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Monessen officers, suspects rescued from hillside

Multiple police officers and suspects in a vehicle theft had to be rescued from a steep hillside Sunday night. Monessen Fire Department Chief Delmar Hepple said crews were called at about 6 p.m. to the intersection of Dennis Avenue and Pine Street and that four officers and two ...

Labor leaders cheer reversal of NIOSH cuts

Last weekĢƵ reversal of cuts to a federal organization behind miner safety programs drew praise from labor leaders. About 1,000 employees of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health — representing about 90% of the agencyĢƵ workforce — were placed on administrative ...

Uniontown man arrested on drug charges in Maryland

A Uniontown man was arrested Thursday as part of a large-scale narcotics investigation in Maryland. David Coffey, 63, was one of multiple people apprehended as part of an investigation by the Allegany County Narcotics Task Force in Maryland. The investigation determined Coffey had left the ...

America 250 PA ‘kick-off’ tour visiting Fayette County

A caravan from America 250 PA celebrating the countryĢƵ semiquincentennial this year is swinging through southwestern Pennsylvania this weekend to kickoff a patriotic party. Members from the legislatively-created organization tasked with promoting the 250th anniversary of independence are ...

Washington NAACP celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Pastor Dennis Stich stood at the front of John Wesley United Methodist Church in Washington on Sunday afternoon and asked, “How many of you have heard of Claudette Colvin?” A few people raised their hands. “How many have heard of Rosa Parks?" asked Stitch, pastor of First Christian ...