Liberty Pole Spirits wins honors at Farm Show
Plea negotiations are continuing for a Mount Morris man accused of harassing people at a neighboring property while impersonating a public official. A plea agreement covering that incident and four other cases involving Richard Long, 45, should be finalized by the time of the next hearing in March, Greene County Assistant District Attorney Nicole LaPresta said at a plea court hearing Tuesday. Long is accused of repeatedly harassing Rebecca Elkin-Young, her husband and workers between June and September at their property on Mount Morris Road. According to his criminal complaint, he had identified himself as a Perry Township supervisor while making several stops at the site. ...
A Uniontown man was sentenced to six to 12 months in prison last week for tampering with physical evidence in connection with the disposal of a body of a Fayette county woman who died of an overdose in 2022. Joseph Lockett, 40, was released after the sentencing, having spent 1,136 days in custody. He was arrested in October 2022, shortly after state police found the body of Keisha Hottinger, 26, in a wooded area near Old Braddock Road in North Union Township. Hottinger’s mother had declared her missing two weeks earlier. Lockett told police at the time he and Austin Saletrik had been with Hottinger when they observed her in an unconscious state along Hopwood Coolspring Road. ...
Drew Volchko has an exercise for new cadets at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Police Academy. He’ll give them a few background facts about a suspect – troubled childhood, runaway who settled in Oakland, convict who spent 10 years in Folsom State Prison for attempted murder. Then ...
A Carmichaels man is accused of hitting his 3-month-old child multiple times. The child’s mother reported Ezra Jones, 26, to Cumberland Township police last month when she spotted numerous marks on the baby after Jones cared for him, according to his criminal complaint. Police said videos provided by the mother showed Jones approaching the child’s crib and striking the child before again reaching into the crib, both times followed by the sound of crying. According to the complaint, Jones then looked back at the camera before reaching into the crib again several times. Police said each instance was followed by “loud, sharp and persistent” cries with little pause, indicating ...
Two board members of the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts (MVAA) are being recognized for their service to the community. Annette Buffer, president, and SueAnne Antonucci, treasurer, have been selected to receive the annual Community Service Award from the Brownsville Area Ministerial ...
JEFFERSON – Brody McCrerey had a black brace on his right hand to protect several gashes from an injury sustained in a game against Beth-Center last week, but that didn’t stop him from adding another clutch moment to his list. McCrerey hit a three-pointer with two and a half minutes ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin, as always, got right to the point. “When you don’t get it done, words are cheap,” a subdued Tomlin said Monday night after the Pittsburgh Steelers were quickly ushered out of the playoffs again, this time in a 30-6 loss to Houston. “It’s about what ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nikita Kucherov scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Tuesday night for their 11th straight win. J.J. Moser scored in regulation and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 26 saves for the Lightning, who have not lost since ...
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 ...
