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Donora police charged a man Monday for physically abusing his two children. Akash Maurya, 26, of Donora, faces felony charges of endangering the welfare of children and misdemeanor simple assault charges. According to the criminal complaint, Maurya has been in India since Sunday, and there is an active warrant for his arrest. Sabrina Yinger, Maurya's wife, contacted police Feb. 7 to report the abuse, which occurred at their home in the 900 block of Thompson Avenue. One video from March 2025 she provided to investigators allegedly shows Maurya grabbing their son by the head, pushing him to the ground and kicking him. The son is described in court records as being younger than 6 years ...
A Connellsville woman is charged with homicide by vehicle in a June crash in Bullskin Township that killed her husband. Wyola Gemas, 34, told police she had three or four beers several hours before the early morning crash on Englishman Hill Road on June 18. Her husband, Johnny Gemas, had to be extricated from the vehicle, which had sustained severe front-end damage after hitting a tree in the front yard of a home, according to the criminal complaint. Johnny Gemas died on July 5. The coroner’s report indicated his death had been caused by blunt force trauma of the head and torso caused by the crash, court documents said. A toxicology report showed Wyola Gemas had a blood-alcohol ...
A yet-to-be-determined new judge will oversee the case of a former Greene County district attorney and his chief detective, accused of using their power to settle scores with political rivals. David Russo, 48, of Holbrook, and Zachary Sams, 41, of McDonald, had been scheduled for a hearing ...
A mixed-use development in Fayette County is a step closer to being shovel-ready. The planned Thompson’s Crossing development in North Union Township is getting $7 million for necessary infrastructure through the federal appropriations bill signed into law last week. The 57-acre project ...
The burial flag of a former unclaimed U.S. veteran who has been laid to rest in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies has found its permanent home with his siblings in central Pennsylvania. Patrick Reynolds of Schuylkill County received the U.S. flag from the funeral of his brother, U.S. ...
Geibel Catholic has two of the top scorers in the WPIAL in Emma Larkin and Mallory Clemmer and came within a late-season loss in the final seconds of a perfect season. Even so, that lone defeat, 51-50 to highly regarded Serra Catholic, a team the Lady Gators defeated on the road in their first ...
Emma Larkin scored 27 points to not only help Geibel Catholic to a 67-32 victory over Carrick in non-section girls basketball action, but break Fayette County’s all-time scoring record on Monday at Carrick. Larkin, a senior who will continue her academic and basketball careers at Belmont ...
Wednesday, Feb. 11 High school Girls wrestling Connellsville in Southwest Pa. Girls Invitational, at Washington & Jefferson College, 3 p.m.
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 ...
We’ve endured an unusual stretch of cold, snowy weather during this winter of 2026. But “endured” is the right word only if you’ve stuck out this frigid span here in western Pennsylvania. You probably know relatives, friends, or neighbors who traveled south for the winter to Florida ...
