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A Waynesburg man allegedly used a buck knife to stab another man at a Greene County home. Waynesburg police found Brian Willard with uncontrolled bleeding to the left side of his stomach after Christopher Noble, 44, stabbed him on Thursday, court paperwork alleged. An officer waited with Willard until an ambulance arrived to take him to UPMC Greene. His condition was not immediately available. According to court paperwork, Noble stabbed Willard at a mobile home at 260 W. High St. around 10 p.m. Thursday. Police were called to the trailer after a report of a man with a knife who hit a woman and found Willard walking away from the trailer with a woman later identified as Rebecca ...
State police arrested a Fayette County man accused of being at the center of a string of thefts involving sports trading cards. Ryan Michael Rates, 44, of South Union Township, faces felony charges of corrupt organizations, organized retail theft and receiving stolen property. According to the criminal complaint, at about noon Dec. 23, police were called to the Target at 120 Matthew Drive in South Union after more than $1,200 in trading cards were stolen. Charging documents state that similar thefts had occurred at multiple stores between Dec. 18 and 3. Investigators identified four people involved in those thefts, but they were not named in court paperwork. One of the suspects told ...
State and local officials were on hand for a groundbreaking ceremony in Perry Township Thursday to mark the start of construction on the replacement of the 127-year-old Layton Bridge. “PennDOT is about to invest $56 million to replace this bridge here in Layton, and that represents progress ...
Charleroi has a new mayor, but it’s a person familiar to the position. Former Mayor Ed Bryner was elected to return to the post by council at its reorganization meeting Monday. Bryner served the borough as mayor from 2018-21. He also has been a member of Charleroi council. Bryner, 71, ...
Days after it voted to lay off police department staff, the Masontown Borough Council is planning to undo the move. The council has scheduled a special Saturday night meeting where it will vote on a resolution to recall all officers it let go Monday. In that 6-1 vote, the council approved layoffs of the borough’s police chief, two full-time officers and four part-time officers, citing a desire to lower the borough’s property taxes. Nearly all of those revenues go toward the police department. Council President John Stoffa said the decision to schedule Saturday’s meeting came after three members of the council, the mayor and police chief met for a discussion Thursday ...
Uniontown has suffered a couple closely-fought losses in Section 1-5A play this season where foul shooting was its downfall. That wasn’t the case Friday night. The Red Raiders got off to a strong start, built as much as a 15-point lead and then hit clutch free throws down the stretch to ...
Laurel Highlands graduate Rodney Gallagher III has found his landing spot after leaving West Virginia via the transfer portal. Gallagher traveled to Tucson to visit Arizona on Friday and announced on Saturday on social media that he has committed to Wildcats, which means he will remain in the ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin has no interest in shucking the weight of the Pittsburgh Steelers' recent playoff failures onto the shoulders of his players heading into Monday night's opening-round visit by Houston. “I’m certainly not going to unpack my bags on the collective’s bed, ...
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 ...
The Game Commission is asking for the public’s help finding turkey flocks for ongoing research. Pennsylvanians are encouraged to report the location of any turkey flocks they see across the state. Information is being collected online at https://pgcforms.pa.gov/TurkeySightingSurvey now ...
