Greene man charged with homicide in 2025 death
A Nemacolin man is charged with homicide after he was accused of severely assaulting a woman he lived with in May 2025. Several witnesses told investigators that Jerome Rafail, 51, had a history of assaulting 31-year-old Shayla Black before the assaults that led to her death in May, according to court documents. Charges against Rafail were filed Tuesday with District Judge Lee Watson. Police said Black had numerous visible injuries, a broken jaw and significant wounds on both shins when they responded to the report of a woman who had stopped breathing at 258 Grant St. in Nemacolin during the early morning hours of May 19. An autopsy on Black conducted by Dr. Jennifer Hammers ...
A Grindstone man is accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl at his home. Investigation into Ronald Martin, 29, began after the Pennsylvania State Police Belle Vernon Criminal Investigative Unit received a Childline Report on June 4. According to the criminal complaint, the assault occurred two to three years ago at his home on First Street. Martin was charged Monday with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and unlawful contact with a minor. He had yet to be arraigned Tuesday morning.
A Fayette County man is accused of sexually assaulting an underage girl earlier this year. According to court documents, Hunter Bankhead, 20, of McClellandtown, admitted to state police he had sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl sometime between January and March at his home in German Township. The investigation was prompted by a child welfare report to state police from Fayette County Children & Youth Services in June. Bankhead was charged Monday with statutory sexual assault and indecent assault. He was arraigned before Judge Daniel Shimshock Monday. Bankhead is free on an unsecured $50,000 bond. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 16.
A Westmoreland County man is accused of assaulting his ex-boyfriend after a verbal argument in Bullskin Township Saturday morning. Robert Shawley, 38, of Donegal, is charged with aggravated assault and simple assault. Joseph Bowersox told police Shawley got into an argument with him around 2 ...
The last of the three missing passengers from a boat that collided with a barge in the Monongahela River Sunday night has been recovered, a state Fish and Boat Commission spokesman said Wednesday. The Greene County coroner's office identified the victims Wednesday morning as Eric Rockwell, ...
Crews resumed the search Tuesday for three missing boaters involved in a collision with a barge Sunday night on the Monongahela River in Greene County. The collision occurred shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday in a remote area of the river near the Fayette County border. Officials said Monday ...
PITTSBURGH – The emotions and state of mind of Pirates fans was hard to gauge as they slowly streamed out of PNC Park on Tuesday night. What they had just witnessed was hard to put into words. It was a rollercoaster of a game against the lowly San Francisco Giants that finally ended with ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The college football season is officially underway. West Virginia football’s 2026 season is still a few days from starting when it opens against Coastal Carolina on Sept. 5, and so are the rest of the FBS schools, but there were games last weekend in Week 0. A couple of ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joey Porter Jr.'s balky back felt good enough to return to practice for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday. At the moment, his health appears to be the least of his concerns. The fourth-year cornerback didn't commit to playing in Pittsburgh's season opener against ...
For months, President Trump and his administration have been fixated on one issue. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with ending the war in Iran or with the affordability of groceries and gasoline. The president’s primary goal this spring and summer has been the passage of the Safeguard ...
Warm, moist air has overspread the area from the Gulf of Mexico and when you step outside you can feel this muggy, oppressive, humid air. It’s just late morning and as the temperature continues to climb, puffy cumulus clouds begin to show up and as the day progresses these clouds begin ...
