‘What fear does to a small town’
A Masontown woman is charged with an alleged assault that left bruises and fingernail marks on her 1-year-old child. After taking a polygraph test, Arayiah Harris, 19, confessed to assaulting her child in her home, according to her criminal complaint. She told police her child had been crying throughout the night when she grabbed the baby, slammed them into the pack-and-play next to her bed, and then held them down with excessive force. Court documents said the injuries had been reported as mandated by law by Hopwood Day Care. Harris was an employee at the time of the incident and had dropped off her child the next morning. Harris was removed that day, and no longer works at the day ...
Charleroi Regional Police Department arrested a man over the weekend after he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend. Isaiah James Lee Banks, 29, of New Kensington, faces a felony charge of strangulation, and misdemeanors of simple assault and endangering the welfare of children. According to the criminal complaint, on Friday Banks' girlfriend reported to police that Banks had punched and choked her while she was holding their child. Charging documents state that police saw pictures of the injuries and that the alleged victim had redness around her neck and on her face. Banks was arraigned Saturday morning before District Judge Mark Wilson, who sent him to the Washington County ...
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — A new Pennsylvania law aimed at removing ...
Several municipalities across Fayette and Washington counties declared a state of emergency ahead of Sunday’s snowstorm and the ongoing cold snap. Local administrators said the declarations allowed them to line up extra workers and suppliers faster, and potentially enable them to get ...
A Connellsville man faces nearly 40 felony counts after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 7-year-old girl on several occasions. Joshua Melke, 31, was reported by the girl’s mother after she came home to find Melke lying on top of her child, the complaint said. Police said Melke admitted to assaulting the girl four or five times. He also threatened to beat the girl if she told anyone what he had done, the complaint said. Melke is charged with rape of a child, forcible compulsion, statutory sexual assault by an adult at least 11 years older, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault of a child, indecent assault of a person ...
Isaac Ellsworth did what he does best as the final seconds of the first half ticked off the clock. The Uniontown senior nailed a 3-pointer – the 217th of his career – with one second left to give himself 1,001 career points and his team a 23-18 halftime lead. Ellsworth is much more ...
Max Dieudonne blocked a potential game-tying shot with five seconds left and Brownsville held off visiting Mount Pleasant for a 41-40 win in a Section 4-3A boys basketball battle on Wednesday night. The game was tied 8-8 after the first quarter before the Vikings (1-6, 5-14) surged to a 21-15 ...
Former West Virginia defensive back and assistant coach Jahmile Addae is reportedly on the move again. The Miami Dolphins have reportedly hired Addae to be their cornerbacks coach for the 2026 season. Addae was with the Buffalo Bills last year. Addae was a four-year starter, two-time ...
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 Pennsylvania Game Commission is scheduled to meet at Commission headquarters in Harrisburg on Saturday, Jan. 24 to consider significant changes to the hunting season framework for the 2026-27 hunting year. Foremost among potential changes is shifting the opening of firearms deer season one ...
