Two-year-old Maddox and his family are Whitehall residents.
The mauling death of a 2-year-old boy at the Pittsburgh Zoo on Sunday has shocked and saddened many area families. That is especially true in Whitehall Borough, as it turns out. Whitehall police Chief Donald R. Dolfi confirmed on Monday that the victim's family lives in Whitehall. Maddox, the victim, is the son of Jason and Elizabeth Derkosh, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is reporting. Maddox was visiting the zoo with 34-year-old Elizabeth when he fell from the top of a platform railing to the ground inside of the pit area of an African painted dogs exhibit, according to a statement from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Pittsburgh police said that the child lost his balance after his mother lifted him in a standing position onto the 4-foot…
The elderly woman found over a hillside in Avalon was never identified.
The woman survived about eight decades on this earth, but her death gave no dignity to those years. On June 19, 1997, the mummified body of a petite black woman with short, curly, gray-and-white hair—only 5 feet tall and weighing only 100 pounds—was found over a hillside behind the Ponderosa Restaurant at 920 Ohio River Blvd. (Route 65) in Avalon. The woman, who was found inside a blue sleeping bag, was wrapped in two black plastic trash bags—one tied over her head, one tied over her feet—then wrapped again in what authorities believe was a plastic mattress cover, according to the Pennsylvania Missing Persons website. Her head was lying on a pillow with a towel covering her face. Her body was covered with a green blanket. She was dressed …
Event for children and adults will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Dormont Pool parking lot.
Dormont's Public Safety Day will give kids and grownups a chance to see police and firefighting equipment up close this Saturday at the Dormont Pool parking lot. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents will have the chance to see such crime-fighting tools as the Allegheny County SWAT assault vehicle, affectionately known as "The Bear," and experience how to escape a simulated house fire in a "smokehouse," according to acting Dormont police Chief Richard Dwyer. Dormont Volunteer Fire Department President George Nelson said the offerings have been "expanded" for this year's event. The borough's fire trucks and police cars will be on hand, too. "It's really a highlight for kids," Dwyer said. "Kids like police cars and fire trucks. It's going to be …
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Ed M
11:51 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Why? Because a wild animal acted like a wild animal? This is a tragic accident. more ›