Former Greene DA found guilty of official oppression in seizure of ‘stop the bleed’ kits
A Donora man is accused of touching himself inappropriately inside a Westmoreland County ice cream shop’s bathroom last month, as police said he was completely nude when a teenage girl employee went into the men’s room to clean it during closing time. State police said 22-year-old Calvin Horney went to the Dairy Queen in North Belle Vernon Borough shortly before the 9 p.m. closing time on Sept. 7 and entered the public restroom, where he allegedly performed a lewd act on himself. Police said the 17-year-old female employee was cleaning the restaurant’s two bathrooms at the end of the night when she opened the men’s room door and saw Horney fully exposed, sitting on the toilet ...
The state Commission on Crime and Delinquency has unveiled the first phase of an upcoming statewide program to improve testing and tracking procedure for sexual assault evidence kits, which advocates say will improve transparency and accountability for survivors. The new Track-Kit Program will be piloted in three counties throughout October before full implementation across the state by the end of 2026. Signed into law by Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2024, the Pennsylvania Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), is designed to address longstanding concerns with the testing process for sexual assault evidence kits, which are commonly known as rape kits. These kits are containers of physical ...
One person is dead and another injured after a rockslide trapped both on a section of the Great Allegheny Passage near Connellsville. According to Fayette County Coroner Bob Baker, his office was called to the scene after the rockslide killed one cyclist and sent the other to the hospital. The person who died is a 76-year old woman from Florida, according to a statement from the coroner’s office. No information was immediately available on the identity of the other cyclist. A senior leader from the Morrell Volunteer Fire Company in Dunbar Township said that the slide left a boulder that weighed about 1,000 pounds on top of the two bikers around noon on Saturday. Morrell VFD was ...
Owners at the Uniontown Mall have brought it back into “at least minimal compliance” with South Union Township code, the township’s attorney said at a court hearing Thursday. Fayette County Court of Common Pleas Judge Linda Cordaro, along with representatives from the mall and South ...
The Pennsylvania State Police in Uniontown are seeking information on a missing Fayette County man. Anthony Nosky, 44, of Smithfield, was last seen in Fairchance on Oct. 1, according to a PSP release. Nosky is described as being 5 feet 11 inches and 260 pounds, with gray hair and brown ...
Owen Weagraff was nearly perfect in completing all but one of his passes and Chartiers Valley’s defense shut down Uniontown in the Colts’ 49-0 victory in Class 4A Big Six Conference action on Friday night at Bill Power Stadium. The senior quarterback was 12 of 13 for 190 yards and threw ...
Pittsburgh scored in the 11th hour to steal two points from Rhode Island FC in a 1-1 draw on Saturday in USL Championship play at Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I. Eliot Goldthorp’s goal in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time to salvage a point for the Riverhounds in a ...
Brownsville’s girls soccer team recorded its first WPIAL playoff victory in 2019 and won another in 2020 with future North Carolina national champion Tessa Dellarose leading the way. Dellarose ended her Lady Falcons career with a program-record 108 goals but there was one team “goal” ...
People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. And no one dared … Disturb the sound of silence. – “The Sound of Silence,” Paul Simon Sometimes an idea for an essay comes from unusual places and at unexpected times. Such was the case this week. After hearing a ...
I’ve never liked the phrase “leaf-peeping,” but it’s well entrenched now so we’ll go with it. Leaf-peeping refers, of course, to the popular diversion of savoring the beauty of fall foliage, which surrounds us in our region. “Peeping,” though, doesn’t feel like the right ...
