Joe Napsha stories, Page 107

North Huntingdon officials have agreed to pay a township developer $145,000 in an out-of-court settlement of a 2017 lawsuit in which the homebuilder claimed a former planning director discriminated against him, costing his company thousands of dollars. Township commissioners voted 4-2 this week to settle with Robert W. Shuster’s RWS...

A Penn Hills man whose vehicle ran out of gas allegedly had 29 marijuana plants stuffed in multiple bags stashed in his car when North Huntingdon police arrested him early Wednesday morning. Lamar D. Kincaid, 55, is accused of having several large garbage bags of marijuana plants about 3 feet...

A Cincinnati area man was killed Wednesday when his can hit a parked tractor-trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near the Somerset-Bedford border, state police said. Justin Drew, 34, of West Chester, Ohio, was driving a 2019 Dodge Caravan eastbound when it went off the road and hit the tractor-trailer parked...

The state is accepting applications for the 2020 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence from those who participated or led an environmental stewardship project, as well as all schools, nonprofits, businesses, farms, and government agencies. People or organizations that conducted an environmental project may also be nominated. Applications for the 2020...

Norwin may borrow $10 million in January to pay for a variety of capital improvement projects throughout the school district. If the school board approves a $9.98 million bond issue, Norwin would be able to take advantage of low interest rates, Jamie Doyle, managing director for PFM Financial Advisors LLC...

Bicyclists can place their bike on a baggage car at select stations when taking the train from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and onto New York, Amtrak said Monday. Train stations in Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Altoona, Harrisburg, Lancaster and Philadelphia have been offering that service on the Pennsylvanian since earlier this month, but...

An unknown male was promising female Norwin students money in exchange for nude photos of themselves via the social media site Snapchat, Norwin school officials said Monday. Norwin Superintendent Jeff Taylor said in a statement North Huntingdon police alerted school officials to the “safety concern involving sexting,” which is transmitting...

Seventy-seven years after he died in a notorious Japanese prisoner of war camp, a World War II soldier from Sutersville is home again and set to be buried in an Elizabeth Township cemetery. The remains of Pfc. Daniel Bain were accompanied by a military escort as his casket was flown...

A Unity Township man awakened his neighbor in the East High Acres area early Saturday morning to a devastating fire that was sweeping through his house, a fire official said. The neighbor saw the house at 1038 Valley View Drive ablaze at about 4:10 a.m. Saturday and went to the...

An avid bicyclist who was killed Oct. 1 when he was hit by a car on Route 30 while bicycling up Laurel Mountain will be remembered on Sunday, Oct. 20 with a memorial bike ride. The three-mile bike ride in memory of Jason Zollinger, 38, of Hempfield, will begin at...

A missing Fayette County man has been found and is no longer considered in danger, according to state police at Uniontown. Rick Fowler, 52, of Farmington had been missing since Friday afternoon when he was last seen by his stepdaughter at 2 p.m. on Morrell Avenue in Dunbar Township, police...

Residents in McKeesport, Port Vue and Versailles Borough are being warned to boil their water before drinking because of a microbial contamination, the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County said Sunday. The problem affects more than 16,000 customers, who are being asked to conserve water during the emergency. Residents in those...

Pittsburgh residents of the Ridgemont, Westwood and Elliott neighborhoods are being advised Sunday to continue to flush their water systems and boil their water because of a water main break in Mt. Washington, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority said. The boil water advisory for about 870 residences remains in...

The Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Youngwood celebrates its 100th anniversary Saturday, and officials are hopeful the organization will be able to attract more members so there will be future celebrations. “We have very few new members with an all-volunteer Army. It’s difficult to maintain the members” as they...

Amid the growing concern over the health impact of electronic cigarettes, Irwin council is making a move to ban their use at the borough’s parks and playgrounds. Council this week directed solicitor Zachary Kansler to preparean ordinance to prohibit vaping at places such as Irwin Park. The ordinance would be...

Pennsylvania suspended a Texas energy company’s license to operate two Somerset County gas wells because it has failed to pay almost $95,000 in impact fees and related costs for 2014, 2015 and 2016. The state Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday ordered Xtreme Energy Co. of Victoria to cease operations...

North Huntingdon’s associate planning and zoning director is in charge of the department after the resignation of the former director last month. Ryan Fonzi was named interim director following the Sept. 6 resignation of Andrew W. Blenko, said Jeff Silka, township manager. Blenko, who had been the township’s planning director...

A Stowe man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted Monday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court in the 2016 beating death of an elderly McKees Rocks man. Branden A. Frazier, 28, was convicted by an Allegheny County jury of first-degree murder in the death...

The Pittsburgh-based company that Henry John Heinz started in the late 1800s ended up in a merger with the former Kraft Foods, with the result leaving a bad taste in the mouths of investors and stockholders. Kraft Heinz Co. was formed in July 2015 amid hopes of generating more profits...