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The widow of a former Perryopolis councilman fatally shot by borough police in 2017 has settled a suit against the borough.The federal suit filed by Maria Hoose, representing the estate of Garrett Hoose, was dismissed earlier this week. Details of the settlement were not included in the ...

Lawsuit over Cal U campus arrest dismissed

A federal judge dismissed the remnants of the civil-rights lawsuit in which a Monessen businessman and former state House candidate sought damages over his 2015 arrest on the California University of Pennsylvania campus.U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan, in an order issued last week, ...

MONESSEN – City officials will be purchasing several new police vehicles without any cost to the taxpayers.Acting Mayor and Councilman Tony Orzechowski said the city was awarded $100,000 from a settlement paid by ArcelorMittal for air pollution violations.According to Orzechowski, the city ...

A Centerville man accused of possessing child pornography will see his case head to the Court of Common Pleas after he waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday.Jonathan Andrew Hoover, 20, of 214 Malden Road, faces 16 felony charges of possession of child pornography and an additional felony ...

Women wanted in Cokeburg burglary, assault

COKEBURG – An Ellsworth woman and another from Westmoreland County are wanted in connection with a burglary and assault last year in Cokeburg.District Judge Curtis Thompson on Wednesday signed warrants for the arrests of Crystal Melody Rozik, 25, of 1 Juniper St., Ellsworth, and Natasha ...

DONORA – A Donora man was jailed Wednesday on accusations he terrorized a woman by chasing her outside while wielding a large crescent wrench.Donora police arrested the suspect, John Edward Gatts, 33, after finding the woman screaming for help about 11 p.m. Tuesday at Second Street and ...