Former state representative Jesse White charged with possessing child pornography
A Washington County man charged last year in the 2022 killing of another man in New Kensington was found not guilty of murder and other felony charges. The four-day trial last week for Larry Osborn Nix II at the Westmoreland County Courthouse culminated Thursday night with the jury acquitting him on the most serious charges after deliberating for about three hours. Nix, 42, of West Brownsville, was accused of fatally shooting 31-year-old James Michael Hayes while in the parking lot of the Kensington Arms Apartments in New Kensington on Dec. 9, 2022. Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli convened a grand jury to review the case, and Nix was charged last March with ...
A Fayette County woman charged with killing her young son more than two years ago is heading to trial next month. Counsel confirmed a starting trial date of Aug. 3 during a pretrial hearing for Brianna Bloyer in Fayette County Court of Common Pleas Monday morning. The trial is scheduled to ...
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 ...
New charges were filed Monday against a Dilliner man captured by police Thursday after more than two years on the run. David Garber, 42, of Dilliner, was charged with possession of contraband, criminal trespass, flight to avoid apprehension, resisting arrest, tampering with physical evidence, ...
THURSDAY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m. DISTRICT BASEBALL FAYETTE COUNTY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS First Round (Best of 3) Carmichaels at Mill Run, 6 p.m. Hopwood at Charleroi, 6 p.m.
VOIRON, France (AP) 鈥� Jasper Philipsen capped a fine team performance Wednesday to win stage 17 of the Tour de France, where defending champion Tadej Poga膷ar protected his overall lead. Mathieu van der Poel led his Alpecin-Premier Tech teammate Philipsen to his first stage victory of ...
Connellsville has plenty of experience in the WPIAL dual meet championship on the boys side, as the Falcons have qualified for the District 7 tournament all 47 years it has been contested. Connellsville coach Bill Swink hopes the girls team can begin a streak of success this upcoming season, ...
The granddaddy of them all kicks off the local fair season this week. The Jacktown Fair 鈥� considered one of the oldest continually operating agricultural fairs in the country 鈥� started in 1866 as the Jacksonville Fair. For a little perspective on how long the event has been part of rural ...
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 ...
