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A sales representative distributing Little Debbie snack foods to area retailers is accused of issuing more than $13,000 in fraudulent invoices to several Washington County grocers in order to boost his commission. James Daniel Powell, 39, of Valley Grove, W.Va., was charged last week with multiple felony counts of forgery and theft after City of Washington police accused him of forging the signatures of grocery store employees and never delivering the snack products listed in the invoices. The local investigation began when sheriff鈥檚 deputies in Jefferson County, Ohio, began looking into the alleged fraudulent business dealings and contacted Washington police about possible similar ...
When Michele Pagen was growing up in the Mon Valley, she could only dream of having a special place to go to study music, theater and all sorts of performing arts. "I grew up in this area and always knew that if I was given the opportunity, I would start a program such as this," says Pagen, ...
The fourth defendant charged in the murder of a Ringgold High School senior in South Franklin more than two years ago pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Tuesday after he cooperated with prosecutors in the case. Shackled and wearing an orange jail suit, Karon Whitlock appeared in the Washington ...
A Fayette County man whose 2-year-son drowned after climbing into an aboveground pool while unsupervised in July 2024 was sentenced to house arrest followed by probation. Donald Myers III, 31, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Fayette County Court of Common Pleas to endangering welfare of children and recklessly endangering another person in connection to the death of his son, Carson Myers. According to court records, on July 26, 2024, Myers had gone to a neighbor鈥檚 house with his mother, Tisha Cuppett, while their children were playing outside at their house on Leckrone 1 Road in German Township. Myers said in court Tuesday he believed his son, Carson, had climbed up to the pool by ...
Santino Marra dashed around second and third base and raced frantically to home plate as Carmichaels catcher Robbie Wilson-Jones awaited the throw. Hopwood Village Plaza's Chad Petrush had laced a double into center field to bring in Andino Vecchiolla, cutting Carmichaels' two-run lead to ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) 鈥� Eduardo Rodr铆guez pitched eight shutout innings, Gabriel Moreno hit a two-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Wednesday, clinching the three-game series. Arizona (57-52) now sits two games up on the Pirates (55-54) for the final NL ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� James McCann singled in the winning run in the 12th inning with his fourth hit of the game and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on for an 8-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night despite blowing a six-run lead. Brandon Lowe and Bryan Reynolds hit back-to-back home runs ...
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 ...
Yes, crop damage from overabundant deer is a big problem for agriculture in this region. And everyone agrees that deer on the highway are a hazard to motorists鈥� safety (not enough of a concern, though, to curb speed). Less obvious but serious for the future is the damage too many deer ...
