From teen band to band of soldiers, Charleroi native reflects on career

An investigation is underway into anonymous threatening emails sent to Fayette County Recorder of Deeds Jon Marietta. On Friday, District Attorney Mike Aubele said officials are working to identify the sender of the messages through multiple avenues, including IP addresses. 鈥淚f we can identify somebody, and the investigation leads to something, then obviously we鈥檒l consider criminal charges,鈥 he said. 鈥淭he nature of the communication that was sent to Mr. Marietta was in my opinion a threat, and it鈥檚 something we鈥檙e not going to tolerate.鈥 In a release Thursday, Marietta said he had received two threatening emails. The first, received Tuesday morning, said Marietta ...
鈥嬧婽he body of a Connellsville man who went missing while fishing on the Youghiogheny River Tuesday night was found near the Dawson Bridge Friday morning, according to Fayette County emergency officials. The body of Jerry Grimm, 55, was discovered at around 6:47 a.m., said a Fayette County ...
Cpl. Peter Helisek Jr.鈥檚 obituary ends with three words: 鈥淐andy, Candy, Candy.鈥 The sweet reference is a callback by his younger brother John to the years before Helisek left for World War II. 鈥淓very day he would come home from work, he would bring me this little candy bar,鈥 John ...
The mercury touched 93 degrees on Tuesday, and that鈥檚 never comfortable in the best of circumstances. And the circumstances were less than ideal for some households and businesses in Houston and Canonsburg that lost power that day. According to Todd Meyers, a spokesman for West Penn ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥 Dave Parker, a hard-hitting outfielder who was set to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame next month, has died, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced Saturday. He was 74. No further details about Parker's death were immediately available. The Pirates informed the crowd of his ...
Bertin Jacquesson scored in the 15th minute and Pittsburgh鈥檚 stingy defense held on for a 1-0 victory over Westchester SC in the USL J盲germeister Cup on Saturday night at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh. Despite the triumph, the Riverhounds will not advance to the knockout stage of the ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥 The Pittsburgh Riveters faced unfamiliar territory Friday night in front of a sold out crowd of 5,751 at Highmark Stadium in its regular-season finale against Steel City FC. Pittsburgh trailed at home for the first time all season. The Riveters also faced their lone halftime ...
On a summer evening in Milwaukee, with his team mired near the bottom of the National League, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan emerged from the dugout mid-game. Bragan headed toward the umpires. Strangely enough, he was sipping from a small drinking carton. Moments earlier, the brash Bucco ...
The weather forecast for summer and perhaps our future is in. The weather, like the agencies responsible for forecasting what鈥檚 ahead, is in turmoil and this could enhance any disasters as they unfold. Knowing and preparation are necessary if we are to be ready for the next Big One. ...