In some ways, the people from Western Pennsylvania who were arrested in the Capitol riot match the findings of national studies conducted by the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Most of them are employed, and several own their own businesses — including a couple who owns a contracting company
Paula Reed Ward
Courtesy of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
Jorden Mink, of South Fayette, faces federal charges related to his alleged part in the Washington, D.C., riots at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6. Federal authorities say these photos were posted to an Instagram account belonging to Mink, who they said was caught on video smashing a Capitol window with a baseball bat.
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A status conference for a South Fayette man charged in the Capitol riot case was postponed Wednesday after he recently tested positive for covid-19.
South Fayette will become the new regional home for iHeartMedia and a popular rock station.
The company, which includes WDVE, announced it is moving its Pittsburgh area headquarters from 200 Fleet Street in Green Tree to Beacon I, an 80,000-square-foot office building in the township.
“We’re really excited about them choosing South Fayette as their location, and we look forward to working with them and getting South Fayette’s name on the map,” township commissioners President Gwen Rodi said Tuesday evening.
Officials from Burns Scalo Real Estate, which owns the office building, recently released a statement about the move.
“The current activity taking place is what the community has been waiting for, for a long time,” said BSRE CEO Jim Scalo. “South Fayette is no longer a pass-through along I-79, it is the premier destination south of Pittsburgh.”