Giving back: Family shines light on soccer community that rallied around coach
The state Commission on Crime and Delinquency has unveiled the first phase of an upcoming statewide program to improve testing and tracking procedure for sexual assault evidence kits, which advocates say will improve transparency and accountability for survivors. The new Track-Kit Program will be piloted in three counties throughout October before full implementation across the state by the end of 2026. Signed into law by Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2024, the Pennsylvania Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), is designed to address longstanding concerns with the testing process for sexual assault evidence kits, which are commonly known as rape kits. These kits are containers of physical ...
A Donora man is accused of touching himself inappropriately inside a Westmoreland County ice cream shop’s bathroom last month, as police said he was completely nude when a teenage girl employee went into the men’s room to clean it during closing time. State police said 22-year-old Calvin Horney went to the Dairy Queen in North Belle Vernon Borough shortly before the 9 p.m. closing time on Sept. 7 and entered the public restroom, where he allegedly performed a lewd act on himself. Police said the 17-year-old female employee was cleaning the restaurant’s two bathrooms at the end of the night when she opened the men’s room door and saw Horney fully exposed, sitting on the toilet ...
The Pennsylvania State Police in Uniontown are seeking information on a missing Fayette County man. Anthony Nosky, 44, of Smithfield, was last seen in Fairchance on Oct. 1, according to a PSP release. Nosky is described as being 5 feet 11 inches and 260 pounds, with gray hair and brown ...
Several concerned Fayette County residents asked the county board of commissioners about planning commission recommendations they feared would weaken a proposed data center ordinance during Thursday’s regular monthly meeting. The ordinance would place restrictions on potential data center ...
Owners at the Uniontown Mall have brought it back into “at least minimal compliance” with South Union Township code, the township’s attorney said at a court hearing Thursday. Fayette County Court of Common Pleas Judge Linda Cordaro, along with representatives from the mall and South ...
Brownsville’s girls soccer team recorded its first WPIAL playoff victory in 2019 and won another in 2020 with future North Carolina national champion Tessa Dellarose leading the way. Dellarose ended her Lady Falcons career with a program-record 108 goals but there was one team “goal” ...
Fox weather news as well as the WMO (“World Meteorological Organization”) announced that the current visit from El Nino has an 83% chance of extending its stay through fall and winter and into the spring of 2027. It has a good possibility of becoming the strongest El Nino on record ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Todd Bowles will have to be quite creative to surprise Aaron Rodgers. Known for his complex defensive schemes and disguising his blitz packages, Bowles and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers are facing an elite quarterback who has seen everything in a distinguished NFL ...
People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. And no one dared … Disturb the sound of silence. – “The Sound of Silence,” Paul Simon Sometimes an idea for an essay comes from unusual places and at unexpected times. Such was the case this week. After hearing a ...
I’ve never liked the phrase “leaf-peeping,” but it’s well entrenched now so we’ll go with it. Leaf-peeping refers, of course, to the popular diversion of savoring the beauty of fall foliage, which surrounds us in our region. “Peeping,” though, doesn’t feel like the right ...
