Homicide suspect brought back to Fayette County
Students pursuing post-secondary education during the 2026-27 school year are invited to apply for scholarships offered through the Community Foundation of Fayette County. Applicants will complete a universal application to determine their eligibility for various opportunities. A list of matching scholarships will display; each will have additional questions and must be submitted individually. There are also four stand-alone applications that must be applied for outside of the universal application. In all, there are 51 scholarships to be awarded based on academic achievement, community service, financial need, extracurricular participation, area of study, school preference, and ...
A domestic violence suspect from Brownsville now faces additional charges after allegedly asking his ex-girlfriend to tell police she was lying to get back at him. The letter from Kevin Fields, 24, also asked Shelby Price to marry him, according to court paperwork. Police said Fields sent the letter to Price in late January. She showed police the letter, which she identified as Fields’ from the handwriting, his criminal complaint stated. Fields has been lodged in the Fayette County jail since December, when he allegedly locked Price in his home for four days, beat her with thick electrical cords and threatened to kill her. Court documents filed in the new case listed the steps ...
The suspect in a Uniontown homicide was booked into the Fayette County jail late Wednesday afternoon after being transported back from Maryland. Braedon Dickinson, 18, of Connellsville was taken into custody a week ago in Baltimore, where authorities tracked him following the fatal Feb. 5 ...
The Everson Borough Council president is facing criminal charges after allegedly placing a tracking device in a borough police car without officers knowing. Jason Frazier, 43, was the registered owner of the Apple AirTag found in the car's trunk, according to his criminal complaint. While patrolling on the night of July 24, Assistant Police Chief Michael Garlowich received a cellphone alert that the device was moving with him in one of the borough’s police cars, the complaint said. The alert then led him to the trunk of the car, where he found the AirTag directly under the police antenna. Garlowich wrote in the complaint he had gotten two prior notices, but hadn’t known what ...
Fire departments are unlikely to continue searching the Monongahela River for a man who went missing last week. Monongahela Fire Department Chief Aaron Leezer said they were suspending efforts to locate 26-year-old Shelby Rhodes. Rhodes, of Monongahela, was reported missing Feb. 11. He was ...
McMURRAY – The Waynesburg Central girls basketball team knew it had a tall mountain to climb Wednesday evening in the WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals at AHN Arena at Peters Township High School. Yes, the Lady Raiders were fresh off an impressive win in the first round last Friday night at ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – As far as opportunities go, West Virginia didn’t miss the bus Wednesday night. Instead, the Mountaineers may have been run over by it. Utah, the last-place team in the Big 12, came into Hope Coliseum and just may have taken away all hope from WVU in reaching the NCAA ...
Top-seeded Quaker Valley raced out to a big early lead and went on to defeat visiting Belle Vernon, 71-41, in a WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal boys basketball playoff game Wednesday night. Quaker Valley advances to Saturday's semifinals against No. 13 Deer Lakes, which upset No. 5 Hopewell, in a ...
Cheers: We’re in the home stretch of the Herald-Standard’s annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. It’s not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...
After 18 days of temperatures not getting above freezing and many of those same days with below-zero temperatures at night, we were ready for the warm-up that returned this past Tuesday when the temperature in Uniontown hit 59 degrees. This coming week should see mild air return with ...
