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A New Castle woman who police say searched online for months about what happens to children who swallow dangerous substances — including water beads, sunscreen and batteries — has been charged with fatally poisoning her boyfriend’s 18-month-old daughter last summer with acetone. Aleisia Owens, 20, was arrested Wednesday by the...

Pennsylvania Western Congratulations to students at Pennsylvania Western University who have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester. Students must earn a minimum semester GPA of 3.40 in 12 or more graded credits during the semester, not including credits by proficiency examinations, incomplete grades, temporary grades or...

Members of Gateway High School’s Chick-fil-A Leader Academy were able to help one of their own classmates last month — a sophomore student who is battling cancer. With their motto “Impact Through Action,” academy members are partnered with the Monroeville Chick-fil-A and its owner Brian Wenger. They hold monthly leader...

On this episode of Next on the Tee, host Chris Mascaro is joined by Mike McGee, managing director of the Annika brand; Jeff Smith, a Golf Magazine Top 100 instructor and Golf Digest’s top instructor in Indiana; and Evan Schiller, a PGA and renowned golf course photographer. McGee, a native...

Allegheny County police on Wednesday charged a jail corrections officer with taking illegal drugs into the facility to sell to inmates. William Kemp III, 34, of Knoxville is charged with four felony counts, including possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and contraband. He is scheduled for a...

Greenberg’s Great Train and Toy Show returned to the Monroeville Convention Center this month. The largest and longest running train and toy show in the northeast, the two-day event featured thousands of trains and collectible toys for sale, huge operating layouts, modeling seminars, educational opportunities and collectible trains and toys...

Penn State has landed one of the top players in the transfer portal, former Georgia cornerback A.J. Harris. Harris did not publicly announce his decision. But PennLive can confirm that the former Bulldog is enrolled at Penn State, which started classes on Monday. He is expected to be available for...

South Africa called on the United Nations’ International Court of Justice to order Israel to end its war on Hamas in the Palestinian territory of Gaza and rule that its military actions constitute genocide. “Genocide is never declared in advance,” but the court should have enough evidence from the weeks...

An elderly South Carolina couple was found dead Saturday in what local officials are calling an “extremely hot” house. On Jan. 6, a police officer went to a home in Spartanburg to conduct a wellness check after family members said they hadn’t heard from the people living there in three...

Regarding Noah Feldman’s op-ed “Supreme Court unlikely to uphold Colorado ruling disqualifying Trump” (Dec. 22, TribLIVE): There was an insurrection to stop the count to certify Joe Biden as elected president Jan. 6, 2021. Had President Trump led his followers as he wanted would make it so, a true insurrection....

Regarding the perplexing and conspiracy-laden letter “A Civil War history lesson” (Jan. 9, TribLive): To quote the author: “The mainstream media’s attacks on Nikki Haley not recognizing slavery as the reason for the War Between the States is way off base.” No. The Civil War was fought over slavery. The...

It can be hard to move forward after a tragedy. There is a kind of triage aspect. Address the actual problem in front of us. Take care of what is happening right now. That is the priority. It has to be. That is what happened with Rustic Ridge. The priority...

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In the news this week 120 years ago: • “The New Year is here at last — bright, joyous and beaming,” Herald editor W. H. Robertson proclaimed in a poetic editorial. “How lovely nature has seemed, decked in her royal robes. No queen was ever more resplendent in her jewels...

I’m one of those terrifying, radical MAGA extremists, AKA conservatives, who President Biden, his DOJ, FBI and assorted Democrats declare are the greatest threat to our democracy. And you should be very afraid! For we dastardly, radical, terroristic, extremists can pretty much be described by one word: Respectful! Respectful of...

Hempfield’s High Park Volunteer Fire Department responded to just one of 53 emergency calls during the final three months of last year, according to township Manager Aaron Siko. A chartered station with Hempfield Fire Department, High Park has been on probation since June 2022 for failing to respond to calls....

High schools Basketball Boys Wednesday’s results Class 6A Section 1 Butler 63, North Allegheny 60 Class 5A Section 4 South Fayette 60, Mars 58 Class 4A Section 2 Ambridge 71, Blackhawk 60 Class 3A Section 3 Deer Lakes 71, Apollo-Ridge 26 Class A Section 2 Mapletown 70, Geibel 66 Nonsection...

Andrew Sharp recorded a pin at 189 pounds to give Baldwin the lead for good in a 40-29 upset victory over No. 3 Canon-McMillan in Section 6-3A wrestling Wednesday night. Collier Hartman (121) and Andrew Binni (127) secured pins and Vincent Binni (133) won by tech fall as Canon-McMillan (3-1,...

Michael Alberty says his responsibility ends where the sidewalk begins. Even farther away than that, actually. Alberty is taking Mt. Lebanon to court over who is responsible for clearing, fixing and maintaining the 50 feet of sidewalk on Gilkeson Road in front of his childhood home, which he still owns....

A state appellate court on Wednesday agreed that the fee levied by the City of Pittsburgh on professional athletes and entertainers performing here is unconstitutional. The Commonwealth Court decision upheld a 2022 opinion by Common Pleas Judge Christine Ward who issued an injunction prohibiting the city from collecting the 3%...

Some Penn State fans might not recognize the name Billy Fessler. But the former Nittany Lion quarterback is a coach on the rise — and he’s re-joining the Big Ten. Fessler, a reserve quarterback at Penn State from 2014-18, is now the new quarterbacks coach at UCLA, according to multiple...

Verona Council is accepting letters of interest and resumes from residents to fill a vacant council seat after Nancy Carpenter won both a four-year and a two-year seat in the Nov. 7 election. Carpenter elected to accept the four-year seat, leaving the two-year seat vacant. Any applicant must be a...

About 41% of Original Medicare beneficiaries had Medicare Supplement Insurance, or Medigap, in 2021, according to a February 2023 report summarizing enrollment data from AHIP, a national health insurance trade association. For the other 59%, Medicare has some “gaps” that could be costly. “There are many gaps in Medicare that...

Katie Walsh owns and operates two businesses: a tattoo parlor and a spa. If she could, Walsh would merge her two businesses. Pennsylvania’s onerous regulations, however, force Walsh to maintain separate business licenses and pay rent on two different but connected storefronts. Moreover, Pennsylvania’s licensing requirements are wildly different and...

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Ukraine has shown the world that Russia’s military can be stopped, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday as he began a visit to the Baltic nations in search of more help for his country against the Kremlin’s larger and better-supplied forces in the 22-month-old invasion. Speaking in the...