PIAA TAKES FIRST STEP IN APPROVING GIRLS' FLAG FOOTBALL
From the PIAA The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. (PIAA) Board of Directors held its monthly board meeting to discuss, among other things, the emerging sport of girls' flag football. The Board of Directors approved the first reading, by a unanimous vote, 30-0. Girls' flag football achieved emerg...
May 16, 2024
PIRATES ROUTED BY BREWERS IN SERIES FINALE
Martín Perez couldn't control his changeup and the Milwaukee Brewers made him pay for it yesterday. Joe Block has a recap of another Pirates loss. The Pirates make the short trip from Milwaukee to Chicago to open a series against the Cubs tonight. It's a four-game series. Right-hander Jared Jones [2-4, 2.68 E...
May 16, 2024
PENS' TRIO HAVE SURGERIES
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said in his final media session last month that Kris Letang would probably have some surgery after the veteran defenseman fought through injuries at season's end. General manager Kyle Dubas announced yesterday that Letang had surgery on a fractured finger on his left hand last Friday, and t...
May 16, 2024
TOMLIN'S TROOPS WILL CONTEND WITH ODD SCHEDULE QUIRKS
The NFL released the full schedules for all 32 teams last night, and it certainly looks challenging for the Steelers. They will play eight home games, nine road games, and they won't play any of their AFC North rivals until week 11. That means that six of the final eight games of the season will be division games. F...
May 16, 2024
IRWIN MAN WAIVES HEARING ON 2020 INCIDENT IN CLARION BOROUGH
Ronald James Thompson, 67, from Irwin, waived his hearing for charges stemming from a 2020 incident in Clarion Borough. According to ExploreClarion.Com, Thompson is charged with false report, DUI, open lewdness, and disorderly conduct after being caught urinating in public and giving a false name to police. Thompson's ...
May 16, 2024
OIL CITY MAN FOUND GUILTY OF RAPE, MURDER
David Allen Bosley of Oil City was found guilty on all counts for the rape and murder of Marcy Suzette Nellis after a two-and-a-half-day trial in Venango County Court. ExploreJeffersonPa.Com reports, Bosley was convicted of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, rape, kidnapping, aggravated indecent assault, and ab...
May 16, 2024
MUNSON MAN HELD FOR OVERDOSE DEATH OF TEENAGER IN 2022
On August 3, 2022, a 14-year-old boy died at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. The boy, a friend and co-worker of 36-year-old Dennis Demoss from Munson, had overdosed on fentanyl at Demoss' home on July 28, 2022. Demoss has been charged with several felonies, including drug delivery resulting in death, child enda...
May 16, 2024
PIRATES CAN'T OVERCOME BAD SECOND INNING, GREAT BREWERS DEFENSE
The Pirates' Quinn Priester had one bad inning, and the Bucco bats couldn't catch up against the Brewers. Joe Block reports. The series concludes this afternoon. The Pirates will send left-hander Martín Perez to the mound to take on Brewers lefty Robert Gasser, who threw six shutout innings and earned the win a...
May 15, 2024
PUNXSUTAWNEY BOROUGH COUNCIL MEMBER RESPONDS TO YOUNG TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR ON SEWER RATES
A Punxsutawney Borough Council member, Eric Story, responded to comments by Young Township Supervisor Ron Heitzenrater regarding sewer rates. According to the Punxsutawney Spirit, Heitzenrater claimed that Young Township would not vote on the rates until Punxsutawney approved them, accusing the borough of previously ba...
May 15, 2024
PIRATES HOLD ON FOR THRILL RIDE WIN OVER BREW CREW
The Pirates built a big lead on a career night for Bryan Reynolds, but had to hold off the hard-charging Brewers last night to open their road trip. Joe Block has the recap on a wild Bucco win. With Paul Skenes joining the Pirates, Shelton is going with a six-man rotation, for now. It could be short term or longer. ...
May 14, 2024