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Fayette man charged with aggravated assault

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 ...

Three charged with prostitution in Fayette

A Fayette county couple and another woman face charges of prostitution. Harry Guthrie, 59, and Emmalie Guthrie, 53, of East Millsboro, were charged Friday along with Kimberly Hoar, 28, of Bentleyville. Hoar told state police from the Belle Vernon barracks she had been in an on-and-off relationship with Harry Guthrie, most recently from the spring of 2025 until the winter of 2026, according to court documents. Harry Guthrie acknowledged the relationship to police, but denied accusations of prostitution, saying the money was just to “help her out,” the complaints said. Police executing a search warrant on Harry Guthrie's phone found screenshots of text messages from Hoar ...

Community mourns death of C-H grad, Waynesburg U. wrestler

Jessie Orbin, a standout wrestler at Waynesburg University and a PIAA Class AA state qualifier at Chartiers-Houston, died following a motorcycle accident Saturday night in North Strabane Township. Orbin, 20, was driving a motorcycle on Linden Road when he crashed at about 10:30 p.m. He ...

Unite and celebrate

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 ...

Second chance

After an afternoon spent swimming in the hot early summer sun, Savannah Greene waited with her daughter beneath a pavilion in Mon View Park for their ride. “I spent most of my summers down here,” said Greene, 27. “We used to go to day camp. The Fourth of July, they do a big thing. I had ...

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Into the Hall: Brad McLee

Uniontown's 1965 football team is regarded by many as one of the best in WPIAL history and the hardest hitting player on the Red Raiders' outstanding defense that year was linebacker Brad McLee. Also a running back, McLee played a key role in the perfect 10-0 season that was capped with a ...

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Errors costly in WVU loss to North Carolina

OMAHA, Neb. – Brodie Kresser said he was thinking double play when he saw the ground ball off the bat of North CarolinaĢƵ Jake Schaffner on Sunday night. A double play would have got West Virginia out of the seventh inning tied with North Carolina. Instead, the ball came off hard and fell ...

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Skenes’ quality start wasted in Pirates’ 4-2 loss to Marlins

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Max Meyer allowed one run in six innings, stranding nine runners in the Miami Marlins' 4-2 victory over Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. Meyer (7-0) gave up six hits, walked three and hit a batter, but he struck out nine. Skenes (6-6), who fell to 0-4 in ...

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OP-ED: Changing the direction of U.S. labor

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, ...

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(To request to have an item added to the Outdoors Calendar or to send a digital image of your harvested bear, deer or turkey photo for possible publication please email hssports@heraldstandard.com.) HUNTER-TRAPPER INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE NOTE: Must be 11 years old to register. Students must ...

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