Boy struck by hit-and-run driver in Charleroi
A pre-teen boy was struck by a speeding car in downtown Charleroi over the weekend before the driver left the scene but later returned at the behest of her brother. Charleroi Regional police said the boy was crossing Fallowfield Avenue at Third Street shortly before 2:30 p.m. Sunday when the speeding vehicle hit him in the middle of the roadway, seriously injuring his head and right arm, investigators said. The boy’s age and identity were not released, but court documents indicated he was with his father at the time of the incident and was under the age of 13. He was initially taken by ambulance to Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital in Carroll Township, but later flown to ...
A Farmington man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal charges for distributing child pornography was sentenced to nearly six years in prison. Nathan Fike, 41, will serve 70 months in federal prison followed by 10 years on supervised release as part of the sentence imposed Thursday by U.S. District Judge Marilyn Horan at the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh. Fike pleaded guilty in March to distribution of a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors. In October 2023, federal investigators said Fike sent sexually explicit videos of children to an undercover FBI agent working in the ...
The Fayette County Board of Commissioners adopted a set of changes to its health care for county employees in a series of one-year agreements at its Thursday meeting. Chairman Scott Dunn said the county had been working on the new programs since February. Healthcare costs for the county ...
Monessen School District is considering a remote start to the 2026-27 school year as the district continues to address fungal growth that was found on water-damaged building materials inside its middle school and high school buildings last month. In a letter to school district families, Superintendent Dr. Robert Motte said teacher supplies, instructional materials and other resources inside the building are not accessible. "No final decision has been made at this time. However, we are actively preparing for this possibility so that our students can continue learning with as little interruption as possible," Motte wrote. Last week, the school district said the start date would be ...
A recent Peters Township High School graduate and incoming freshman to PennWest University was found dead in her car in a California Borough parking lot early Thursday morning, and her boyfriend and his mother face charges in connection with her death. The body of 18-year-old Karoline Heintz ...
Greene County was most affected when the alignments for section play were released by the WPIAL Tuesday morning, as three of the five county schools had their softball teams moved up a classification for the next two seasons. Carmichaels and Jefferson-Morgan were placed in Section 3-2A ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Nick Gonzales led off the 12th inning with an RBI single and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped their three-game skid with a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Monday night. Esmerlyn Valdez homered and Rafael Flores Jr. had an RBI double in the sixth for the Pirates, ...
Waynesburg University is reaching back to the past to improve its baseball future. Tyler Rubasky, a 2016 graduate and four-year catcher in the program, has been hired as the Yellow Jackets' new head coach. He served as head coach at Anderson University in Indiana this past season. But he was ...
The Civil War brought tremendous suffering. The death of Robert J. Brownfield is illustrative. Cpl. Brownfield of Fayette County was shot in the arm near Spotsylvania Courthouse in Virginia. Forgotten or simply overlooked, he went unattended for a full day. Taken first to Fredericksburg, ...
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