In an effort to make Route 40 in Wharton Township safer for drivers, the state Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced on Monday that the roadway is now a highway safety corridor. “This section of Route 40 has been identified as a critical location for enhanced measures due to its ...
A married couple died Thursday morning after their Wharton Township home caught fire. Farmington Volunteer Fire Department Chief Brian VanSickle said crews were called at 6:25 a.m. to 190 Fike Hollow Road and found the home fully engulfed in flames. Fayette County Coroner Bob Baker identified ...
The Fayette County commissioners introduced an ordinance that would set restrictions on where solar farms can be placed and establish requirements for the construction, operation and decommissioning of the facilities. Over 100 people filled the meeting room, over 20 of whom offered comments ...
Toxicology results showed a man driving a vehicle during a crash that killed him and four others had cocaine in his system, according to the Fayette County coroner. In a brief release issued Saturday, Dr. Bob Baker said Harold Nibert, 55, of Delaware, Ohio, showed “positive results for ...
What goes around, truly does come around. Ross Miller has spent more than 50 years serving the Wharton Township community as a volunteer firefighter, so when a tree fell on him as he was fighting a March 29 brush fire, the community stepped in to repay him. Miller sustained multiple ...
The Fayette County coroner has identified five people who were killed in a fatal crash in Wharton Township earlier this week. Dr. Bob Baker posted a press release to Facebook Wednesday identifying the driver as Harold Nibert, 55. The passengers in the car were Bradley Thivener, 47, Krystal May ...
