O-R Weekend Recap: 5 things you need to know for Monday
If you were too busy staying warm this weekend, you might have missed out on some of this weekend’s top local news. To get you ready for Monday, the Observer-Reporter has compiled a list of our top five stories from our website this weekend.
A man who was arrested Thursday following an incident at Walmart in South Strabane Township walked into South Strabane Township Police Department Friday carrying at least two weapons and demanded police return a handgun and a cellphone seized during the arrest.
Sgt. Mike Manfredi said Allen Lepley, 37, of Amity, entered the lobby of the building with an AR-15-style rifle strapped on his back, a handgun holstered on his leg and extra magazines about 3:45 p.m. and said he wanted his property back.
For full details, click here to read Karen Mansfield’s story.
The 1,000-seat Coyle Theater in Charleroi theater closed following a showing of the movie “Titanic” in 1999, and a nonprofit organization, the Mid Mon Valley Cultural Trust, later took ownership of the building at 331 McKean Ave. and two adjoining structures.
The trust was never able to raise enough money to restore the properties, and it opted in December 2015 to sell the buildings for $19,500 to the Middle Monongahela Valley Industrial Development Association, a group that is now using the name Mon Valley Alliance.
Christopher Whitlatch, chief executive officer of the alliance, said the organization doesn’t have the money to restore or demolish the theater, and that it can’t spend any money to repair the roof as long as the lawsuit is under appeal.
For more information on the Coyle Theater and pictures of the building’s condition, click here to read Scott Beveridge’s story.
A Mt. Morris man is facing multiple drug charges following a Thursday night raid by the newly formed Greene County Regional Police Department.
Police found suspected heroin, methamphetamine, a half-pound of marijuana, a variety of pills, drug paraphernalia and nearly $12,000 in cash at the home of Adam Glenn White, 32, of 787 Big Shannon Run Road.
“We’re not talking about a Pittsburgh-sized, or a big city bust, but for Greene County, it was a pretty big bust,” Greene Regional police Chief Michael Natale said.
For the full story, click here to read Katie Anderson’s report.
A star on “Modern Family” has learned more about her ancestral family. And, it has roots in downtown Washington.
Julie Bowen, who portrays Claire Dunphy on the ABC hit comedy, is a descendant of the LeMoyne family. She will talk about that, and other aspects of her lineage, at 10 p.m. Sunday on the TLC series “Who Do You Think You Are?”
“Who Do You Think You Are?” is an hourlong show featuring celebrities tracing their ancestries with the help of historians and genealogy experts. It aired for three seasons on NBC, which canceled the series in 2012. TLC has carried it since. Season 9 kicked off last Sunday with Courteney Cox.
For more information, click here to read Rick Shrum’s story.
While waiting for his chance to be drafted in the NFL, Scott Orndoff got a chance to meet his biggest fan back in Greene County, where he grew up.
Orndoff, who played tight end for the University of Pittsburgh, unknowingly grew up less than a mile from Doris Neubauer, 81, of Franklin Township. Until Friday, they had never met.
Neubauer retired as a Central Greene teacher in 1993 – the year Orndoff was born. She’s an avid sports fan, who watches as many Pitt games as she can and has been following Orndoff’s football career.
For more details on Orndoff and Neubauer’s meeting, click here to read Katie Anderson’s story.