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2 days ago | 
ncnewsonline.com | Debbie Wachter
Neshannock Township police remain puzzled over a report Tuesday a red car rolled into the Shenango River then disappeared from sight. Police and Neshannock Township firefighters were called to the boat launch off Kings Chapel Road, where Andrew Nail of Pulaski reported he was fishing around 12:30 p.m. and told police his unoccupied car rolled down the ramp and into the Shenango River. He told police the car was floating in the water when he saw it, according to township police Chief John Rand.
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3 days ago | 
centredaily.com | Debbie Wachter
A West Side woman is in the Lawrence County jail after reportedly leading police on a pursuit with six children in her vehicle. New Castle police have charged Keyaria Snider, 21, of the 400 block of Burke Street, in connection with the incident that officers say started with a disturbance Thursday in West Pittsburg, Taylor Township.
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3 days ago | 
ncnewsonline.com | Debbie Wachter
A Union Township man who reportedly kicked in a woman’s door and threatened to kill her is now in the Lawrence County jail. New Castle police arrested Michael Julian Rossi, 34, of Grandview Avenue, for a reported home invasion on Beckford Street. The woman who lives there has a protection from abuse order against him, according to a police document.
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3 days ago | 
alliednews.com | Debbie Wachter
NEW WILMINGTON – A vocal music coach with past affiliations at the New Castle Playhouse is in the Lawrence County jail, accused of soliciting explicit photos and making sexual advances toward a 15-year-old female who was his private student. State police, following a three-year investigation, arrested 42-year-old Justin James Bryan of New Wilmington on Friday, filing multiple felony charges against him.
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3 days ago | 
ncnewsonline.com | Debbie Wachter
The New Castle Area School Board will host a special public work session Thursday morning for discussions on the district's proposed budget and potential tax increase. New Castle last raised property taxes in 2003. kAm%96 `` 2]>] >66E:?8 :? E96 25>:?:DEC2E:@? 3F:=5:?8 @77 rC@E@? pG6?F6 H:== :?4=F56 5:DEC:4E qFD:?6DD |2?286C y@D6A9 p>3C@D:?: AC6D6?E:?8 7:8FC6D 7C@> E96 AC@A@D65 a_ad\ae 3F586E 7@C 5:D4FDD:@?
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3 days ago | 
ncnewsonline.com | Debbie Wachter
The Lawrence County Housing Authority said work is progressing to remedy broken air conditioning in Skyview Towers as temperatures soared this week. Holly Girdwood, housing authority director, issued two news releases through agency Solicitor Louis Perrotta. The first, issued Saturday, reported the "chiller" in the air conditioning unit malfunctioned. A Monday release said it was repaired.
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3 days ago | 
ncnewsonline.com | Debbie Wachter
A West Side woman is in the Lawrence County jail after reportedly leading police on a pursuit with six children in her vehicle. New Castle police have charged Keyaria Snider, 21, of the 400 block of Burke Street, in connection with the incident that officers say started with a disturbance Thursday in West Pittsburg, Taylor Township. kAmp44@C5:?8 E@ 2 4C:>:?2= 4@>A=2:?E[ E96 A@=:46 H6C6 42==65 E@ 2 C6D:56?46 2C@F?5 g A]>] C682C5:?8 A6@A=6 92?8:?8 @FE @7 2 H:?5@H @7 2 >2C@@? r9CJD=6C D652?
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4 days ago | 
ncnewsonline.com | Debbie Wachter
A vocal music coach with past affiliations at the New Castle Playhouse is in the Lawrence County jail, accused of soliciting explicit photos and making sexual advances toward a 15-year-old female who was his private student. State police, following a three-year investigation, arrested 42-year-old Justin James Bryan of New Wilmington on Friday, filing multiple felony charges against him. kAm{66p?? uF=6?2[ 492:C>2? @7 E96 !=2J9@FD6VD 3@2C5 @7 5:C64E@CD[ D2:5 |@?52J E92E 2D @7 =2DE H66<[ qCJ2?
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5 days ago | 
ncnewsonline.com | Debbie Wachter
Lawrence County is likely to get a sum of money from a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, from the opioid addiction crisis. The Sacklers would pay approximately $6.5 billion across 15 years, while Purdue would pay about $900 million, a pending resolution to litigation over Purdue’s methods to manufacture and distribute powerful and addictive opioid painkillers, namely OxyContin.
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1 week ago | 
ncnewsonline.com | Debbie Wachter
A Skyview Towers resident upset about his living conditions went to the Lawrence County commissioners meeting Tuesday seeking help and advice to no avail. The commissioners have no jurisdiction over the Lawrence County Housing Authority, Commissioner Chairman Dan Vogler told him. They merely appoint the board members. The Housing Authority is the landlord of the 57-year-old, 12-floor building located downtown on North Beaver Street. The hallways on each floor are in a hexagon.
