Fayette woman accused of killing 2-year-old son heading to trial
The former director of a youth football league in the Pittsburgh area who embezzled hundreds of thousands from the organization over the past several years pleaded guilty last week. William Spencer, 57, of Canton Township, appeared Wednesday at the Washington County Courthouse before President Judge Valarie Costanzo and entered an open guilty plea in connection with theft from the Western Pennsylvania Youth Football League. Spencer pleaded guilty to one felony count of theft by unlawful taking and misdemeanor charges of receiving stolen property and misapplication of entrusted property, according to the state Attorney General鈥檚 office, which prosecuted the case. Spencer was ...
Washington City Councilman Joseph DeThomas fused his love of community service and motorcycles when he joined the National Flag Foundation鈥檚 Sojourn250 event earlier this month in celebration of the United States鈥� semiquincentennial anniversary. The sojourn saw a 5-by-3-inch American flag ...
In some Pennsylvania counties, the clerk just manages the meeting minutes and other items for the commissioners. But in others, including Greene County, the job entails much more. Jeff Marshall, who鈥檚 held the job for more than 15 years, said he essentially serves both as chief of staff ...
Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority will have the water shut off in the Greene County town of Brave between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday for the following areas to upgrade the system: Monday: Chestnut, Walnut, Locust and Freedom streets; Tuesday: All of Brave; Wednesday: Maple, Lantz and Elks alley, and Tom's Run from Maple Alley to State Line Campground; Thursday: Tom's Run, State Line Campground to Maple Alley and Woodland. Customers may experience low pressure or now water and are advised to keep containers of water to minimize the outage.
CLEVELAND (AP) 鈥� Esmerlyn Valdez鈥檚 strong start to his major league career is showing no signs of slowing down. The Pittsburgh Pirates rookie outfielder鈥檚 two-run homer in the ninth inning of Sunday鈥檚 7-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians made him the fourth player in major ...
CLEVELAND (AP) 鈥� Paul Skenes allowed one run and struck out eight in seven innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cleveland Guardians 7-1 on Sunday. Skenes (9-8) went at least seven innings for the first time since May 12. The All-Star right-hander gave up seven hits. After ...
Connellsville is off to a flying start at the Junior American Legion Baseball state tournament. Connellsville rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to earn a 3-2 walk-off win over the Yardley-Morrisville Riversharks in Sunday's opener, then romped over Bloomsburg, 12-1 in ...
At about 9 years old, I decided I wanted to build a treehouse. We had a sturdy black walnut tree in our backyard, and I had amassed a pile of old weathered fence slats with enough splinters to disable a battalion of enemy soldiers. I had a handful of nails I had painstakingly pulled from ...
HARRISBURG -- The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners met July 10 at the Game Commission鈥檚 Harrisburg headquarters to hear public comments and conduct official business. The highlights from that meeting follow. ELK MANAGEMENT AND HUNTING ZONES The board adopted and finalized the ...
