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 hearing on a defense motion in the case of one of the Fayette County women charged in the death of a 9-year-girl in her care last year will be delayed for two weeks after her attorney requested additional time to research case law. Sarah Shipley, 36, of Dunbar, faces homicide charges in 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 ...
The Fayette County coroner's office has identified the woman who died in a fatal rockslide Saturday along the Great Allegheny Passage. Gail Luck, 79, of Germantown, Wis., had been bicycling with her husband near mile marker 87.6 between Ohiopyle and Connellsville Saturday afternoon. Initial reports indicated the victim was from Florida. Fayette County Coroner Dr. Bob Baker said the couple spent their winters in Florida. A Morrell Volunteer Fire Company member said the two were trapped by a 1,000-pound boulder, which first responders were able to dislodge after 10 minutes. Luck's husband was transported to a Pittsburgh hospital with severe injuries. He is expected to make a ...
There are three area high school football teams with one or fewer losses heading into Week Nine and two of those will meet Friday night in an important Class 3A Interstate Conference battle. Belle Vernon (4-0, 7-1), which has won seven in a row, travels to Waynesburg Central (4-1, 7-1), ...
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 ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In a coordinated statement along with the University of Cincinnati, the family of Bob Huggins announced Wednesday that the former West Virginia men’s basketball coach is living with a “progressive cognitive condition that is affecting his memory and aspects of daily ...
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 ...
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