Cheers: We鈥檇 like to take this opportunity to give a shout-out to Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski, whose unflagging commitment to the youth in our region serves as an inspiration to all. Many know Mary Jo for her 鈥淎sk Mary Jo鈥� column that appears weekly in this newspaper. She wears plenty of ...
The chief of police in McDonald returned to work Wednesday in an administrative capacity while there is an investigation into whether he was justified in shooting a man in the arm earlier this month. Timothy Motte confirmed Wednesday he had been off the job immediately following the Oct. 3 ...
A doctor who once worked in the Mon Valley has been accused of traveling to Ohio for a sexual encounter with someone he believed to be a minor. The office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the charges in a press release issued earlier this week. Dr. Robert Zewe Jr., 50, of Erie, ...
In 1882, nature put on quite a show in Mt. Pleasant Township. In March of that year, the Niagara Oil Co. was poking around in the earth at the farm of Alexander McGugin, on a hunt for oil and gas. It was about 23 years after the first gas well was drilled 120 miles to the north in ...
CARNEGIE 鈥� Vincenzo Lopez expressed his gratitude to the emergency responders who rescued him from a trench that collapsed in Charleroi Aug. 28. The Belle Vernon resident recalled his five hours spent in the trench at an event held Tuesday at the Urban Search and Rescue Pennsylvania Strike ...
With less than three weeks to go until the Nov. 4 general election, thousands of mail-in and absentee ballots are now arriving in mailboxes across Southwestern Pennsylvania for voters to decide a range of positions from local races to statewide judicial seats. Elections officials in ...
