Fayette man accused of driving drunk, killing motorcyclist
UPMC Washington has received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for providing evidence-based stroke care for the 17th consecutive year. Stroke is the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S., claiming over 160,000 lives annually, and it remains a leading cause of long-term adult disability, with approximately 795,000 new or recurring strokes occurring each year, according to the American Heart Association. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel supplying the brain is blocked by a clot or ruptures, preventing blood and oxygen from reaching brain tissue and causing brain cells to die. Early detection and rapid treatment ...
A Farmington man is accused of traveling to a Fayette County park with the intent of a sexual encounter with a teenage girl. Gary Phares Jr., 39, had been communicating via text and Facebook with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl for a month before Wednesday afternoon’s planned meet-up at the Wharton Township Park, according to the criminal complaint. On Monday, a person not listed in the criminal complaint contacted Pennsylvania State Police about the messages, which began with Phares asking the girl’s age and continued with a series of sexual comments, as well as naked photos of Phares, court paperwork stated. Phares also discussed setting up an encounter with the ...
CARMICHAELS – The Flenniken Library plans to stay put — but in a renovated and expanded facility. After originally planning to construct a new building at Wana B Park, the Carmichaels library has shifted focus to a $6.6 million project to remodel the existing library, as well as ...
A Monongahela couple is facing felony child endangerment charges after their 2-year-old daughter was found with more than two dozen bite marks across her body and a laceration on her abdomen that required stitches. City of Monongahela police were dispatched to Penn Highlands Mon Valley ...
At the Fayette County Fairgrounds Wednesday night, people kept craning their necks in amazement. The sight that drew multiple comparisons to New York City was the fair’s new small species barn, which many were seeing for the first time at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. At 100-by-176 feet, ...
Belle Vernon took control early and reasserted itself late in winning its opening game at the Pennsylvania American Legion Baseball playoffs on Saturday evening. Belle Vernon built an early 5-0 advantage then pushed across three insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth inning after host ...
Madison Wiltrout has had many high points in her javelin career. One of the most memorable was her heave of 185 feet, 8 inches on May 7, 2015, at Norwin, as a sophomore at Connellsville, which still stands as the girls national high school record. Wiltrout went on to become a four-time ...
Hopwood Village Plaza found itself in a familiar position Thursday in Game 2 of their Fayette County Baseball League first-round playoff game at Charleroi. The Magicians pushed across three runs in the first inning, but Hopwood rallied to tie it and pulled out a 5-4 win in eight innings to ...
The granddaddy of them all kicks off the local fair season this week. The Jacktown Fair – considered one of the oldest continually operating agricultural fairs in the country – started in 1866 as the Jacksonville Fair. For a little perspective on how long the event has been part of rural ...
(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) HUNTER-TRAPPER INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE NOTE: Must be 11 years old to register. Students must ...
