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 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 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.
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 ...
Charges were filed Monday against a Brownsville man accused of kidnapping and assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her grandmother. Tylar Greenough, 30, is charged with aggravated assault, kidnapping to inflict injury/terror, burglary, unlawful restraint causing serious injury and terroristic threats. Elisa Tressler and Diane Tressler reported Greenough to Uniontown police after Greenough left for work on the morning of Aug. 31, three days after he is accused of breaking into Elisa Tressler’s home on Lincoln Street. After entering the home, Greenough began beating both women, saying he was angered by Elisa Tressler’s relationship with another man, according to the ...
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 ...
The Civil War brought tremendous suffering. The death of Robert J. Brownfield is illustrative. Cpl. Brownfield of Fayette County was shot in the arm near Spotsylvania Courthouse in Virginia. Forgotten or simply overlooked, he went unattended for a full day. Taken first to Fredericksburg, ...
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 ...
