Newell Jeffrey Albert Smith, 53, of Newell, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2026, as a result of a work accident. Born January 16, 1973, in Uniontown, he was the son of Gary V. and Karen Lee Kirkpatrick Smith of Perryopolis. Raised in Newell, he was a graduate of Frazier High School in ...
A third person has been arrested in connection with an alleged assault against a woman in Uniontown in July. Jonathan Godines, 19, of Denbo, is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct. According to his criminal complaint, ...
Waynesburg and Franklin Township are seeking bids for a new waste and refuse collection contract. At a special meeting Monday night, the Waynesburg Borough Council approved bidding documents and a solicitation for bids for the contract, which would run for five years. Westmoreland Sanitary, ...
When Rebecca Ashby was having her son, she saw a different provider for each of the first six months of her pregnancy, trying to find one she could trust. She ultimately found home birth midwives (“a divine thing that happened almost by accident”), who she went on to use for both of her ...
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld the prison sentence Tuesday for a South Connellsville man convicted of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old, and also reaffirmed his status as a violent sexual predator. James Gibson, 62, was convicted in 2024 in Fayette County Court of Common Pleas for ...
When Dolly Parton died in August, it inspired a local children’s author to pay tribute in a way his mother would have loved. On Monday, Rizzi DeFabo presented 100 copies of his book “Rizzi & Nonna and the Wedding Cookies” to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Fayette County. ...
