Two measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania, the first in decades
A pre-teen boy was struck by a speeding car in downtown Charleroi over the weekend before the driver left the scene but later returned at the behest of her brother. Charleroi Regional police said the boy was crossing Fallowfield Avenue at Third Street shortly before 2:30 p.m. Sunday when the speeding vehicle hit him in the middle of the roadway, seriously injuring his head and right arm, investigators said. The boy’s age and identity were not released, but court documents indicated he was with his father at the time of the incident and was under the age of 13. He was initially taken by ambulance to Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital in Carroll Township, but later flown to ...
A Farmington man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal charges for distributing child pornography was sentenced to nearly six years in prison. Nathan Fike, 41, will serve 70 months in federal prison followed by 10 years on supervised release as part of the sentence imposed Thursday by U.S. District Judge Marilyn Horan at the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh. Fike pleaded guilty in March to distribution of a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors. In October 2023, federal investigators said Fike sent sexually explicit videos of children to an undercover FBI agent working in the ...
Monessen School District is considering a remote start to the 2026-27 school year as the district continues to address fungal growth that was found on water-damaged building materials inside its middle school and high school buildings last month. In a letter to school district families, Superintendent Dr. Robert Motte said teacher supplies, instructional materials and other resources inside the building are not accessible. "No final decision has been made at this time. However, we are actively preparing for this possibility so that our students can continue learning with as little interruption as possible," Motte wrote. Last week, the school district said the start date would be ...
The Fayette County Board of Commissioners adopted a set of changes to its health care for county employees in a series of one-year agreements at its Thursday meeting. Chairman Scott Dunn said the county had been working on the new programs since February. Healthcare costs for the county ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Oneil Cruz hit the first homer allowed by Mason Miller in over a year with two outs in the ninth Tuesday night, sending the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 1-0 victory over the San Diego Padres. Cruz improbably lined a low 98-mph pitch from Miller (4-2) into Petco Park's short ...
Garrett Seich earned medalist honors with a 39 and Caden Biddle, Logan Solomon and John Sinclair each shot 40 as Frazier's balanced scoring helped it claim a Section 8-2A boys golf victory over Geibel Catholic at Linden Hall on Tuesday. Rounding out the scoring for the Commodores (2-3, 2-3) ...
Greene County was most affected when the alignments for section play were released by the WPIAL Tuesday morning, as three of the five county schools had their softball teams moved up a classification for the next two seasons. Carmichaels and Jefferson-Morgan were placed in Section 3-2A ...
For months, President Trump and his administration have been fixated on one issue. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with ending the war in Iran or with the affordability of groceries and gasoline. The president’s primary goal this spring and summer has been the passage of the Safeguard ...
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced Wednesday that public input is being accepted related to the agencies’ draft 2025-2035 Pennsylvania Wildlife Action Plan. This is a non-regulatory plan that encourages all ...
