Driver dies in Connellsville Township crash
A Fayette County man was killed Tuesday night in Connellsville Township when his vehicle caught on fire after a crash. Police responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash shortly after 10 p.m. on Springfike Pike east of Citro Lane. Jess Schroyer, 45, of Mill Run, was traveling northbound when he failed to negotiate a left-hand curve and continued off the right side of the roadway, according to a release from Pennsylvania State Police. Schroyer’s Chevrolet Cruze struck a fallen tree and sheared a utility pole before the vehicle came to rest and caught fire, the release said. The car was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived. First responders found Schroyer inside the ...
A Uniontown man was sentenced to eight to 20 years in prison Monday after severely beating a woman outside a store in Uniontown last September. A Fayette County jury found Frank Jackson Powell-Chambers, 36, guilty on Sept. 9 of aggravated assault in the case, which happened outside Byers ...
A Waynesburg man was arrested Monday in a sting operation after being accused of attempting to meet up for sexual activity with people he thought were minors. Brandon Brumley, 33, was taken into custody at the Fort Mason Village housing development Monday night after a joint investigation by ...
After a summer filled with rain, the annual flowers at the Marshall Memorial Park in Uniontown had never looked better in the 20 years since the Green Gardeners group began planting them, the group’s president said. The floral display came to a premature end overnight Saturday night or ...
NAME: Chace Petrosky SCHOOL: Belle Vernon CLASS: Senior SPORT: Football PETROSKY'S WEEK: On Friday night Petrosky showed the many ways he can impact a football game. He returned a punt for a touchdown, had two rushing touchdowns and caught a pair of touchdown passes. It added up to five ...
FRIDAY DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Laurel Highlands at Albert Gallatin, 7 p.m. Uniontown at South Fayette, 7 p.m. Franklin Regional at Connellsville, 7 p.m. Frazier at West Greene, 7 p.m. East Allegheny at Brownsville, 7 p.m. Belle Vernon at Waynesburg Central, 7 ...
Brownsville's girls soccer team was in uncharted territory as it awaited the WPIAL playoff pairings on Wednesday, having never entered the postseason as a section champion. The Lady Falcons, who tied Bentworth for first place in Section 2-A, found out they would be the third seed when the ...
People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. And no one dared … Disturb the sound of silence. – “The Sound of Silence,” Paul Simon Sometimes an idea for an essay comes from unusual places and at unexpected times. Such was the case this week. After hearing a ...
Fox weather news as well as the WMO (“World Meteorological Organization”) announced that the current visit from El Nino has an 83% chance of extending its stay through fall and winter and into the spring of 2027. It has a good possibility of becoming the strongest El Nino on record ...
