Terry Crump of Bethel Park once celebrated Sept. 11. Today, he grieves, remembers and toasts a lost companion. Friday marks Crump’s 71st birthday and the death of Ken Waldie. Twenty-five years ago, Waldie boarded American Airlines Flight 11 in Boston but less than 45 minutes later the ...
On any ordinary day, not just on Sept. 11 anniversaries, Tom Etzel of Mt. Lebanon can wrestle with his feelings “Out of the blue, the raw emotions still come up and I get tears in my eyes,” he said. Etzel thinks of the niece and friend he lost 25 years ago when two hijacked ...
The tragic death of 18-year-old Karoline Heintz, a recent Peters Township graduate and incoming freshman at PennWest California, has led to fundraising campaigns for domestic violence prevention programs in her name, and has sparked a conversation about teen dating violence. Megan Hegedus, ...
The teen accused of stabbing his 18-year-old girlfriend to death Wednesday night told state police a “demon” urged him to kill her as he went into his North Strabane house to retrieve a kitchen knife and then plunged it into her chest as they sat together in her SUV. Karoline Heintz had ...
Hundreds gathered inside Trinity United Methodist Church in Peters Township on Sunday night for a vigil to honor the life of Karoline Heintz. Heintz, 18, a Peters Township graduate and incoming freshman at PennWest California, where she was a member of the women's soccer team, died Aug. 19. ...
As the new school year gets underway, the Peters Township School District is considering making some facility upgrades for school years down the road, including possibly building a new field house. At the district’s school board meeting Monday, members heard from a representative of PNC Bank ...
