Defunct Allegheny AHERF leaders charged with charity fund theft
Pittsburgh AP An indictment accuses Sherif Abdelhak David McConnell and Nancy Wynstra of diverting more than 52 million in charitable gifts to pay mounting debts of the Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation between February and July 1998. Abdelhak and McConnell arraigned with Wynstra to surrender Monday. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 25.
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Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation
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Fisher
AHERF
Sherif Abdelhak
Abdelhak
David McConnell
Mer
Nancy Wynstra
McConnell
Wynstra
Attorney General’s
A Look at Lent: Second in a Series
A personal series piece recalls a dramatic shift from car salesman to church pastor over a short span. The narrative contrasts secular work with pastoral calling, tracing the author's evolving sense of purpose and community role as Lent unfolds.
Two local men answer the ministry call during Lent
Neil Anderson of New Castle, 47, left car sales to serve as a minister after embracing Christianity in 1974. He and wife Darlene Print have three children Christopher, Margaret, and Timothy. The feature notes other hopefuls feel drawn to faith during the season.
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Neil Anderson
New Castle
Anderson
Jay Weaver
Darlene Print
Christopher
Margaret
Timothy
Ellwood City Eyes Cell Phones and Pagers Costs
A Ellwood City resident asks if department cell phones and pagers are essential or a luxury. Don Clyde questions 13 phones and 22 pagers costing about 10 thousand yearly, plus 1 thousand for cell phones, and whether council approved the purchases. Borough manager Stramella says costs are known and purchases under 5 thousand can be approved without council approval.
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Ellwood City
Don Clyde
Clyde
Todd Ave
David Stramella
Ager
Council
Stramella
Sewage Department
Street
Electric
Police
Gore promotes union ties at Moon Area rally in Pittsburgh
Vice President Al Gore addressed a Moon Area High School crowd praising unions and working families in a western Pennsylvania stop. He attacked George W. Bush on privatizing Social Security and Medicare while in eastern Philadelphia he pushed gun control. Gore, a Vietnam veteran and family man, noted his forthcoming 30th wedding anniversary with Tipper and pledged universal healthcare for children and stronger unions.
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al Gore
Moon Area High School
Corropolis
Pittsburgh
Texas
George W. Bush
Bush
Gore
Westernia
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Tipper Gore
Teamwork boosts abuse prosecutions in Lawrence County
Prosecutions of defendants charged with child abuse have markedly increased in Lawrence County since authorities began using a team approach. The county's multi disciplinary team includes prosecutors and representatives of various agencies, detailing a broader, coordinated response to abuse cases.
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Lawrence County
Vari
Obituaries for five residents across Ohio and South Carolina
Peter R. Carpec Jr., 21, Masury Ohio died recently along with Michael E. Fedeles Jr., 20, Florence South Carolina Also listed are Lillian Hudach, 86, Campbell Ohio Carol S. McWhirter, 57, Hermitage and Dolores V. Reiter, 78, New Castle These notices acknowledge their deaths and note their ages and hometowns as brief memorial entries.
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Peter R. Carpec Jr
Masury
Ohio
Michael E. Fedeles Jr
Florence, S.C
Lillian Hudach
Campbell, Ohio
Carol S. McWhirter
Hermitage
Dolores V. Reiter
New Castle
Sociologist Hylan Lewis Dies at 88 in Versailles
New York AP reports sociologist Hylan Garnet Lewis died March 8 in Versailles France at age 88. Pioneer in community studies his 1955 book Blackways of Kent explored a Black community in the industrializing South.
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Hylan Garnet Lewis
Versailles
France
Kent
South
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