Fayette DA pulls death penalty from Springhill Township woman’s homicide case
A Smock man is accused of abusing his 5-year-old daughter on multiple occasions. Dylan Maust, 33, is charged with aggravated assault of a victim under 6, simple assault and harassment. Police first received a report of potential child abuse occurring at a Reppert Boulevard in North Union Township on July 2. When an investigator asked the child about a red mark on her face, she said “My dad hits me a lot because I’m bad,” according to the complaint. Fayette County Children and Youth Services conducted a home visit, during which the child did not disclose how she received the red mark, court documents said. After a licensed physician discovered new bruising in an evaluation ...
Crews began removing the excavator that collapsed into a hole and overturned last week while demolishing the Courthouse Square parking garage in Washington. Workers could be seen piling gravel around the excavator Monday afternoon as they maneuvered three mobile cranes around the site to ...
Pennsylvania had 12 confirmed cases of measles among commonwealth residents as of Monday, and another two cases involving visitors to the state were reported, according to the state Department of Health. The DOH said it is monitoring the measles cases closely. Eight are in Lancaster County, ...
When the smoke had cleared after the PIAA basketball tournament’s first round was completed on Saturday, there were two area teams still standing. The Jefferson-Morgan boys and Belle Vernon girls both snapped long state droughts with first-round victories and both will be in action again ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steeler s gave their wide receiver group an upgrade on Monday, acquiring veteran Michael Pittman Jr. from Indianapolis for a late-round pick in this year's draft. A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press the Colts are sending Pittman ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Rich Rodriguez didn’t get to watch all of the Jacksonville State games last season, because, of course, he was coaching his own college football team at West Virginia. During the middle of the week, Rodriguez caught a couple of the games. He paid attention because he was ...
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 ...
