Rain garden taking shape in Waynesburg Park
A Fayette County man is accused of selling the drugs that caused a man’s fatal overdose in Uniontown in August. Christopher Spence, 34, of Hiller, is charged with drug delivery resulting in death, and possession with intent to deliver. On Aug. 4, Uniontown police found Michael Marquis dead of an apparent overdose at a residence on Lenox Street. Near his body officers found drug paraphernalia and substances that tested positive for fentanyl and cocaine, according to Spence’s criminal complaint. The Fayette County coroner’s office concluded Marquis had died from acute intoxication due to the combined effects of fentanyl-buprenorphine and cocaine. Officers investigating the ...
On Veterans Day, a crowd of people convened at Yough River Park in Connellsville to see a new monument to the leader one of them called "the first veteran." The new historical marker at the Connellsville Area Historical Society site commemorates George Washington's several crossings of the ...
HARMONY — Mandy Hartman knew the opponent well. The Frazier girls volleyball coach had watched her team fall to District 10 champion Maplewood in the PIAA quarterfinals a year ago in Class A. The Tigers went on to win the state title. Both teams were bumped up to Class 2A this season and ...
MONROEVILLE — When it comes to the state tournament, only one team goes home happy, and unfortunately for the Belle Vernon’s boys soccer team, it wasn’t them after falling in penalties, 4-3, to North Catholic after both teams played to a 1-1 draw after full time and 30 minutes of extra ...
WEST MIFFLIN — If Belle Vernon and Elizabeth Forward had a high-scoring affair two weeks ago in the regular-season finale, then Friday’s contest in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs was the antithesis, as the Leopards earned a 21-10 victory over the Warriors at Titan ...
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 ...
It’s a sign of autumn as sure as falling leaves, but less obvious to a motorist’s view. Deer are on the move and their roving peaks in November. This is the white-tailed deer mating season—known as “the rut”—and it changes a lot about deer behavior. Normally secretive and ...
