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Police are searching for a Brownsville man accused of sexually assaulting two girls at his home. Charges were filed Monday against Quinton Brown II, 32, for the alleged assaults, which Brownsville police said happened between 2024 and March 19, 2025. On that day, police in Brownsville received a referral from Fayette County Children and Youth Services regarding the girls’ reports of abuse, court documents state. One of the girls had discussed the assaults with her mother, the complaint said. The girl later told police they would happen on a near-weekly basis. Brown had told the girls not to tell anyone about the incidents, according to charging documents. Brown is charged with ...
Miniature golf might be getting another mulligan at Mingo Creek County Park. Two months after the Washington County commissioners delayed a decision on building an 18-hole putt-putt course at the county park in Nottingham Township, officials are possibly reviving the idea. The county ...
The Greene County Meals on Wheels program is looking for additional help to shore up the program after funding cuts left it unable to reach everyone who wanted a meal. Blueprints manages the program as a subcontractor for the Southwestern Pennsylvania Area Agency on Aging, which receives a ...
The Vatican’s social teachings were on full display during a weekend event at St. Oscar Romero Miraculous Medal Church in Meadow Lands. The Rev. Mattia Ferrari, chaplain of the World Meeting of Popular Movements (WMPM), stopped in Washington on his month-long “An Economy That Kills” ...
The Pennsylvania American Legion Baseball Region 6 tournament will include only four teams this year. That’s the lowest number of participants battling for a spot in the state playoffs in Ron Popovich’s 16 years as the Region 6 director. “Yes, this is the first time we’ve had a ...
Matt Bamford fired a four-hitter and Dom Obiecunas hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the seventh inning to propel visiting Carmichaels past Hopwood Village Plaza, 4-1, in a battle of the top two teams in the Fayette County Baseball League on Tuesday. Bamford struck out 10 and walked ...
Belle Vernon was clicking on all cylinders in Tuesday’s game against Smithfield-Fairchance in Game 2 of the Fayette County American Legion Baseball league playoffs at German-Masontown Park in Masontown. Belle Vernon Post 484 had 16 hits while only allowing three in a 14-0 victory over the ...
At about 9 years old, I decided I wanted to build a treehouse. We had a sturdy black walnut tree in our backyard, and I had amassed a pile of old weathered fence slats with enough splinters to disable a battalion of enemy soldiers. I had a handful of nails I had painstakingly pulled from ...
Conventional wisdom says vegetable gardens need full sun, but a productive garden doesn’t always require the recommended six to eight hours of direct sunlight. If fences, trees or your house cast shade on your soil, growing vegetables won’t be out of reach if you stick to plants that are ...
