Debbie Wachter

5 days ago | ncnewsonline.com | Debbie Wachter

Edris Cruz was in kindergarten five years ago when his family moved to New Castle and he spoke no English. Now, the fluent, bilingual Spanish and English language fifth grader in the New Castle Area School District is helping his peers to learn English using devices new to the district this year, called Timekettles. kAmsFC:?8 2 56>@?DEC2E:@? @7 E96 C6492C8623=6 62C3F5\EJA6 EC2?D=2E@C[ 96 96=A65 9:D pC23:4\DA62<:?8 7:7E9 8C256 4=2DD>2E6 w2DD2? p=;232C2 H:E9 9:D >2E9 :?

5 days ago | ncnewsonline.com | Debbie Wachter

An Allegheny County mortician accused of defrauding dog and cat owners of their pets’ funerals waived his right to a preliminary hearing in court Friday. Patrick Roy Vereb Sr., 70, formerly of New Castle, is facing criminal charges filed April 28 for reportedly disposing of thousands of pets in a landfill or having them cremated and returning random ashes to customers after they paid him for the burial or cremation services for their dogs and cats.

6 days ago | ncnewsonline.com | Debbie Wachter

New Castle police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old man who was shot in his home Sunday in Mahoningtown. Police Chief David Cumo said Jalin Clark of Second Street was shot in the neck. He was taken by ambulance to UPMC Jameson Hospital, which was preparing to fly him to a trauma center, but he died at the hospital. Cumo said the police are continuing to probe the circumstances surrounding Clark’s death. He was shot with a handgun, he said.

6 days ago | ncnewsonline.com | Debbie Wachter

The suspect in a drive-by shooting that injured four Monday in Sharon might have ended up in New Castle this week. New Castle police Chief David Cumo said police in Sharon were looking for a vehicle they believe was involved in the incident, and New Castle police found the vehicle abandoned on Park Avenue on New Castle’s North Hill. They impounded it and turned it over to the Sharon police. kAm$92C@? A@=:46 H6C6 42==65 2E `_ibd A]>] |@?52J E@ E96 b__ 3=@4< @7 q2=5H:? pG6?F6 H6C6 7@FC A6@A=6 925 366?

6 days ago | ncnewsonline.com | Debbie Wachter

People seeking peace and serenity during busy, stressful or frantic times did not have to go far this week to find it. A blanket of calm enshrouds The Copernicus Room at the New Castle Public Library as a group of six Tibetan monks quietly and diligently work to create a colorful sand art mandala. kAm%96 >@?<D[ 7C@> E96 sC6AF?8 {@D6=:?8 |@?2DE6CJ :? x?5:2[ 2CC:G65 E9:D H66< 7C@> E96:C &]$] 9@>6 32D6 @7 pE=2?E2 E@ 4C62E6 E96 E6>A@C2CJ >2DE6CA:646 @7 362FEJ[ 2? 2CE:DE:4 EC25:E:@?