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Layton Bridge to temporarily close next week for inspections

There will be short-term daytime closures of the Layton Bridge over the Youghiogheny River in Perry Township next week while crews inspect the historic 127-year-old span, the state Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. PennDOT crews will close the bridge daily from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. beginning Monday and continuing until May 15 as part of routine inspections. Detours will be posted in the area. The single-lane bridge and nearby tunnel – both of which were once used by the railroad – will be replaced by the end of 2029 as PennDOT works to build a new span across the river.

Greene man pleads guilty to abusing infant

A Greene County man accused of beating and sexually assaulting his infant son last year pleaded guilty to all counts against him in Greene County Court of Common Pleas Tuesday. Zachary Bryte, 26, of Washington Township, was arrested and charged with attempted homicide in June after his month-old son was taken to UPMC Greene with seizure-like symptoms. The child was then transferred to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va, where doctors found a skull fracture, brain bleeding, rib fractures and other injuries that they determined to be consistent with severe trauma. State police said Bryte appeared to have abused the child since his birth. The child was hospitalized in ...

SCI-Fayette officers, ex-prisoner charged in drug smuggling operation

Two SCI-Fayette corrections officers and a former inmate are accused of conspiring to smuggle drugs into the prison. Officers Beau Angelo, 37, of Uniontown, and Charity Thompson, 40, of McClellandtown, were charged Monday along with Vadol Lewis, 33, of Pittsburgh. According to their ...

Republican debate appears unlikely in 46th state Senate race

The hopes for a debate between state Sen. Camera Bartolotta and her Republican primary challenger Al Buchtan appear to have dimmed as their campaigns have not been able to come to an agreement on the terms and dates for the event. There had been discussions of a possible debate organized by ...

PennWest at California holding commencement ceremonies Saturday

PennWest University is holding its annual spring commencement ceremonies Saturday as more than 1,800 students are expected to graduate from its three campuses in Western Pennsylvania, including in California. The morning and afternoon ceremonies at the PennWestÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ campuses in California, ...

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Sports

A long way to go but …

ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ only been 35 of a 162-game season, but that doesn’t mean the Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t a different team than in recent years. The naysayers will point out the tough start for the bullpen, and even the two subpar starts from ace Paul Skenes, but the Bucs’ recent sweep of NL ...

In 42nd season at J-M, Curtis gets final victory lap

JEFFERSON – Much has changed since John Curtis started coaching high school baseball. There were no pitch counts for coaches to worry about, players wore stirrup socks, there were just two classifications in the WPIAL and only section champions qualified for the postseason. That was back ...

Huzzah for Hannah!

Attending college isn’t cheap. Costs don’t end at tuition, as students and their families must also budget for living arrangements, meals and textbooks, which only scrapes the surface of the costs of a two, four and sometimes six-year period. There are options for assistance, but that ...

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Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: We’re in the home stretch of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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

May, one of my favorites

ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ a rainy Wednesday in Uniontown, however even a rainy day can be beautiful in late spring. The spring rain has added a dimension of color to the landscape that only appears around the beginning of May when the trees have put on their leaves and the woods and hillsides are full of this ...

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