Former youth football director pleads guilty to embezzling league funds
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. 鈥� The Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure (RETI) Consortium 鈥� led by WVU in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and more than 60 regional partners 鈥� will receive up to $160 million over the next decade from the National ...
BEAVER FALLS 鈥� At least it was water. Tom Jackson couldn鈥檛 escape the ceremonial bath after Belle Vernon Post 484 won the Region 6 American Legion Baseball Tournament in walk-off fashion over Baden on Monday at Chippewa Park. Jackson鈥檚 players celebrated the championship in the ...
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 ...
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 ...
