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Bond reduction denied for Irwin man accused in bar stabbing
An Irwin man will remain in jail on $150,000 bond after a Westmoreland County judge on Thursday denied a request to lower his bond. Public defender David Mulock said Joshua James Robison, 25, would live in Irwin and have two job possibilities if released. But Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio shot down...
20th observance at Flight 93 memorial closed to the public
The 20th remembrance ceremony at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County will be closed to the public. State Trooper Steve Limani said Thursday that no one will be permitted to park at the entrance, on nearby roads or along Route 30 in Stonycreek Township during the ceremony. The...
2 jailed on interfering with custody, conspiracy charges in Greensburg incident
An Arizona couple is being held without bond after Greensburg police said they took their 1-year-old son from a relative when they were not permitted to have contact with him, according to court papers. Zerion A. Brown, 21, and Malay’ja T. Draw, 20, both of Surprise, Ariz., are charged with...
Jeannette implements annual $50 business registration fee
Business owners in Jeannette will have to fork over $50 annually under a new registration fee that goes into effect next year. Chief Fiscal Officer Ethan Keedy said the registration will help city officials keep tabs on what businesses should be subject to the business privilege/mercantile tax. “All this helps...
Greensburg police have 2 people in custody in connection with reported child abduction
Greensburg police have two people in custody in connection with an alleged child abduction in the city Tuesday. Sgt. Reginald Harbarger said the parents of a 1-year-old boy took him from a relative’s home at Pershing Square around 1 p.m. The parents do not have custody of the boy. They...
Jeannette to sit on stimulus money for now
Jeannette is set to receive more than $900,000 in federal funds through the American Rescue Plan, but it may be sitting in the bank for a while. The city got half of its allocation this summer and the rest is expected to come next year, said City Clerk Nathan Bish....
Hempfield man accused in wrong-way DUI crash on Route 30
A Hempfield man is accused by police of being intoxicated during a 2019 wrong-way crash on Route 30 that seriously injured another motorist, according to court papers. Larry Thomas Miller Sr., 74, is charged with aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence and several other related misdemeanors and...
Penn Borough man accused by police in shooting at his home
A Penn Borough man is being held without bail in connection with a weekend shooting at his home, according to state police. Michael Eugene Keslar, 44, is charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. State police said in court papers filed early Sunday that the wounded man was...
Seward man accused of sexually assaulting child
A Seward man was jailed Friday after state police said he sexually assaulted a child younger than 16, according to court papers. Micky Scott Thompson, 35, is charged with statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors and indecent assault. Troopers said the April 2019 assault at a Seward...
Crabtree woman recalls groundbreaking career for PCN show
As a young girl, Natalie Carbone Mangini liked building sparklers and bombs and burned a hole in her family’s kitchen floor. “My mother got me … a chemistry set and I started doing it,” she said. “It those days, chemistry sets were a lot different than they are now.” At...
North Huntingdon man accused in rape of unconscious woman
A North Huntingdon man is accused by township police of raping an intoxicated woman after a gathering in May, according to court papers. Dominic Anthony Zuccarelli, 27, was arraigned Thursday on charges of rape and sexual assault. A woman reported to police June 6 that she watched a sporting event...
Cows take center stage at Westmoreland FairVideo
Dante Frescura was excited to take home a blue ribbon from the Westmoreland Fair on Thursday after not stepping in the show ring the past two years. The 2021 Greater Latrobe graduate walked his heifer — which is pregnant and set to give birth in a couple weeks — in...
Loose keys cause minor injury at Westmoreland Fair
A teen girl had a minor injury at the Westmoreland Fair this week after a set of keys fell during an amusement ride and landed in the mechanism operating the ride, according to a fair representative. The girl was on the Superman ride Monday when another rider’s keys fell down...
West Newton man accused of threatening to bring gun to state representative’s office
A West Newton man is behind bars after police say he threatened staff members working in the office of State Rep. Eric Davanzo and had a stolen handgun when officers arrested him, according to court papers. Raymond C. Keller, 54, is charged with receiving stolen property and four counts of...
Historic Bell’s Mills Bridge closure extended a few days
The closure of the historic Bell’s Mills Bridge in Westmoreland County will last a little longer. The covered wooden span initially was set to reopen to traffic on Thursday, but county Engineer Vaughn Neill said there have been delays in pouring concrete. “We now expect the bridge to remain closed...
Excela Health seeing increase in covid cases, with nearly all hospitalizations for unvaccinated people
The vast majority of covid-19 patients at Excela Health’s three hospitals have not been vaccinated against the virus, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Carol Fox. “Our numbers have dramatically increased in the last month,” she said, pointing to a “tenfold” uptick in covid patients compared to the three patients...
Hempfield man accused of sexually assaulting teen girl at party
A Hempfield man is free on bond after state police charged him with sexually assaulting a teen girl during a party near his home last year, according to court papers. Chad M. Flow, 47, is charged with several counts including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors...
3 brothers being sentenced for botched attempts to burglarize 2 gun stores
Three brothers are being sentenced this week in federal court in connection with botched attempts to burglarize two gun stores. Jerwahn Atkins, 24, of Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood, was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in a federal prison and three years of supervised release. He pleaded guilty to a charge...
3 serious crashes in 3 days in Derry Township leave motorists hospitalized
One person was flown by medical helicopter from a two-vehicle crash Tuesday in Derry Township, according to state police. The crash was reported about 11:15 a.m. at the intersection of Route 217 and Pizza Barn Road, just south of Blairsville. Sean R. Ober, 24, of Latrobe, drove a Hyundai Santa...
Monessen man killed in Washington County motorcycle crash
A Monessen man died after a motorcycle crash Friday in Washington County, according to state police. Dennis Sepesy, 60, was headed north on Route 43 in California just after 8 p.m. when he drove his Harley-Davidson onto the side of the road near milepost 32, police said. After one-tenth of...
2 arrested in Irwin drug bust
Two people were charged by North Huntingdon police during the weekend after a drug bust at an Irwin home, according to court papers. Heidi Renee Mohammed, 43, and Colton Hayden Koett, 19, are being held at the Westmoreland County Prison on $25,000 bail each. Township and borough police said they...
Westmoreland County youths show off hand-crafted clothing at fair
They already had won blue ribbons for the clothing items they sewed. But now, it was more about stage presence while wearing them. Fifteen-year-old Ava Kozar of Loyalhanna wowed the judges Sunday, taking home top prize after expertly walking the stage during the 4-H modeling contest at the Westmoreland Fair....
Man stabbed after argument on Pittsburgh’s South Side, police say
A man was stabbed Sunday on Pittsburgh’s South Side, according to city police. First responders found the man around 2 a.m. in the 2200 block of East Carson Street with multiple stab wounds to his upper body. He taken by ambulance to a hospital and arrived in stable condition, police...
West Penn Hospital’s registered nurses ratify contract with Allegheny Health Network
Registered nurses at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh ratified their first-ever union contract Friday and began working under it immediately, according to a press release. The three-year pact with Allegheny Health Network will expire Aug. 20, 2024. Under the new pact, nurses get pay raises each year and more ability...
Hundreds from Murrysville church perform ‘uncommon’ community service in JeannetteVideo
Millie Warren’s backyard in West Jeannette is recognizable again, thanks to the hard work of volunteers from a Murrysville church. Within a couple hours Saturday morning, a crew from Cornerstone Ministries Church cleared several truckloads of brush and an old fence, leaving behind neatly trimmed trees and grassy space. They...
