Rices Landing homicide suspect wants death penalty off the table
Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski has been awarded the American Association for Sexuality Education, Counseling and Therapy Humanitarian Award, the AASECT's highest award. The award is presented to an individual or group who has contributed to the field of human sexuality through charitable events, ...
A Scottdale man died Tuesday afternoon when his tri-wheeled motorcycle was involved in a rear-end crash with another vehicle in East Huntingdon Township. Mark F. Hixson was traveling north on Route 819 shortly before 2:45 p.m. when he struck the rear of an SUV near Cedar Drive, Westmoreland County Coroner John Ackerman said in a press release. Hixson was wearing a helmet, but was thrown from the motorcycle and struck the ground, Ackerman said. He was pronounced dead by the coroner’s office less than an hour later. Ackerman determined the cause of his death to be blunt force trauma and listed the manner of death as accidental. The East Huntingdon Township Volunteer Fire ...
The Uniontown Area School District board will hold a public meeting later this month to discuss closing two schools after next year in response to declining enrollment numbers. The district board voted 7-0 Monday to schedule a hearing for May 27 to discuss closing Franklin Elementary School in ...
WASHINGTON – Perry Cunningham realized for his Waynesburg Central baseball team to have a chance at pulling an upset of top-seeded Avonworth it would need to keep the game close. “They’re the No. 1 seed for a reason, so we knew we had to minimize the big innings,” said the Raiders’ ...
Connellsville threw a scare into third-seeded Penn-Trafford but the Lady Warriors held on for a 3-2 victory in their WPIAL Class 5A softball battle at Norwin on Tuesday. Aria Smith's run-scoring bunt in the bottom of the fifth inning wound up being the difference as Penn-Trafford (18-3) ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes slowly sauntered back to the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout at the end of the top of the eighth inning on Tuesday night, his loping and deliberate strides giving the PNC Park crowd plenty of time to rise for the kind of standing ovation that's becoming commonplace ...
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 ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Ted Turner loved the land, and lots of it: As one of the largest private landowners in the United States, he fueled conservation work across some 3,125 square miles (8,094 square kilometers) of ranchland in several states, aiming to leave it in better shape for ...
