‘Second chance’
South Strabane Township police arrested a man Friday after he was accused of assaulting a woman in a road rage incident. Krishnakumar Kandasamy, 38, of South Strabane, faces a felony aggravated assault charge. According to the criminal complaint, police officers were called at about 6:40 a.m. Friday to the intersection of East Beau Street and Trinity Point Drive. South Strabane Township police Chief Drew Hilk said Kandasamy and Lisa Jane Eckert were stopped in the left turning lane on East Beau Street to turn into Trinity Point. Both had exited their vehicles and began arguing. A witness told police that Kandasamy assaulted Eckert in the middle of the roadway. Charging documents ...
Monongahela police charged a man Friday for driving under the influence with his 4-year-old child in the vehicle. Christopher Aaron Fisher, 35, of Uniontown, faces a felony charge of endangering the welfare of children, and misdemeanors of reckless endangerment and DUI. According to the criminal complaint, police were called shortly after 10 p.m. April 6 to the 100 block of Third Avenue in New Eagle. Police were initially informed by dispatchers that the 4-year-old had contacted 911, but later learned the call had been placed by her mother. Charging documents state that the child was improperly placed in a car seat, and lying sideways in the rear of the car. Fisher allegedly failed ...
A Carmichaels man died Saturday evening in a motorcycle accident. The office of Greene County Coroner Gene Rush identified the man as 30-year-old Joshua Michael Brown. According to a press release, Brown was involved in a motorcycle accident that occurred at about 5 p.m. Saturday on State Route 21 in Jefferson Township. More details were not immediately available. Brown was pronounced dead at 8:12 p.m. His specific cause and manner of death are pending further investigation.
A West Virginia independent contractor is facing charges after allegedly failing to finish work on a Greene County home. Michael Brown, 62, of Maidsville, W.Va., had made a verbal agreement in October 2023 to perform work on the house in Greensboro, according to the criminal complaint. Homeowner Diane Pilon, who lives in Morgantown, W.Va., told police her family paid Brown the agreed-upon fee of $57,000 over the next two years. Brown has yet to finish the work, and was not responding to the Pilons’ requests for updates, the complaint said. Brown is charged with home improvement fraud and financial exploitation of an older adult. A preliminary hearing date had not been set as ...
A Uniontown woman is accused of stabbing her boyfriend during an altercation at their residence Saturday night. Latica Lewis, 34, allegedly gave Christopher Greer a deep puncture wound to his arm during the argument, which court documents said took place around 4 a.m. at their home on Pershing Court. Greer told police after stabbing his arm, Lewis attempted to stab him approximately 60 more times, though he fended most of the blows off with a pillow. Both were transported to WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital. Lewis said she had grabbed a knife after Greer pushed her onto the mattress with a pillow, but had no memory of anything after that, according to the complaint. At the time ...
Firefighters were called out multiple times for a Monday fire that damaged a house in Brownsville. The fire at 11 Clayford Ave. was called in at 3:48 a.m., said Sue Kozak-Griffith, public information officer for the Fayette County Emergency Management Agency. All occupants of the home were ...
Penn State Fayette earned its first PSUAC victories of the season over the weekend with Jimmy Knapton playing a key role. The Roaring Lions split two games at Beaver on Saturday, suffering a walk-off 5-4 loss before rebounding with a 6-1 win. They also split a pair at home on Sunday, falling ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Busch ended an 0-for-30 slide with a tying, two-run single in the eighth inning and Carson Kelly had a winning single in the ninth as the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 on Sunday. Brandon Lowe hit a grand slam and a solo ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Logan Thompson stopped 24 shots, and the Washington Capitals kept their slim playoff hopes alive by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 Sunday in perhaps the final home of Alex Ovechkin's brilliant career. To reach the postseason, the Capitals must defeat Columbus in the ...
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 ...
OTREBUSY, Poland (AP) — On rainy spring nights in a forest near the Polish capital, a citizen “Frog Patrol” springs into action — humans helping amphibians survive dangerous road crossings for a chance to enjoy millennia-old mating rituals. As warmer weather comes to Mlochowski ...
