James Adovasio, archaeologist who led excavations at Meadowcroft, dies at 82
A New York man is accused of taking more than $13,000 in payment from a Fayette County couple without delivering the farm equipment they purchased. Charges of deceptive business practices and theft by deception were filed Friday against Scott Breveleri in Judge Daniel Shimshock’s court. Breveleri, 29, of Champlain, N.Y., had been hauling equipment to Christopher and Linda Diamond’s home in Nicholson Township in June 2025 when he told them they could order additional items through his company, according to the criminal complaint. After exchanging text messages throughout the rest of the month to buy more farm equipment for pigs, they sent Breveleri’s girlfriend, Kydie Woolsey, ...
A Uniontown teen was arrested Friday night after allegedly threatening to kill officers who responded to the parking lot where he was waiting. Shortly after 8 p.m. Friday, Uniontown police were notified that Zachary Welda, 19, had homicidal thoughts and was going to stab or kill police if they responded to 34 Millview St., where he was waiting in the parking lot. When police arrived, Welda approached them with the blade of a folded knife exposed, according to his criminal complaint. He complied when asked to drop the knife and was placed under arrest. Welda then head-butted the officer who was trying to place him in the back of a police car, and tried to escape as officers pulled ...
Local child care providers sounded the alarm Monday on proposed changes to Head Start, which they said could undermine the quality and level of service children and families receive. The Department of Health and Human Services issued a number of proposed changes in August, which would take ...
When Aaron Houser was trying to think of the archetypal Greene County trek for an upcoming fundraiser for the child advocacy nonprofit Growing Up Greene, it came down to two options: a longwall mine, or the Warrior Trail. He chose the one with more sunlight — and more walking. The 67-mile ...
Brownsville entered Wednesday night's girls soccer match against Bentworth with one blemish on its record, that being a 2-1 road loss to the Lady Bearcats on Sept. 16. Lady Falcons first-year coach Chad Rohland took what he learned from that defeat and in the rematch he made sure he ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers learned the NFL is a reality show, complete with cameras that rarely miss a thing — particularly anything he does — long, long ago. So forgive the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback if he doesn't get worked up over a little jawing during the course of a ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tom Wilson had a goal and two assists, and the Washington Capitals held on for a win in Alex Ovechkin's final home opener, 5-3 over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night. Anthony Beauvillier, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Alex Tuch and Ryan Leonard also scored for the ...
People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. And no one dared … Disturb the sound of silence. – “The Sound of Silence,” Paul Simon Sometimes an idea for an essay comes from unusual places and at unexpected times. Such was the case this week. After hearing a ...
El Nino and La Nina are Known in weather circles as the “Boy” and the “Girl" and also known to bring vastly different weather patterns to much of the planet. These patterns are born in the tropical Pacific and the Boy features warmer than normal tropical waters while the Girl brings the ...
