Kenneth J. Wiltz, one of the longest tenured school directors in Pennsylvania, died Wednesday. He was 79. Wiltz served on the Charleroi Area School School Board for 49 years, the last 22 as president. “If you could say anybody was a true Cougar, it was him, from the time he was in high ...
A Carnegie man who kept a SWAT team at bay for hours in Monongahela Wednesday has been charged in connection with a murder in Allegheny County. Emmanuel Houghton, who turned 20 on Saturday, has been charged with criminal homicide, robbery, conspiracy and firearm violations in the death of ...
The Washington County commissioners approved a contract with Motorola to install a new emergency radio system for first responders despite few details being made public about the project. The commissioners authorized the P-25 public safety radio system agreement during Thursday’s regular ...
Charleroi council took the first steps toward increasing fines for false fire alarms. At Wednesday’s meeting, council voted unanimously to advertise for the adoption of an ordinance that would increase the fine on the fourth and every subsequent false alarm from $200 to $500. Matt ...
While Brownsville native Linda Rettstatt is best known by her fans as an award-winning author of 50 novels, she is also a devoted member of a religious order of women dedicated to service. She will return to her Mon Valley hometown at noon Saturday to launch “A Well-Imagined Life” at the ...
After keeping a SWAT team at bay twice Wednesday in Monongahela, a Carnegie man is in jail facing attempted homicide and myriad other charges. Emmanuel Caden Houghton, 19, is accused in court documents of driving a stolen vehicle and firing multiple shots at a Monongahela police vehicle ...
