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Charles W. West Jr.

Smithton Charles W. "Chuck" West, Jr., 58, of Smithton, passed away peacefully Thursday, June 4, 2026, at home with loving family at his side. Friends will be received in the Shell Funeral Home, Inc., 164 S. Mt. Vernon Avenue, Uniontown, from 3 to 7 p.m., the hour of service, Wednesday, with ...

Brownsville man charged in assault

A Brownsville man faces charges after being accused of fracturing a manĢƵ leg during a dispute in April. According to the criminal complaint, Joseph Stokes, 59, accosted James Wellington as he was walking through a parking lot on Hopewell Road in Luzerne Township on the night of April ...

‘Definitely a blessing’

Southwestern Pennsylvania was never meant to be forever, and though he no longer calls it “home,” Wyatt Larimer returns to the area more often than he expected. “They bring me back to be the emcee of all their picnics,” laughed Larimer, 27, the Ohio director for Sunny Days In-Home ...

America at 250: First railroad had immediate impact

EDITOR'S NOTE: This in one in a weekly series celebrating the history of America in observance of its 250th anniversary. It's very rare that we can say a nation was fundamentally different the day after a major construction project was completed from what it was the day before. But that's ...

Randall Grago

Brownsville Randall "Hippie" Grago, 66, of Brownsville, passed away on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia, following a brief battle with cancer. Born on Saturday November 28, 1959, he was preceded in death by his father, Mike Grago; his ...