End of an era: Historic elm tree at Washington church comes down
While it may have taken generations, it seems that the Laurel Caverns will finally be recognized as a state park. “Every single owner, along with so many people in the community, have worked to advance this concept of preserving the Laurel Caverns,” said David Cale, co-owner and ...
Police arrested a man from South Carolina after a woman was shot and killed in Rostraver Township Wednesday night. According to a press release from the office of Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli, Rostraver Township police and county detectives were called just before 11 p.m. to a home in the 900 block of Route 136. Investigators found Robert Chaplin, 34, of Hollywood, S.C., in the driveway. Rostraver police charged Chaplin with a felony of criminal homicide. According to the release, in the basement was 35-year-old Estela Rivera Vasquez, who was suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. She was transported to Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital where she ...
A McKeesport man was convicted of third-degree murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a Tennessee teen following a fight at the Jollick Manor housing complex in Washington nearly three years ago. Jamil Marquise Carr, 25, was found guilty of the lesser murder charge in the shooting that ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles' ferocious defense denied Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat. It wasn't even close. DeJean got a pick-6 on his 22nd birthday, Sweat tormented Mahomes and the Eagles ...
Two local basketball players, Washington’s Olivia Woods and McGuffey’s Aydan Cunningham, hit the 1,000-point milestone one day apart last week. Woods did so with a game-high 21 points Monday in a loss for the Lady Prexies against McGuffey. On Tuesday, Cunningham hit the 1,000 point-mark ...
South Fayette is one of three girls basketball teams in Class 5A that have strong cases for being the No. 1 seed when the WPIAL playoff brackets and pairings are released this afternoon. The Lions made their final pitch for No. 1 on Saturday when they defeated Class 6A Section 1 champion ...
If you're looking for hijinks, both low and high, then you're in for a treat the next four years. This much is clear after just a week of Donald Trump's second White House tour. Aides to President Trump promised an opening administration salvo that would "shock and awe." While I'm not sure ...
It’s the most “unwonderful” time of the year: cold and flu season. You or someone you know has probably already fallen victim to sniffles, stomach problems, congestion and headaches as it seems a little bit of every ailment is going around this year. Johns Hopkins Blooms School of ...
