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A federal jury this week decided in favor of an SCI-Greene inmate who said he had been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment after being held in solitary confinement for 50 days in a section reserved for mentally ill inmates. Maurice Able, 43, filed suit in the Western District of Pennsylvania in 2018. Able, who is serving a life sentence for murder, also said prison staff had shown deliberate indifference by depriving him of necessities and outside recreation, as well as failing to turn over legal material to him in a timely fashion. After more than six hours of deliberation Monday, the jury found Able had proven his claims against Candice Lackey, the unit supervisor at SCI ...
Three Indianapolis men are accused of conspiring to steal money by breaking into cash machines 27 times across southwestern Pennsylvania over a three-month period. Charges were filed against the three men — Kavon Carter, 24; Demarkis Bartlett, 28; and Tony Edwards, 22 — in Fayette County Wednesday. Between December 2024 and February 2025, they allegedly committed 27 burglaries across Fayette, Greene, Washington, Allegheny, Erie, Butler and Venango counties. Police said the restitution needed to cover the thefts and damages would be more than $83,000, with the dollar amounts of multiple burglaries still to be determined, according to the complaint. Their alleged criminal ...
A former Greene County district attorney already facing charges for abusing his position for political gain has been charged with driving while drunk. David Russo, 48, of Holbrook, was pulled over on Nov. 5 after a Waynesburg police officer saw him fail to signal while pulling onto High Street ...
Pothole season has arrived early, thanks to above-average snowfall that blanketed Southwestern Pennsylvania this winter. The freeze-thaw cycle typical in the region is to blame for potholes taking a toll on roads, said Melissa Maczko, community relations coordinator for the state Department ...
HERSHEY — Kai Vielma was literally hungry. Not only is the Connellsville junior craving a state championship, but on Thursday evening in the first round of the PIAA Class 3A Individual Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey, the Stanford commit wanted to find something to ...
Cornelious Nesbit didn't dangle any goals in front of his players when he began his second season as head coach of the Belle Vernon girls basketball team. With a senior-less starting lineup he was content to concentrate on the now. "One thing about us is we actually didn't set any goals ...
CALIFORNIA — The Shepherd University men's basketball team is adept at slowing the pace of a game to that of a world class chess match. Patience is taught at the PSAC's only non-Pennsylvania institution along with jump shots, rebounding and defense. In the PSAC quarterfinals Wednesday ...
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 ...
Do we really know what climate change will do to our planet? Deniers think it’s all a big hoax. They are quick to point to all that snow from the storm that buried the Northeast and what about the below-zero weather we had across Southwestern Pennsylvania and the chilly days in Florida this ...
