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 ...
A tire recycling plant, service dog training facility and a local library are among the nearly $61.7 million in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant awards announced Friday by Gov. Josh Shapiro. The 17 recipients in Fayette, Greene and Washington counties are part of the $134 ...
A Greene County man who had been on the run for nearly two years was apprehended by police Thursday afternoon. David Garber, 42, of Dilliner, was arrested after a brief struggle when officers found him hiding in a wooded area near Nemacolin, the Greene County Sheriff鈥檚 Office said in a ...
Connellsville started out the Junior American Legion Baseball state tournament with a pair of wins but a loss on Monday evening and another on Tuesday morning ended its run at Macclesfield Park in Yardley. Connellsville earned victories over the Yardley-Morrisville Riversharks in walk-off ...
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in consecutive at-bats against All-Star Braxton Ashcraft and drove in five runs, powering the New York Yankees to an 8-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. Tuesday's second game of the series was postponed because of a forecast ...
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Dennis Santana said he yelled at Jos茅 Caballero for taking too long to get ready in the batter鈥檚 box, triggering a heated altercation in Monday night鈥檚 8-5 loss to the New York Yankees. Both benches and bullpens emptied after Caballero ...
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 ...
