‘Every day’s happy’
A Fayette County man is accused of firing at a vehicle during an unauthorized traffic stop in Bullskin Township Thursday afternoon. Daniel Swope, 25, of Acme, is accused of firing three rounds at the back of a car after several people had blocked its path east on Kreinbrook Hill Road, the complaint said. Troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police Uniontown barracks responded around 3:46 p.m. Thursday. The driver, Corey Keslar, told police another man had also thrown rocks at the vehicle. Keslar said he had been inside the car when the shots were fired, and subsequently fled the scene because he feared for his life, court paperwork stated. He described the gun as a black ...
In the Ben Franklin Junior High School fourth quarter honor roll, seventh-grader Andrew Kochis was omitted from the highest honors list. An article in Tuesday's edition on the Fayette 250 Kids Fest listed an incorrect contact phone number. Those seeking more information may call 724-550-4037.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – On a February day back in 1996, Dave NeeseĢƵ eyes welled, as he regarded his newborn daughter with a whisper and awe. “Hey, baby girl,” he said, gently brushing SkylarĢƵ cheek. “ItĢƵ me. I’m your daddy. Happy birthday.” On a February day back in 2014, ...
Celebrations in Fayette County will mark the day the Emancipation Proclamation reached its full promise. Juneteenth observances will take place in Connellsville and Uniontown over several days this week. The annual holiday celebrates the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon ...
When Shauntai Hall is inducted into the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame on Friday it will mark a first for the organization. Hall will join her sister, Ellen Guillard, known as Loui Hall in her playing days, marking the first set of sisters to be enshrined. Both were legendary girls ...
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL Pittsburgh at Athletics, 9:40 p.m. DISTRICT BASEBALL FAYETTE COUNTY LEAGUE Carmichaels at Mill Run, 6 p.m. FAYETTE AMERICAN LEGION Carmichaels at Uniontown, dh, 6 p.m. Brownsville at Thomas Jefferson, dh, 6 p.m. Belle Vernon at ...
Megan Joyce will have a bevy of golf courses to choose from when she moves to Florida in August. The graduate of Laurel Highlands and Washington & Jefferson College will probably not be playing as much down south, as she will be attending the University of Florida in Gainesville to pursue ...
Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...
As we approach the beginning of Hurricane season, it might be prudent to apply what we have learned from one of our earliest weather forecasters. Long before radar, satellites and El Nino and even before the invention of the weather barometer in 1643, an explorer named Christopher Columbus ...