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A man from Speers Borough who recorded himself saying racial slurs to a Black woman in a Rostraver Township Walmart now faces criminal charges. State police announced in a press release Wednesday that 36-year-old Michael Todora faces misdemeanor charges of ethnic intimidation and harassment, ...

Missing W.Va. man has Uniontown ties

West Virginia State Police Kingwood Detachment has activated a Silver Alert in an attempt to locate an 84-year-old Preston County man. Willard A. Dewitt is 6 feet tall, 240 pounds, with hazel eyes and gray hair. He was most likely last seen wearing blue jeans, a white T-shirt, black suspenders ...

Fire destroys trailer in Luzerne Township

A trailer was engulfed by a Tuesday night fire in Luzerne Township. At 7:42 p.m., a call came in of a fire at the intersection of Fayette Avenue and First Street that was threatening other homes, said Fayette County Emergency Management public information officer Sue Kozak-Griffith. There were ...

Waynesburg woman who fled state sentenced

A Waynesburg woman who had fled the county in 2023 before being apprehended in California last year was sentenced to 10 months to five years incarceration in Greene County Court of Common Pleas Tuesday. Michelle Morris, 47, was originally arrested in 2021 after an incident where she fired a ...

State lawmakers in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties reacted negatively to the 2026-27 state budget proposal Gov. Josh Shapiro delivered at the State Capitol in Harrisburg Tuesday. Shapiro, a Democrat who is seeking re-election this year and is considered a likely contender for his ...

The “old barn” built on the historic Ross Farm property that had become a geographic landmark near Glyde was destroyed by fire late Monday, killing more than 100 sheep, including some that delighted the crowds attending the annual Running of the Wools races. Firefighters were called to ...