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Crews still battling Ohiopyle fire

OHIOPYLE -- Crews were still working Friday morning to contain a forest fire that spread through parts of Ohiopyle State Park, although park officials said that most of it had been contained by noon.Park officials said that 80% of the fire in the Victoria Flats area had been contained as of ...

A volunteer searching for a missing 62-year-old Uniontown woman located her body Wednesday.Melanie McCay Prokop had been missing since New YearÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Day, when she was last seen in Uniontown driving her vehicle.The car was later found on private property on Jumonville Road in North Union ...

Officials in the city of Connellsville have declared a state of emergency to assist the public works department with snow removal."Currently the Public Works Department has multiple employees off on leave and this will assist the city in securing the necessary resources to combat the storm," ...

Greene County 911 system down

The Greene County 911 service went down this afternoon after an apparent fiber optic line was cut in Maryland, according to Richard Policz, operations and training officer for Greene CountyÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Emergency Management.Policz said they noticed the problem around 3 p.m., when people trying to call ...

Georges Township home destroyed by fire

Fire destroyed a family's home in Georges Township on Friday, killing the owners' puppy.Melissa and Daniel Davis, who live at the 266 Miller Road home, were not home when the fire started. Fairchance Fire Chief Ray Eicher said the fire was called in at 12:10 p.m. by a man who was passing by ...

WAYNESBURG – Judge Farley Toothman is resigning from his seat on the bench next month just before he was expected to go to trial on charges of judicial misconduct.Toothman, who had already stepped down from his position as president judge at the Greene County Courthouse, sent his letter of ...