Ronco man accused of trying to kill his mother
A Connellsville woman is accused of intentionally setting a fire at her home in May while other people were inside. Allie Ritenour, 35, was charged Friday with aggravated arson-person inside property; arson endangering property; criminal mischief, and recklessly endangering another person in connection with the May 3 fire. A neighbor told police Ritenour had run into the residence at 219A North 10th St. after arriving with her boyfriend minutes before the fire was reported at 1:46 p.m. Five to seven minutes later, the neighbor told police, the house was engulfed in flames, according to charging documents. Three other people were inside the residence at the time of the fire. ...
Police are seeking a Waynesburg man accused of injuring several people Sunday night after backing his car into a garage while allegedly drunk. Witnesses told Waynesburg police that James Roach, 35, had been asked to leave a gathering at 310 E. Lincoln St. before backing his Jeep Grand Cherokee into the garage shortly after 7 p.m. Stacey Lewis, who was standing near the garage entrance, was hit with the back of the vehicle near the fuel tank, the complaint said. Roach then left the car, got back in, then backed up the car while Lewis was underneath, court documents stated. He then put the car in drive and headed out. Lewis was transported to the hospital for treatment. Terry ...
Applications for the 2027 Fayette County Tourism Grant Program became available Aug. 24. Since the program’s inception, more than $10.4 million has been awarded to Fayette County businesses. “With a key focus on marketing, the Fayette County Tourism Grants afford a business the opportunity to enhance and advance its marketing reach to visitors,” said Ann Nemanic, executive director of GO Laurel Highlands, the county’s official destination marketing organization. “Only visitor-facing businesses can apply, and the process is open to for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and businesses.” To be considered, applications must be submitted by 4 p.m. Oct. 2. Letters of ...
South Strabane firefighters are trying to make emergency repairs to a stormwater pipe to prevent a sinkhole that opened up next to their station on Oak Spring Road from getting any bigger. The large pipe buried beneath the parking lot behind the department’s building collapsed during ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — T.J. Watt began his 10th season by trying to move past the noise that followed his ninth. The noise that said the Pittsburgh Steelers star outside linebacker had lost a step, maybe two, after quiet and injury-marred 2025. The noise that wondered if his time as a singular ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia assistant coach and former standout running back for the Mountaineers, Noel Devine, 38, was arrested and booked at 12:45 p.m. Sunday at the North Central Regional Jail charged with one felony count of strangulation, according to the Magistrate Court of ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit a tiebreaking two-run single in Pittsburgh's three-run sixth inning, and the Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday to avoid a sweep of their weekend series. Bryan Reynolds had two hits for Pittsburgh, including an RBI single in the first. Carmen ...
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 ...
Aging is part of the process of living. Each day we are alive, we are getting older. I remember in my 70s talking about getting older with my friends. We were just getting older and then it happened, when I turned 80 I received a birthday card with a big 80 on it and at that moment I knew I ...
