Former City Officer Acquitted Of Excessive Force
Ronald Williams, a former New Castle Police Department officer, was acquitted by a federal jury in Pittsburgh on a one count indictment from 2019 alleging willful deprivation of rights by slamming a detainee’s face into a floor during a 2018 domestic disturbance. The case drew national attention after video footage circulated online. Williams had been fired after the incident.
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Mohawk Girls Win WPIAL Track Team Crown
Mohawk High girls track and field captured the WPIAL Class 2A team title at Peters Township High School. The Lady Warriors defeated South Park and Shenango and tied Quaker Valley on points, earning Mohawk’s first team crown since 1989 as Shenango’s teams finished second overall.
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New Castle Officers Honored by U.S. Attorney for Community Policing
Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman and staff traveled from Pittsburgh to New Castle to honor Brandi Stewart Police Officer Chief Bobby Salem Mayor Chris Frye and Lawrence County District Attorney Joshua Lamancusa for police community programs during National Police Week.
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Department of Justice
Debbie Wachter
NEWS
New Castle Transit Authority Recovers Ridership Slowly
New Castle Area Transit Authority faced pandemic impacts with ridership dropping to about 50 percent of pre pandemic levels at the start. National ridership fell 79 percent from 2019 and costs rose for PPE training and labor. Authority GM David Richards cited a rebound to about 75 percent of pre pandemic ridership in the last two months and projected 2021 22 revenues of 481 400, up from 658 000 last June.
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