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Pittsburgh nurses lead charge for paid leave, for everyone

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Nurses across southwestern Pennsylvania see a simple answer to record-breaking staffing shortages and worsening healthcare outcomes for mothers and babies: paid family leave, not just for them, but for all working families. And they don’t have any issue serving as the foundation for that call. From higher wages to paid parental leave, nurses like Lucy Rose Ruccio see no coincidence between Pennsylvania’s record nursing staffing shortage and its struggle to keep infants and mothers healthy and well. Ruccio, flanked by her two children and soon expecting her third, pointed out the ...

Nature is always taking its course

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Nature is full of cycles. Day and night, the four seasons, and the water cycle are just a few examples. Perhaps the biggest cycle of all is that of life and death. Often life is our main focus when discussing nature and the outdoors. However, where there is life there must also be death. ...

Firefighters at scene of blaze

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Firefighters in Warren were responding to a blaze on Quaker Hill Road off Conewango Avenue on Friday afternoon. The house was fully involved and crews were at the scene around 2:45 p.m. Residents in the area say the location is a vacation rental with guests to arrive soon. Witnesses say a ...

Crimestoppers offer reward in kitten cruelty case

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Pennsylvania State Police at Warren are asking for the public’s help after a kitten was allegedly thrown from a moving vehicle in Glade Township earlier this month. The kitten survived the incident without injuries and has since been adopted by one of the troopers involved in the rescue. ...

Man serving time pleads guilty to child porn

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A former Pittsfield resident already serving prison time for possession of child pornography will spend more time in state prison. Zackery R. Antoniotti, 36, pleaded guilty recently in the Court of Common Pleas to two counts of second-degree child pornography in front of Judge Todd Woodin on May 7. Antoniotti is already serving time in the Huntingdon state prison.Each charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. While Antoniotti pleaded guilty to two second-degree felony charges, he had faced an additional 130 second-degree felony counts of sexual abuse of children – child ...