Pain at the pump
A man is accused of getting into a domestic dispute with his estranged wife Tuesday morning and later in the day going to an East Washington apartment and assaulting her and another person before briefly holding them at knifepoint. Borough police were called to the domestic dispute about 8 a.m. after Dustin James Cochrane allegedly violated a protection from abuse order filed against him by his wife, according to court documents. Cochrane was gone when police arrived, but he later went to a North Avenue apartment in the borough about 12:40 p.m. with a knife and kicked down the door to get in, police said. He then allegedly pushed his wife down the stairs and beat her, breaking ...
“Alicia’s Law,” which is named for a woman who was abducted when she was a teenager from her Crafton Heights home by an online predator, was approved Wednesday by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. If the measure is approved by the state Senate and signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro, it would establish a state grant program to help law enforcement track down internet predators who target children. Twelve other states have already put similar laws on their books. Alicia Kozakiewicz, who survived her abduction on New Year’s Day 2002 and is now 38 years old, has been an advocate for strengthening laws that go after child predators who lurk online. The House bill was first ...
The Washington County commissioners are considering paying more than $300,000 to a Michigan-based company to build a miniature golf course at Mingo Creek County Park, although the project could be close to a half-million dollars if the optional “water features” package is ...
The Keystone Exams, which are part of a Pennsylvania high school student’s graduation requirements, could soon be under the microscope following a Monday vote in the state’s House of Representatives asking that a study be done to determine if alternatives could be used instead. The vote was 191-10, indicating broad bipartisan support for the measure in the narrowly divided House. It would require the commonwealth’s education department to look at whether other standardized tests that high school students take, such as the SAT, ACT or Smarter Balanced assessments, could be used in its place. The study would explore whether those tests match statewide academic standards and fulfill ...
The Montour Trail Council is hoping to raise nearly $2.8 million - the largest single repair project in the nonprofit’s history - to reopen the National Tunnel. According to council President Julian Wolfe, the council contracted an engineering firm in November to assess the condition of ...
When the WPIAL released the softball pairings on Thursday afternoon, it became clear that in Class A and 2A recent success was a major factor. Defending champion Union got the nod for the top seed in Class A and Carmichaels is the second seed and West Greene is third. In Class 2A, Laurel was ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Skenes threw eight brilliant innings in one of the best outings of the young star's career, Brandon Lowe hit a solo homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Arizona Diamondbacks 1-0 on Wednesday night. Skenes — the defending National League Cy Young award winner — ...
Tom Vaeth has been around independent baseball long enough – six years as manager of the Wild Things and 17 years before that as a hitting coach in Winnipeg – to know not to make any bold predictions or hasty analysis of his team after seeing it practice for less than two weeks and play a ...
Periodically, a news story comes across my iPad that I just can’t stop thinking about. This story started like this: “On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar.” That opening line drew me in almost as fast as “A Florida man ..." “The caller was the bartender,” and ...
The Italian American Cultural and Heritage Society of Washington County announces this year’s 12 scholarship awardees. With this year’s awards, the organization will have provided 272 scholarships to Washington County residents since 1992. The scholarships, $3,000 each, are awarded ...
