Pennsylvania moves to evidence-based reading curriculum
The communities of McDonald and Mt. Pleasant Township will take the next step in merging their police departments next week, though the unified agency is likely still months away from operating. The Northern Washington County Police Department Commission will hold its first meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 20 at 31 McCarrell Road, Mt. Pleasant Township. The commission comprises Mt. Pleasant Township Supervisors Shane Maga and William Nimal, McDonald Mayor David Cooper and McDonald council member Mike Bish. Both municipalities approved a charter to form the regional police department in October. Elected officials in Midway and Robinson Township rejected the charter. According to Maga, the ...
A UPMC Greene employee who used his cellphone to secretly film inside a women’s restroom at the hospital was sentenced to two years probation after pleading guilty Wednesday. Under the plea agreement, Daniel Rose, 46, of Vestaburg, must also perform 50 hours of community service, continue mental health treatment, and pay a $1,000 fine. He is also barred from contact with the victim. “I somewhat reluctantly accept the plea agreement … this is highly concerning behavior,” said Greene County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jeffry Grimes. The 80-minute video, filmed in May, began with Rose placing the phone in the vent and later showed a co-worker using the bathroom. After an ...
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 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. ...
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. ...
Name: Jason Zellie School: Beth-Center Class: Senior Sport: Basketball Zellie’s week: Zellie scored a combined 61 points in Beth-Center’s last three games, including the 1,000th of his career in a 52-45 loss to first-place Chartiers-Houston last Tuesday. The 6-foot-1 senior tallied ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Game Commission is asking for the public’s help finding turkey flocks for ongoing research. Pennsylvanians are encouraged to report the location of any turkey flocks they see across the state. Information is being collected online at https://pgcforms.pa.gov/TurkeySightingSurvey now ...
