Neuman sworn-in as state Superior Court judge
State police arrested a Fayette County man accused of being at the center of a string of thefts involving sports trading cards. Ryan Michael Rates, 44, of South Union Township, faces felony charges of corrupt organizations, organized retail theft and receiving stolen property. According to the criminal complaint, at about noon Dec. 23, police were called to the Target at 120 Matthew Drive in South Union after more than $1,200 in trading cards were stolen. Charging documents state that similar thefts had occurred at multiple stores between Dec. 18 and 3. Investigators identified four people involved in those thefts, but they were not named in court paperwork. One of the suspects told ...
State police arrested a Richeyville man Wednesday on charges of possession of child sexual abuse material. Dustin Kenyan McMasters, 20, faces 20 felony charges of sexual abuse of children - possession of child sexual abuse material and disseminating photos/videos of child sex acts, and four additonal felonies of criminal use of a communication facility. According to the criminal complaint, in May 2025, messaging app Kik reported that an account belonging to McMasters had uploaded multiple files depicting the sexual abuse of children. Police served a search warrant Wednesday at McMasters’ home in the 800 block of Wood Street and seized a phone that was found to contain child sexual ...
In a widely expected move, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Thursday that he and Lt. Gov. Austin Davis will be seeking another term this year. Shapiro and Davis, both Democrats, launched their re-election campaign at two events on two ends of the commonwealth – in the afternoon at the Carpenters ...
When she enrolled at Penn West California as a nontraditional student, Justina Arena envisioned becoming a meteorologist. The area she’d planned to make her whole career is now just a small part of it — specifically, 551.5 in the Dewey decimal system. Arena began her new job as ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — By his own admission, Ryan O'Hearn did some digging when the Pittsburgh Pirates approached the All-Star first baseman/outfielder in free agency. The more digging O'Hearn did, the more the Pirates seemed like the right fit. “It’s a team that can pitch and is one or two ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin scored a power-play goal in his return from an upper-body injury and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Thursday night for their sixth straight victory. Erik Karlsson pushed his career-best home points streak to nine games with a goal, ...
MORGANTOWN — Rich Rodriguez went on a rant after losing to Arizona State about how the difference in the game was that West Virginia couldn't get a yard of push from the line. Rodriguez has made fixing that issue a top priority in the portal. Two offensive linemen transferred to the ...
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 ...
After an interesting weather month in December with periods of cold and snow along with several nice breaks that allowed some mild sunny days to creep back into play, the overall month ended up just a tad below normal in the temperature department and above normal snowfall. The long-term ...
