Lawmaker calls for state audit, investigation of Fay-Penn use of public funds
The Ks Foundation raised more than $4,200 during its Dodge for a Cause dodgeball fundraiser Feb. 22 at the Uniontown YMCA. Ten teams participated in the round-robin event called “A Successful Celebration of Community and Kids’ Dreams.” The Ks foundation, which began in July 2025, covers registration for youth sports for families that earn $49,000 or less yearly. More fundraising events are planned to support the foundation’s mission to help every child participate in sports.
An inmate formerly held at the state prison in Luzerne Township has been accused of raping another inmate. Court paperwork, filed Monday, alleged William Junior Savage, 49, of Somerset, assaulted the alleged victim in September 2025 at the State Correctional Institution at Fayette. State police said after the man was assaulted, he sought medical attention at the prison. When police spoke to him, the alleged victim told them he was nearing the time when he could be paroled and wanted to stay out of trouble, according to court documents. He said Savage told him he knew he would not fight because of that. When police interviewed Savage, he told police the sex was consensual. Savage is ...
A group of seven men who robbed motorists at rest stops in 2023 pleaded guilty Monday. According to a press release from state Attorney General Dave Sunday, the men pleaded guilty to five counts of third-degree felony robbery, and a Westmoreland County judge sentenced them each to at least three months in prison. Charged in the case were John Black, 41, Wendell Compton, 57, Robert Murphy, 73, Darrell Noel, 41, Robert Chandler, 47, Adam Smith, 41, and Danny Williams, 51. The men are all from Cincinnati, Ohio, except for Compton, who is from Knoxville, Tenn. In April 2023, the group targeted truckers and other drivers at the Pennsylvania Welcome Center in Donegal Township, a truck stop ...
Charleroi police charged two more parents who were living with their children in a building without running water or sewage. Lucner Joseph, 43, and Navilia Norazier, 40, were each charged last week with felonies of endangering the welfare of children. Joseph and Norazier were living at 515 McKean Ave. with their four children. It is the same building where 40-year-old Jackson Alexis and 27-year-old Roldy Noel were living with two children. Their children were allegedly using a bucket to go to the bathroom. According to the criminal complaint, the building was recently condemned and police were “conducting a follow up.” Charging documents state that officers found Norazier in ...
Even as several polls suggest Americans have a mixed to negative view of the American war against Iran, U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler and both of Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators have expressed support for the military strikes that started Saturday. Reschenthaler, a Republican whose district ...
The large excavator being used to raze the Courthouse Square parking garage in Washington overturned Tuesday morning and toppled into a trench, bringing the demolition project to a screeching halt. The operator got out of the vehicle on his own power and was checked by medics at the scene ...
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PITTSBURGH — Geibel Catholic's girls basketball team finally reached the Petersen Events Center in senior Emma Larkin's final year. After a 47-46 loss to Serra Catholic in an epic final played without injured star center Mallory Clemmer, the Lady Gators face another challenge. Geibel will ...
As an assistant football coach at Carmicheals, Ken Perkins had plenty of different jobs. Now he’s ready to take on the leading role. Perkins, a longtime Carmichaels assistant, was hired as the program’s next head coach at the Carmichaels Area School District board meeting on Feb. ...
Rachael Manfredo rang up 31 points as Edinboro put an end to PennWest California's season with an 85-64 win over the visiting Vulcans in the first round of the PSAC women's basketball tournament at McComb Fieldhouse on Monday. The Fighting Scots (14-6, 18-12) jumped out to a 22-10 lead in the ...
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 ...
Do we really know what climate change will do to our planet? Deniers think it’s all a big hoax. They are quick to point to all that snow from the storm that buried the Northeast and what about the below-zero weather we had across Southwestern Pennsylvania and the chilly days in Florida this ...
