Connellsville couple charged after infant child’s injuries deemed abuse
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that Washington County’s district attorney and former president judge are immune from litigation after a witness sued them for holding him in contempt and jailing him when he refused to testify at a homicide defendant’s preliminary hearing. The U.S. Third Circuit of Appeals last month affirmed the September 2024 decision that District Attorney Jason Walsh and Judge John DiSalle have prosecutorial and judicial immunity because their actions against Elijah White fell under the scope of their official duties. White refused to testify at the Dec. 9, 2022, preliminary hearing for Keaundre Crews, who was charged with shooting and ...
The Fort Necessity Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) asked Fayette County students from grades 5 through 8 to imagine what it would be like to sit down with one of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence. Thirty-two students wrote essays about ...
A Connellsville man is accused of shooting a gun into the yard where his partner and a child were after an argument over housework Saturday morning. Donald Fisch, 59, was apprehended after reportedly fleeing the scene where police responded to a report of shots fired on Rural Lane in Bullskin ...
A Connellsville man is accused of being behind the wheel in a collision in North Union Township that left a pedestrian with a concussion. Paul Puckett, 57, was arrested after an investigation into a reported hit-and-run on Earl Street in North Union Township on the night of March 2. Cody ...
ERIE — Jordyn Buchanan sank three free throws after being fouled with two seconds remaining for what proved to be the winning points as PennWest California stunned No. 5 Gannon, 80-79, in the PSAC Men's Basketball Tournament Championship Sunday. It was only the second loss of the season ...
The tears that flowed down the cheeks of Jordan Harrison on Sunday were of pure joy. “I’m just so happy,” she told ESPN following West Virginia’s 62-53 victory against top-seeded TCU to win the Big 12 tournament. “I don’t know what to say right now.” It mattered little that ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tommy Novak scored 17 seconds into overtime to complete a wild comeback in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 5-4 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday. Anthony Mantha scored two third-period goals to help Pittsburgh — playing without franchise cornerstones Sidney Crosby and ...
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 ...
ILULISSAT, Greenland (AP) — Fisherman Helgi Áargil no longer knows what to expect on Greenland's fjords, where he spends up to five days at a time on his boat with his dog, Molly, and the ever-changing northern lights in the sky as company. Last year, his boat got stuck in ice that broke ...
