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Wendell August Forge creates ornament to benefit Notre Dame
The fire that severely damaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris last week broke the hearts of millions around the world. But it had an even more profound effect on the staff at Wendell August Forge, the renowned Grove City metalsmiths. The staff there knows a little something about rising from...
Terence Carter, great-great grandson of Cal U’s first African American graduate, to keynote commencement
Terence Carter, a 20th Century Fox Television executive with deep family roots at California University of Pennsylvania, will keynote both graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies next month, university officials announced Wednesday. Carter is the great-great grandson of California’s first African American graduate, Elizabeth “Jennie” Adams Carter, who graduated with a...
Police: Ohio man stole $166K from mom to buy porn, sex dolls, 150 lingerie items
A Dayton, Ohio, man spent more than $150,000 of his mother’s money on sex-related items and a laptop computer, according to court records. In court records, Shaun Joseph, 59, admitted to investigators that he should not have spent the $166,000 on pornography and fetish materials, the Dayton Daily News reports....
Investigation into officers that shot former Canon-Mac wrestler wrapping up
An investigation into the officers that shot former Canon-McMillan wrestler Logan Macri is expected to wrap up early next week, Washington County District Attorney Eugene Vittone said. Macri is recovering at UPMC Presbyterian. Cpl. Sarah Teagarden, a state police spokeswoman, said a warrant for his arrest has been obtained, and...
Inmate at federal prison ordered to serve 13 additional months for possessing opioid
A 34-year-old man already serving a five-year term in a federal prison in Cambria County for distributing heroin in Virginia pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession of a prohibited object in prison and was sentenced to serve 13 additional months. Dilpreet Singh of Fairfax, Va., pleaded guilty to an indictment that...
Pa. woman killed when she falls into meat grinder at work
MUNCY, Pa. — Authorities say a woman was killed when she fell into a meat grinder at a processing plant in northern Pennsylvania. It’s not clear what caused the accident at the Economy Locker Storage Company in Muncy. The Lycoming County coroner’s office says 35-year-old Jill Greninger apparently fell around...
Clarion River to be featured on postage stamp
The Postal Service will issue its Wild and Scenic Rivers stamps May 21 with the Clarion River as one of a dozen Forever stamps paying tribute to “the exceptional streams that run freely through America’s natural landscapes.” The Clarion River, a tributary of the Allegheny, was in the news last...
100 arrested for suspected DUI over Easter weekend in Southwestern Pa.
State trooper arrested 100 drivers in the region on suspicion of drunken driving during the Easter holiday weekend, according to state police. Troopers in three local troops investigated 106 crashes, including a Friday weather-related collision in Indiana County that killed two people. Thirty people were injured in those crashes, according...
Pennsylvania is tops in craft beer production, brewers group says
Pennsylvania is ranked No. 1 in the country in one craft beer category — production. The state’s 354 breweries produced more than 3.7 million barrels of craft beer last year, more than in any other state in the nation, according to statistics compiled by the Colorado-based Brewers Association, a national...
Study: Ewing sarcoma rate not higher than expected in Canon-McMillan School District
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Monday attempted to allay concerns about the incidence of a rare cancer in Washington County and the Canon-McMillan School District. A health department spokesman said a new study of a group of Ewing sarcoma cases in and around the district found the rates were...
Parked car rolled into Mon River. It took 2 days to recover it.Video
It took two days to recover a car that sank in the Monongahela River in Washington County, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. Police told WPXI that an 18-year-old driver parked his parents’ Nissan at the top of a boat ramp in New Eagle on Saturday evening. After the man...
Coroner identifies 4 killed in Beaver County crash
The Beaver County Coroner’s Office has identified the four people who were killed in a two-car crash Sunday night. Denise Feathers, 41, of Baden, was driving a Jeep south in the northbound lane of Route 65 in Baden when she struck another vehicle just before 11 p.m. Sunday, according to...
Red Cross to hand out smoke alarms in Carrick, West Newton
The West Newton area and Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood are among nine Pennsylvania communities where the Red Cross intends to distribute free smoke alarms through May 11. Partnering with area fire departments and businesses, the nonprofit plans to use community volunteers to help distribute 2,850 smoke alarms door-to-door to nearly 1,200...
Test that tick. East Stroudsburg University offering free tick testing for Lyme disease
East Stroudsburg University’s tick research lab is accepting ticks for free testing from Pennsylvania residents. The university lab, known as the Pennsylvania Tick Research Lab, will test ticks for Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, according to Brenda Friday, university spokeswoman. “Tests are ordered online, and residents can...
Former Cal U football player’s suit against NCAA headed to trial
A 2013 lawsuit against the NCAA alleging it failed to adequately warn players of the risks associated with long-term brain injuries from football is moving forward in Washington County. The lawsuit was filed by Matt Onyshko, a former football player for the California University of Pennsylvania in Washington County. It...
How many hellbenders live in Western Pa.? Group hopes to learn this summer
The search is on this summer for the Allegheny alligator or the snot otter, better known as the Eastern hellbender, in rivers in Western Pennsylvania. The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy plans July surveys in the Kiski, Allegheny and Youghiogheny rivers for the salamander, a reclusive creature that lives under rocks the...
End of Iran waivers could cause gas prices to go higher, analyst says
Pittsburgh gas prices have fallen 1.2 cents per gallon in the past week to $3.04 per gallon, according to GasBuddy. Gas prices in Pittsburgh are 27.7 cents per gallon higher than a month ago, and are 8.5 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy, Pittsburgh prices...
2 Ohiopyle whitewater guides to be recognized by the Carnegie Hero Fund
Two Ohiopyle whitewater rafting guides will be presented Carnegie Hero medals at 2 p.m. Friday for the rescue of two women almost two years ago. Eric Martin and Patrick Nolan McCarty, both of Ohiopyle, will be presented with the medals by the Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Hero Fund at a ceremony at...
4 killed in Beaver County crashVideo
Four people were killed and one was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Beaver County, according to Harmony Police. The crash on Route 65 in Baden near the intersection with Merchant Street happened just before 11 p.m. Sunday. One of the vehicles, a Jeep, was driving the wrong way in...
Path to happiness often found in religion, study finds
The inquiry into why people are religious is an old one, but a more contemporary take on that theme revolves around the question: Does religion make us happy? The short answer is yes, according to the Pew Research Center. Whether it’s someone attending a Passover Seder, an Easter Sunday service...
Flood warning issued for parts of Western Pennsylvania
Some areas of Western Pennsylvania could experience flooding on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters issued a flood warning for parts of Allegheny, Westmoreland and Washington counties until 7:30 p.m. Among the affected communities are Pittsburgh, Penn Hills, Mount Lebanon, Bethel Park, Monroeville, McKeesport, Gastonville, West Mifflin, Baldwin,...
Strong thunderstorms, hail could hit parts of Western Pennsylvania
Strong thunderstorms capable of producing hail were projected to hit parts of Western Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon. The National Weather Service in Moon Township issued special weather statements for several Western Pennsylvania communities, warning that hail up to the size of nickels was possible with the storms. Roadways such as...
Police: Rain was factor in crash that killed 2 in Indiana County
State police said weather was a factor in a crash Friday that claimed the lives of 17-year-old girl from West Virginia and a 67-year-old Saltsburg man who was a passenger in the sport utility vehicle she was driving on Route 286 in Indiana County. Authorities said Makenzie Marie Deditch, of...
Wardens canvassing in 23 counties for dog licenses, vaccinations through June
The Pennsyvlania Department of Agriculture has announced that state dog wardens will conduct dog license and rabies vaccination checks in 23 counties through June. The program aims to raise awareness of the importance of up-to-date dog licenses, and rabies vaccinations for dogs and cats for the health and safety of...
Former Butler detective, hospital executive charged with more than $1M in fraud
A former Butler Memorial Hospital executive and her husband, a former detective with the Butler County District Attorney’s Office, spent years doctoring expense reports and receipts in order to bilk more than $1 million dollars from the health system, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Friday. Stephanie J. Roskovski...
