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Temperatures predicted to be in the 90s early this week have prompted several area school districts to dismiss students early:<strong>Fayette County</strong>n Laurel Highlands School District will dismiss its middle school at noon, elementary schools at 1 p.m. and ...

A major crisis may have been avoided Thursday morning when a South Connellsville convenience store caught fire.Marky Finner's Supermart was out of gas when the back room caught fire at about 4:45 a.m."They didn't have fuel at the time," said South Connellsville Volunteer Fire Co. Chief Jeremy ...

The priest of parishes in West Newton and Herminie was removed from his place of ministry after the Greensburg diocese received a credible allegation of sexual abuse of a minor, the diocese announced Wednesday.Father Joseph E. Bonafed was pastor of Holy Family Parish in West Newton and of St. ...

All state prisons were put on lockdown Wednesday following a rash of employees sickened from exposure to substances in recent weeks.An employee at the State Correctional Institute at Greene was taken to a hospital Tuesday night for possible exposure to a substance – the seventh local prison ...

Elizabeth man killed in West Newton crash

An Elizabeth man died in a Monday night crash at the interchange of Mount Pleasant Road and Interstate 70.State police identified the man as Ronald C. Zubasic, 57, and said the crash occurred in West Newton, Westmoreland County.Police did not detail what occurred during the 10 p.m. crash, but ...

Coal Center man dies in one-vehicle crash

A Coal Center man died in a one-vehicle crash Saturday after losing control of his motorcycle, the Washinton County Coroner's Office announced Sunday morning.John Robinson, 61, crashed on West Malden Drive in California at 6:11 p.m. and was transported by Brownsville EMS to the emergency room ...