Health officials raise concerns about lowering number of childhood vaccines
The mother of a Greene County infant who was physically and sexually assaulted by the baby's father is going to trial on charges of child endangerment. Prosecutors said Kyliene Rhome, 25, of Washington Township, knew about the suspected abuse by the child’s father, Zachary Bryte, before she took her month-old son to the hospital in June 2025. After Judge Jeffrey Grimes declined a request for another continuance in the case Wednesday, Rhome opted to go to trial. Greene County Prosecutor Brianna Vanata said she had been negotiating a plea offer with the defense for several months as the case was being continued. As of Wednesday morning, an offer of one to three years of state prison ...
A Greene County man was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison on child pornography charges Wednesday. Jacob Rex, 20, of Crucible, will serve consecutive sentences for possessing child sexual abuse material and distributing film of child sex acts. They are being served concurrently with a sentence on separate charges for distribution, corruption of a minor and criminal use of a telecommunications facility. Rex must also register as a Type II offender under Megan’s Law. In December, TikTok alerted a national tip line to four videos Rex had uploaded on the app, including one of a girl appearing to be between 5 and 7, according to court documents. Investigators later traced the IP ...
Heavy rains Monday led to flooding issues in parts of Fayette County while the region remained under a flood advisory. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch Tuesday for counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania and parts of Ohio and West Virginia through 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. ...
The United States recorded its hottest July ever, with a national average temperature of 76.89 degrees - 3.3 degrees above the 20h century national average, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That edged out the previous record set in July 1936 - the Dust Bowl - ...
Ron Popovich felt like it was time to move on. The Albert Gallatin graduate and former Colonials head coach has relinquished the position he’s held the last 16 years as Pennsylvania American Legion Baseball’s Region 6 director. “Sixteen years is a long time and honestly it just felt ...
In the baseball movie “Moneyball,” Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, played by actor Brad Pitt, tells his head scout, who refuses to embrace statistical data to evaluate players, that scouts and the organization must “adapt or die.” Such is the case for PONY Baseball and ...
CANONSBURG – Washington County manager John (JP) Przybylinski gathered his players behind the dugout at McDowell Lane Field to give them the news he hoped he didn’t have to share. The Pony League World Series championship game was canceled. And Washington County was denied a chance to ...
For months, President Trump and his administration have been fixated on one issue. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with ending the war in Iran or with the affordability of groceries and gasoline. The president’s primary goal this spring and summer has been the passage of the Safeguard ...
Isn’t it amazing that Appalachian Black Lung rates are the highest in nearly 50 years as coal miners protections stall while the Black Lung Trust Fund owes $3 billion to the US Treasury because of company bankruptcies and being under insured; all of this while the administration in June ...
