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“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” While Benjamin Franklin probably never actually uttered that famous quote, it still rang true this past weekend as local restaurants, coffee shops and drinking establishments battled through a nearly 60-hour ...

MVAA awarded grant for scholarship program

Mon Valley Academy for the Arts (MVAA) was awarded a Creative Sector Flex Fund Grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts The $5,000 grant, administered by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, will be used to continue and strengthen MVAAĢƵ Empower a Rising Star (EARS) Music Scholarship ...

The Pennsylvania State Police are offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension of a Connellsville teen charged with criminal homicide. An arrest warrant was issued for Braedon Dickinson, 18, after he allegedly shot and killed Lemaur Thompson Jr. on Dunlap Street in ...

A mixed-use development in Fayette County is a step closer to being shovel-ready. The planned ThompsonĢƵ Crossing development in North Union Township is getting $7 million for necessary infrastructure through the federal appropriations bill signed into law last week. The 57-acre project ...

A yet-to-be-determined new judge will oversee the case of a former Greene County district attorney and his chief detective, accused of using their power to settle scores with political rivals. David Russo, 48, of Holbrook, and Zachary Sams, 41, of McDonald, had been scheduled for a hearing ...

A Connellsville woman is charged with homicide by vehicle in a June crash in Bullskin Township that killed her husband. Wyola Gemas, 34, told police she had three or four beers several hours before the early morning crash on Englishman Hill Road on June 18. Her husband, Johnny Gemas, had to ...