Rices Landing homicide suspect wants death penalty off the table
A Scottdale man died Tuesday afternoon when his tri-wheeled motorcycle was involved in a rear-end crash with another vehicle in East Huntingdon Township. Mark F. Hixson was traveling north on Route 819 shortly before 2:45 p.m. when he struck the rear of an SUV near Cedar Drive, Westmoreland County Coroner John Ackerman said in a press release. Hixson was wearing a helmet, but was thrown from the motorcycle and struck the ground, Ackerman said. He was pronounced dead by the coroner’s office less than an hour later. Ackerman determined the cause of his death to be blunt force trauma and listed the manner of death as accidental. The East Huntingdon Township Volunteer Fire ...
The Uniontown Area School District board will hold a public meeting later this month to discuss closing two schools after next year in response to declining enrollment numbers. The district board voted 7-0 Monday to schedule a hearing for May 27 to discuss closing Franklin Elementary School in ...
An annual event in Fayette County has been teaching families how to stay healthy. Head Start/Early Head Start of Fayette County is holding its 20th annual Munch, Mingle, Move event on May 21 at the Fayette County Fairgrounds, 132 Pechin Road, Dunbar, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The day is ...
WASHINGTON – Perry Cunningham realized for his Waynesburg Central baseball team to have a chance at pulling an upset of top-seeded Avonworth it would need to keep the game close. “They’re the No. 1 seed for a reason, so we knew we had to minimize the big innings,” said the Raiders’ ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes slowly sauntered back to the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout at the end of the top of the eighth inning on Tuesday night, his loping and deliberate strides giving the PNC Park crowd plenty of time to rise for the kind of standing ovation that's becoming commonplace ...
Connellsville threw a scare into third-seeded Penn-Trafford but the Lady Warriors held on for a 3-2 victory in their WPIAL Class 5A softball battle at Norwin on Tuesday. Aria Smith's run-scoring bunt in the bottom of the fifth inning wound up being the difference as Penn-Trafford (18-3) ...
Cheers: We’re in the home stretch of the Herald-Standard’s annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. It’s not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...
Nestled snugly below the Chestnut Ridge Mountains, among the hills and valleys of Southwestern Pennsylvania lies the Uniontown area. A landscape filled with natural beauty and known for its diversity of terrain and climate. Alternating periods of warm air from the south and cold air from the ...
