Commissioners delay decision on miniature golf course at Mingo Creek park
The October death of a Uniontown woman who was found dead at home in what the Fayette County coroner’s office called unsanitary conditions has been deemed a homicide by the coroner. Elizabeth Fike, 44, had been bed-ridden for three months at her home on North Gallatin Avenue in Uniontown before dying from complications of neglect, Fayette County Coroner Dr. Bob Baker wrote in a news release Thursday. Baker said Fike’s caretaker had “basically let her rot in a bed for three months.” “He was her primary caregiver, and a paid caregiver, hired caregiver, and her care was dependent on him,” he said in an interview Thursday. “He just let her lay there.” Baker performed an ...
The Washington County commissioners are delaying a decision on whether to build a miniature golf course at Mingo Creek County Park after being inundated with messages from people who do not want it to take away from the natural beauty of the park in Nottingham Township. Before public comment ...
The westbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the Taylorstown exit were closed for three hours Thursday afternoon following a head-on crash that killed one person. Emergency responders were called to the crash near the 10-mile marker of I-70 in Buffalo Township shortly before 1:30 p.m., state ...
“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 ...
PHOENIX – Pittsburgh Pirates phenom Konnor Griffin stepped to the plate on Tuesday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks and ripped a 110.1 mph laser high off the center-field wall at Chase Field, cruising into second base for a double. D-backs manager Torey Lovullo's jaw dropped almost to ...
In a strange, but interesting regular season finale, Avella played Aquinas Academy, the same team it’ll face next week in the first round of the WPIAL Class A baseball playoffs. The Eagles hope they’ll get the same result as they did Friday when the two teams meet again. Noah Kimberland ...
There is much to be said for peaking in the postseason, and the Washington & Jefferson College baseball team is speaking loud and clear each time it takes the field in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference tournament that is being held at Ross Memorial Park. The second-seeded Presidents ...
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 ...
BETHEL PARK – It can be hard enough to worry about not having enough to pay for groceries, and those worries multiply when individuals or families can’t make it to food pantries at regular distribution times. To help ease that burden, the South Hills Interfaith Movement (SHIM) recently ...
