‘Your life matters’
State police are investigating an incident at an Albert Gallatin Area School District event Thursday night in which shaved ice served by a vendor contained insulin and broken glass, the district’s superintendent said in a Facebook post Thursday afternoon. No parents or students had reported any serious injuries or illness from the shaved ice, which was served at the A.L. Wilson Elementary School’s Trunk or Treat event, Superintendent Chris Pegg said in the statement, which was posted to the district’s Facebook page. Trooper Kalee Barnhart said the shaved ice truck vendor is cooperating fully with the investigation and had been the first one to alert others to the situation. ...
Greene County is turning to a local law firm to provide legal representation to clients of the public defender’s office until there is a long-term hire for the department. The commissioners voted Thursday to enter into a contract with Waynesburg firm Pollock Morris Belletti & Simms LLC. ...
A Uniontown man is facing charges for allegedly threatening to kill his downstairs neighbor with a bow and arrow and calling him a racial slur. Frank Zaydel, 54, was arrested Friday morning at his home on Cleveland Avenue, shortly after his neighbor reported the alleged threats to ...
Washington police and other law enforcement agencies served a search warrant Wednesday afternoon seeking evidence in a fatal shooting that occurred in the city this past weekend. The city’s police department issued a press release stating they were seeking video evidence from 147 N. Main ...
Week Eight of the high school football season brings a pair of Fayette County rivalries and two key conference showdowns. All four of the Fayette County independent teams will be in action with Connellsville (1-7) hosting Uniontown (2-6) in the battle for the Coal Bucket and unbeaten ...
Dylan Shallenberger recorded a hat trick to help Connellsville snap an 11-match losing streak with a season-ending 6-0 victory at Albert Gallatin in non-section boys soccer action Wednesday. Jace Gratchis added two goals for the Falcons (3-14-1). William Gillott also scored. Goalkeeper ...
West Virginia running back Jahiem White was tackled by a horse collar and a facemask by an Ohio defender. It was an ugly tackle, and White couldn’t get up. He was helped to the sideline and eventually went out on the cart. White was done for the season. Northern Iowa transfer Tye Edwards ...
Every time a high-profile shooting makes headlines, America relives the same cycle: shock, outrage, and the inevitable chorus of demands to ban “assault weapons,” defund the police, blame political opponents, and spend more federal money in cities. But these slogans conceal more than they ...
AccuWeather, the independent weather provider service, published an article last week showing the FEMA Risk Maps ranking every county in the United States for their susceptibility to natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, droughts, winter storms, extreme heat and cold, high winds ...
