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Youth football coach charged in sex assault case

A Brownsville man who served as a volunteer firefighter and a youth football coach allegedly helped to plan multiple instances of sexual assault of a boy, according to charges filed on Wednesday. James Brooks Jr., 46, allegedly told Patricia Mudery, 47, of Uniontown, how he wanted her to ...

Uniontown man charged with attempted homicide

Police are searching for a Uniontown man accused of stabbing a man in Uniontown's Grant Street Park Tuesday afternoon. Darien Williams, 28, allegedly fled the scene on Fayette Street in a dark blue Jeep Cherokee after the stabbing, which was reported at 6:43 p.m. Tuesday. Police issued an arrest warrant after they did not find him at his residence on Grant Street or his workplace. The alleged victim, Paul Hensley, lived at the same Grant Street address, court paperwork indicated. He told police the attack occurred while the two were talking in the park. Hensley had not noticed Williams pulling the small, silver knife until he was stabbed, the complaint said. Williams told Hensley, ...

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Remarkable reign

Bill Simms has never been one to toot his own horn. The West Greene softball coach didn't tell anyone that he was closing in on his 300th win with the Lady Pioneers. "I didn't publicize it to anybody," Simms said. He figured out pretty quickly before his team's 17-2, four-inning win at ...

Lady Commodores top Waynesburg, clinch playoff spot

Emma Essington's bat and Addison Hiles' arm helped Frazier earn another trip into the WPIAL softball playoffs. Essington blasted a home run and a double in going 3 for 3 with four RBIs and Hiles allowed just one earned run as the Lady Commodores clinched at least a share of fourth place in ...

Local calendar

THURSDAY, APRIL 23 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Northern Garrett, Md., at Albert Gallatin, German-Masontown Park, 4 p.m. Jefferson-Morgan at Brownsville, Redstone Field, Republic, 4:15 p.m. Our Lady of the Sacred Field at Beth-Center, 4:30 p.m. SOFTBALL Northern Garrett, Md., at Albert ...

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Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: We’re in the home stretch of the ĢƵĢƵ annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. ItĢƵ not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...

Outdoors

Opt for green instead of screen

An interesting story in the spring issue of National Wildlife magazine begins with the writerĢƵ favorite slang expression, “touch grass,” which refers to kids who use it to refer to friends who are spending too much time online and have lost touch with reality. With those two words they ...

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