Sen. Bartolotta wins Republican primary, while Rep. Cook defeated by GOP challenger
A Connellsville teenager is facing criminal charges after he was accused of shooting at a man through a window Sunday night. Noah Dove, 17, is charged with attempted homicide, attempted aggravated assault, discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, receiving stolen property, carrying firearms without a license, possession of a firearm by a minor and reckless endangerment. Police said shortly before 11:30 p.m., they responded to a report of a shot fired into the apartment window of Patrick Scheller on West Crawford Avenue in Connellsville. Scheller had yelled at a group of people outside his window for being loud, after which Dove fired a shot before running off into a nearby ...
WashPA Outdoors Founder Pam Kilgore hopes that the newly opened sensory play space in Washington Park will give local children an engaging, entertaining experience, even if they get a little bit muddy. The sensory playground located at the log cabin that serves as the headquarters of WashPA ...
A Fayette County woman was arrested after being accused of holding a person at knifepoint and smashing a car window with a hammer. Police arrested Amber Lilley, 39, of Footedale, after responding to a report of a disturbance at a house on Footedale Road in German Township shortly before 8 p.m. ...
Courthouse Square is now in the history books. The bulk of the demolition of Washington County’s former government office building is mostly done, with the rest of the work scheduled to continue through the end of June to get the site prepared for a new public safety complex. “To see my ...
MCMURRAY — Often lost in softball behind hitting and pitching is a team’s ability to field and play defense. Jefferson-Morgan needed every bit of its ability to make plays in the field Monday night at Pleasant Valley Athletic Complex in McMurray, as the Rockets nipped Serra Catholic in a ...
WASHINGTON — John Woodward threw two pitches that he would have liked to have back, but the Jefferson-Morgan senior left-hander more than accounted for himself in Monday’s game in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class A baseball playoffs at Washington & Jefferson’s Ross Memorial ...
The old adage that it’s hard to beat a team three times didn’t come through for Burell, as Mount Pleasant defeated its Section 1-3A rival, 9-4, on Monday in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class 3A softball playoffs at Gateway High School. The Vikings (14-4) will play Keystone Oaks (17-4) ...
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 ...
It’s National Safe Boating Week. From May 16-22, state fishery and boating agencies, boating trade groups, US Coast Guard, and the US Army Corps of Engineers will be celebrating safe boating, reminding boaters of safe practices on the water and, unfortunately, summarizing the past year’s ...
