Bethel Park native and ventriloquist records tune with the Ink Spots
After sexual assault charges were filed against two Laurel Highlands High School teachers within a week, state Rep. Charity Grimm Krupa asked the state attorney general’s office to determine whether the district followed state mandatory reporting policies and properly investigated reports. “Families in this community deserve to know whether all appropriate steps were taken to protect students and to respond to allegations when they arose,” she said in her letter to state Attorney General Dave Sunday. Last week, social studies teacher Martin Gatti, 50, of Uniontown was charged with attempted institutional sexual assault after allegedly repeatedly asking a female student under ...
State police are handling an investigation into Donora's police department after a man died last week following an encounter with an officer. According to a report from the office of the Allegheny County Medical Examiner, 57-year-old John F. Miller died at 10:55 p.m. March 22 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. Miller had been hospitalized several days prior after he had become unresponsive, "while in police custody," the report states. The medical examiner's report says the incident occurred shortly before 10 p.m. March 17. Social media posts suggest that a Donora police officer had used a Taser on Miller. Further details about what occurred were not immediately ...
On Nov. 12, the final U.S. pennies were struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. Why? The cost to manufacture the one-cent coin - which had been in circulation since 1793 - rose far above its face value. At the time pennies ceased being made, it cost 3.69 cents to produce one. The U.S. ...
Heavy rains swept through the region Thursday night into Friday morning, leading to road closures and school delays or cancellations. According to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, between 1 1/2 inches and 2 1/2 inches of rain fell in Washington County during a six- to 12-hour ...
A South Connellsville tavern suffered severe damage in a fire Thursday morning. A caller reported a loud explosion at Fox’s Tavern on West Wine Street about 2:52 a.m., South Connellsville Fire Chief Jeremy Grubbs said. The department’s assistant chief arrived on scene to find an active ...
Martinsville, Va. — The strategy calls don't always work out for Chase Elliott in the Cup Series. So when the plan comes together — as it did in a victory Sunday at Martinsville Speedway – it's especially sweet for NASCAR's eight-time most popular driver and his legions of adoring ...
Sometimes the difference is just one swing. Sean Smith was that one swing for West Virginia baseball Sunday night in Arizona. After five innings of a pitching master class from Arizona State's Kole Klecker, he worked his way into a jam, loading the bases with one out. Smith took the plate. With ...
Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder made the song, “That’s What Friends Are For,” famous with their version in 1985, but if you ask Laurel Highlands senior Morgan Ferris, she would most-likely say, “friends are for helping you continue your academic and athletic ...
Cheers: We’re in the home stretch of the Herald-Standard’s annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. It’s not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...
Around here it was called “The Big One,” and the front page of the Evening-Standard described the quiet as local movie houses along with bars and restaurants were closing as our area was in the midst of a powerful storm that to this day remains the stuff of legend. The paper reported ...
