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Brownsville man charged with kidnapping, assault

Charges were filed Monday against a Brownsville man accused of kidnapping and assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her grandmother. Tylar Greenough, 30, is charged with aggravated assault, kidnapping to inflict injury/terror, burglary, unlawful restraint causing serious injury and terroristic threats. Elisa Tressler and Diane Tressler reported Greenough to Uniontown police after Greenough left for work on the morning of Aug. 31, three days after he is accused of breaking into Elisa Tressler’s home on Lincoln Street. After entering the home, Greenough began beating both women, saying he was angered by Elisa Tressler’s relationship with another man, according to the ...

McClellandtown man accused of statutory sexual assault

A Fayette County man is accused of sexually assaulting an underage girl earlier this year. According to court documents, Hunter Bankhead, 20, of McClellandtown, admitted to state police he had sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl sometime between January and March at his home in German Township. The investigation was prompted by a child welfare report to state police from Fayette County Children & Youth Services in June. Bankhead was charged Monday with statutory sexual assault and indecent assault. He was arraigned before Judge Daniel Shimshock Monday. Bankhead is free on an unsecured $50,000 bond. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 16.

Grindstone man accused of sexual assault

A Grindstone man is accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl at his home. Investigation into Ronald Martin, 29, began after the Pennsylvania State Police Belle Vernon Criminal Investigative Unit received a Childline Report on June 4. According to the criminal complaint, the assault occurred two to three years ago at his home on First Street. Martin was charged Monday with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and unlawful contact with a minor. He had yet to be arraigned Tuesday morning.

Westmoreland man charged with aggravated assault

A Westmoreland County man is accused of assaulting his ex-boyfriend after a verbal argument in Bullskin Township Saturday morning. Robert Shawley, 38, of Donegal, is charged with aggravated assault and simple assault. Joseph Bowersox told police Shawley got into an argument with him around 2 ...

Search continues for three missing boaters

Crews resumed the search Tuesday for three missing boaters involved in a collision with a barge Sunday night on the Monongahela River in Greene County. The collision occurred shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday in a remote area of the river near the Fayette County border. Officials said Monday ...

Bodies of remaining boaters involved in deadly Greene collision found

The last of the three missing passengers from a boat that collided with a barge in the Monongahela River Sunday night has been recovered, a state Fish and Boat Commission spokesman said Wednesday. Emergency personnel recovered the body of a male from the river Wednesday morning, after a ...

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Sports

Fantastic frosh

In what was dubbed, “The Battle of the Old B&O Line,” by Joshua Scully, who was calling the match for Red Raider Athletics Network (RRAN), Uniontown earned a 1-0 victory over Morgantown on Tuesday night in non-section boys soccer play at Bill Power Stadium. In front of the recently ...

Surprising changes

Carmichaels baseball coach Dickie Krause was aware the section his Mikes played in would have a bit of a different look for the 2026 season. "I knew there would be some change because Jefferson-Morgan had moved up," Krause said. The Rockets were bumped up to Section 1-2A while Carmichaels ...

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Steelers running out of time to reach deal with Porter

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan said cornerback Joey Porter Jr. knows how the club feels about him. The team, however, doesn't feel strongly enough to adjust its long-held standard of not negotiating during the season in hopes of getting something ...

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OP-ED: Abraham Lincoln: ‘From these honored dead’

The Civil War brought tremendous suffering. The death of Robert J. Brownfield is illustrative. Cpl. Brownfield of Fayette County was shot in the arm near Spotsylvania Courthouse in Virginia. Forgotten or simply overlooked, he went unattended for a full day. Taken first to Fredericksburg, ...

Outdoors

Recipe for disaster

Warm, moist air has overspread the area from the Gulf of Mexico and when you step outside you can feel this muggy, oppressive, humid air. It’s just late morning and as the temperature continues to climb, puffy cumulus clouds begin to show up and as the day progresses these clouds begin ...

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