Tornado confirmed in Elrama
A Florida man accused of defrauding a Peters Township resident out of about $24,000 was arrested Thursday. Naresh Kumar Garapati, 37, of Crystal River, faces multiple felony charges of theft by deception, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property. According to the criminal complaint, the resident reported to Peters police Wednesday that he had been locked out of his computer, and his device displayed a message with a phone number for “Microsoft.” After calling the number, the man was asked to pay $10,000. Garapati allegedly went to his house on May 11 to collect the money, and a few days later, returned for $14,700, according to court documents. After being contacted ...
A tornado touched down in Elrama on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. In a post to Facebook on Saturday, the NWS stated that it was an EF0 tornado that traveled about six miles from Elrama to the eastern parts of Elizabeth. The EF scale uses wind speed to determine a ...
After being shuttered three times in the last year, the refurbished Greer Tunnel has reopened on the Montour Trail. The 235-foot-long tunnel in Peters Township is available again for cyclists, walkers, runners or anyone else who uses the Montour Trail. It reopened following a year-long ...
Tim Lynch has exceeded expectations throughout his 43 years of life. The Washington man had his first open heart surgery just 10 hours after he was born, a surgery that had never been performed on an infant. His second surgery came at age 7, performed by a world-renowned congenital heart ...
TROY, N.Y. – Caleb McNeely hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning Saturday night as the Wild Things defeated the Tri-City ValleyCats, 2-1. The win is the fourth in a row –- all on the road -- for Washington. The Wild Things will try for a series sweep Sunday evening. Kobe ...
TROY, N.Y. – The Wild Things have another 89 games remaining on their schedule. During that stretch, it’s unlikely they will endure a wilder game than they did Friday night. Washington squandered an eight-run lead but scored three times in the top of the 10th inning and beat the Tri-City ...
By Dave Bates For the Observer-Reporter Creek stomping (noun), to creek stomp (infinitive verb). The act of wandering about a stream, river, tributary, lake or body of freshwater for the purpose of exploration, discovery, knowledge and basic outdoor recreational fun. OK, it’s my own ...
Sure, we’ve had our days of unseasonable warmth lately, but remember that stretch back in January when it was so cold we could have ducked into a meat locker to warm up? Football fans in Kansas City surely do. On its way to winning its second Super Bowl in a row and its third since 2020, the ...
Jacob H. Ford has come a long way since he first picked up a Kodak digital point-and-shoot camera. The 27-year-old Monongahela man, chosen as this year’s Artist of the Pike at the Frank L. Melega Art Museum in Brownsville, features his work on his social media page and sells his photographs ...
