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Mock accident hits home at Uniontown HS assembly

As the school year winds down, high school seniors are enjoying prom, graduation parties and other special events to mark the end of their high school years. However, seniors at one Fayette County high school took time out from the fun for a serious moment as first responders reminded them of ...

School bus, SUV crash in Georges Township

A two-vehicle crash involving a SUV and a school bus occurred Thursday morning in George’s Township, according to state police. There were no students on the bus at the time. The crash between the bus and a Kia Sportage happened at about 8:50 a.m. on Walnut Hill Road at the intersection with ...

Dunlap Creek Park walking trail to begin construction this summer

A Menallen Township park is about to get a major upgrade. The first two phases of upgrades to Dunlap Creek Park – including the construction of an eight-foot wide perimeter loop walking trail – will get under way this summer after the Fayette County commissioners authorized the bidding ...

County to transform former jail annex into juvenile detention facility

Fayette County is one step closer to transforming its former jail annex into a juvenile detention center after the county commissioners awarded the project Thursday to a third-party, nonprofit organization that runs a similar facility in Grove City. George Junior Republic, which operates a ...

Connellsville man sentenced to 20-40 years in wife’s murder

A 71-year-old Connellsville man will most likely spend the rest of his life in prison after a Fayette County judge sentenced him to 20 to 40 years for shooting and killing his wife. Charles Lenn Sok pleaded guilty to third-degree murder last month in the death of Debra Sok, 56, on July 2, ...