clear that the case had all the markings of a mob hit. On April ...
