Fayette County judge grants mother new trial in daughter’s death

If all goes as planned, the “Dryerson” label may no longer be so apt. At this year’s Dryerson Festival, people came out to celebrate Ryerson Station State Park, remember Duke Lake and look forward to improvements announced in the near future. This was the 19th year for the festival, ...
Heavy rains Saturday and Sunday led to sinkholes and multiple road closures in Washington County, while flood warnings remained in effect for the three-county area into Sunday night. The National Weather Service instituted a flood watch for large portions of southwestern Pennsylvania, ...
Driving through Collier Township, motorists will see plenty of homes and businesses proudly flying American flags out front, just like in many other towns across the country. What makes Collier unique, however, is that it’s home to the “Father of Flag Day,” which pays homage to the man ...
Katie Kelly may be one of the most underrated girls basketball in Fayette County history. The 2000 Albert Gallatin graduate is the only county player to score over 1,600 points in both high school and at the NCAA Division-I level. Kelly rang up 1,687 points as a four-year starter with the ...
Tara Cochrane Warrington scored over 1,000 points while playing for Geibel Catholic’s girls basketball team and led the Lady Gators in scoring (13.1 points per game) and rebounding (9.2 rebounds per game) during her senior season. Those numbers don’t mean as much to her as what her team ...
Charleroi and Uniontown split a doubleheader Thursday night at Hutchinson Field in Hopwood. Charleroi (1-5) edged Uniontown, 7-6, in Game 1 before the home team scored nine unanswered runs in an 11-3 victory in Fayette County American Legion baseball play. Uniontown (7-3) jumped out to a ...
On a summer evening in Milwaukee, with his team mired near the bottom of the National League, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan emerged from the dugout mid-game. Bragan headed toward the umpires. Strangely enough, he was sipping from a small drinking carton. Moments earlier, the brash Bucco ...
New data shows that CO2 levels have risen to 430 ppm (parts per million), a pretty sure indicator that what we have been doing for the last 175 years is moving our climate in the wrong direction and the problems associated with this change will only continue to disrupt the weather on our ...