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NextEra holds open house for $13B Fayette County power plant proposal

Hundreds of people turned out for an open house in Brownsville Tuesday night about a proposed $13 billion power plant in Fayette County. The 3.75-gigawatt East Riverside Energy Center would be located in Luzerne Township at the former site of the Isabella Mine. “I think part of our ...

$13 billion power plant proposed in Fayette County

Residents will have a chance next week to talk with representatives from the company looking to operate a $13 billion power plant project being discussed in Fayette County. NextEra Energy Resources is developing the proposed 3.75-gigawatt plant, which would be located in Luzerne Township along ...

Fayette man charged with attempted homicide in road rage incident

A Fayette County man is charged with attempted homicide after being accused of shooting several times at a man in a road rage incident in Luzerne Township Sunday night. Richard Vernon Jr., 39, of Hibbs, fired several shots at Kenneth Adams Jr. outside Adams’ mother’s house on Main Street ...

Woman charged with homicide, DUI in Fayette crash

A Republic woman is accused of driving under the influence of drugs in a June crash that left one person dead. Tiffany Lilley, 37, allegedly struck a Ford Escape parked in the driveway on Heisterburg Road in Luzerne Township shortly after noon on June 22. Lilley’s silver Pontiac crossed ...

Former SCI-Fayette inmate charged with rape

An inmate formerly held at the state prison in Luzerne Township has been accused of raping another inmate. Court paperwork, filed Monday, alleged William Junior Savage, 49, of Somerset, assaulted the alleged victim in September 2025 at the State Correctional Institution at Fayette. State ...