Musher makes the most of snow in Forbes State Forest
Musher Cameron Maak, 58, of Jennerstown, guides her dogs along a trail near the warming hut in Forbes State Forest on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Mushing is a sport that uses dogs as a means of transportation, and Maak focuses on sled dog racing with a team made up of...
Heights Plaza receiver reports early progress righting ‘sinking ship’
A receiver appointed to take over operation of the Heights Plaza shopping center in Harrison reports making early progress “to right the sinking ship.” An Allegheny County judge in October named Pretium Property Management of White Plains, N.Y., as receiver of the distressed shopping center, also known as Harrison Town...
Kraft Hockeyville USA contest looking for most spirited hockey community
Kraft Hockeyville USA returns for its fifth year, and nominations are officially open to find America’s most spirited and enthusiastic hockey communities. Towns nationwide can compete for the title of Kraft Hockeyville USA 2019, which includes the opportunity to host an NHL preseason game and $150,000 in rink upgrades. Rostraver...
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has no remaining cancer, Supreme Court announces
WASHINGTON – Tests revealed that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has no additional cancer following her surgery in December, and no further treatment is needed, the Supreme Court announced Friday. “Justice Ginsburg will continue to work from home next week and will participate in the consideration and decision of the cases...
U.S. flu season appears milder, one year after brutal one
NEW YORK — It’s early, but the current flu season is shaping up to be gentler than last winter’s unusually brutal one, U.S. health officials said. In most parts of the country, most illnesses right now are being caused by a flu strain that leads to fewer hospitalizations and deaths...
Florida pardons 4 black men accused of 1949 rape
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a Cabinet granted posthumous pardons Friday to four African-American men accused of raping a white woman nearly 70 years ago in a case now seen as a racial injustice. The unanimous vote came minutes after alleged victim pleaded with DeSantis and the...
Tips to fight the winter bluesVideo
Tis the season for a bit of post-holiday letdown with the realization that spring is still several months away. For some people, those with symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), winter’s chilly temperatures and increased darkness can cause a type of depression, says Dr. Krista Boyer. A licensed psychologist with...
Derry sisters charged with neglecting emaciated horses, dogs, cats
A Derry Township woman who had animal cruelty charges against her dropped in 2016 is now accused of the same after humane agents seized emaciated and sick horses, dogs and cats from her property in November. Faun Dillon was arraigned this week on more than 200 charges, including aggravated cruelty...
Erie mayor’s sister-in-law is $4 million lottery winner
Erie Mayor Joe Schember’s family now includes a millionaire. Schember confirmed to the Erie Times-News on Friday that his sister-in-law, Leann Wolfe, is the Erie woman who won a $4 million prize in the Mega Millions drawing on New Year’s Day. Wolfe, a 58-year-old retired Erie School District teacher, is...
Trump says changes coming on high-tech visas
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says changes are coming in the way that the U.S. handles temporary H1-B visas, which allow American companies to bring high-tech and other skilled workers into the U.S. from abroad. Trump tweeted Friday that those who hold the temporary H1-B visas can “rest assured” because...
Video shows Waffle House workers put food on unconscious man
LITHONIA, Ga. — A video shows two Waffle House employees putting salt, a slice of cheese and ketchup on an unconscious man’s head and now the company says the workers at the Atlanta area location have been fired. News outlets report the video on Instagram also shows the employees playing...
Cops: Mt. Pleasant woman was on drugs when she struck Walmart worker
State police allege a woman was under the influence of multiple unprescribed drugs, including methadone and methamphetamine, last month when she drove into a row of shopping carts and seriously injured a Walmart employee in East Huntingdon. Ronalee M. Bailey, 40, of Mt. Pleasant was arraigned this week before District...
Maryland firefighter accused of threatening to cut off a water supply during a blaze
Two firefighters have been temporarily banned from responding to emergency runs as the department investigates radio transmissions in which a firefighter threatened to cut off another crew’s water supply during a call in Capitol Heights, Maryland. The firefighters - one career and one volunteer - have been confined to administrative...
Allegheny County Police charge man in Plum shooting
A 21-year-old man has been charged in connection with a shooting Thursday in Plum. Malik Hawkins, no address given, was arrested without incident, Allegheny County Police said Friday. He was being held in the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh without bail on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, burglary, weapons...
North Huntingdon police looking for man who became irate at motelVideo
North Huntingdon police are looking for a man who became irate after being refused a motel room Saturday because he didn’t have cash to pay for it. Investigators said the man left Hiland Terrace Motel on Route 30 around 6:30 a.m. and a clerk locked the door behind him. When...
Rookie cop in Northern California ‘ambushed’ at crash scene
DAVIS, Calif. — Natalie Corona was a rising star in her police department with a sparkling smile and a huge heart who had followed in her father’s footsteps and became an officer, fulfilling a lifelong dream just a few months ago when her dad pinned the badge on her uniform....
Death toll in Mexico border shootings rises to 29
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said Friday that five attackers have died in a clash with soldiers the northern border state of Tamaulipas, bringing the state’s death toll in two days of presumed gang-related violence to 29. A group of armed assailants attacked a military patrol Thursday on a highway...
Cops: Man breaks into ex-girlfriend’s home, takes possessions, including cat
A 20-year-old Herminie man was stalking his ex-girlfriend, broke into her Hempfield home and took several of her possessions — including her cat, state police allege. Shane Matthew Morrison Jr. is charged with burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and harassment. His bond was set at $50,000, unsecured. According to information...
2 injured in 4-car crash inside Liberty Tunnel
The outbound Liberty Tunnel reopened Friday morning, about an hour after a 4-car crash caused it to close, according to Allegheny County 911. The crash happened at 7:42 a.m. and the tunnel was reopened by 8:40 a.m. Two people were taken by ambulance from the scene, according to 911. Jacob...
Jeannette to add more surveillance cameras current ones already pay off for police
Jeannette police plan to add more surveillance cameras to Clay Avenue after the ones recently installed assisted in a stolen vehicle investigation last month. City council approved buying six more cameras that will be affixed to utility poles at intersections along the street, said police Chief Shannon Binda. “Our intersections...
China broadcasts spacecraft pictures from moon’s far side
BEIJING — China on Friday broadcast pictures taken by its rover and lander on the moon’s far side, in what its space program hailed as another triumph for the groundbreaking mission to the less-understood sector of the lunar surface. The pictures on state broadcaster CCTV showed the Jade Rabbit 2...
Verna Bloom, dean’s wife in ‘Animal House,’ dead at 80
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Verna Bloom, the actress who portrayed the wife of the dean in the movie “Animal House,” has died. She was 80. Family spokesman Mike Kaplan tells The Hollywood Reporter that Bloom died Wednesday in Bar Harbor, Maine, of complications from dementia. In the 1978 John Landis...
Man found shot dead in SUV in Hazelwood
Pittsburgh police are investigating after a man was found shot dead in an SUV in the city’s Hazelwood neighborhood. Josiah Battle-Davis, 26, of Pittsburgh, was found dead on the 200 block of Glenwood Avenue just after midnight Friday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. Tribune-Review news partner WPXI...
Rare penny sells for more than $200K at auction
BOSTON — A rare copper penny that a Massachusetts man found in his lunch money more than 70 years ago has been sold at an auction for more than $200,000. The 1943 penny is one of 20 that were accidentally minted when the federal government was trying to conserve copper...
U.S. official says troop withdrawal from Syria has started
BAGHDAD — After days of back and forth over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pullout American troops from Syria, a U.S. military official said Friday the process of withdrawal has begun, declining to comment on specific timetables or movements. Col. Sean Ryan, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition fighting the...
