A Washington teenager accused of plotting the murder of a Ringgold High School senior was arrested by Uniontown police Saturday. Anthony Kristopher Barfield, 17, was charged by state police last week with homicide for allegedly arranging to have his brother shoot and kill 18-year-old Annalaya ...
When Marissa McFarren was hired as band director in the Brownsville Area School District in May 2022, the music program barely had a pulse. With just 13 students in grades 6 through 12 involved in the program and a marching band that did not march, a seventh-grader watched videos on YouTube in ...
When school-related violence erupts, studies have shown a rapid response time can mean the difference between life and death. Quickening those response times is the motivation for proposed legislation that would require public schools to install a silent panic alarm system that connects ...
Five-year-old Spencer Silbaugh, son of Emily Gabelt of Kiesterville, sorts foods to make a balanced meal in his lunch box with Dawn Cummings, instructor aide at Head Start. The Lemont Furnace program, which has been offering services in Fayette County for 30 years, recently held its Munch, ...
One person was killed following a shooting Friday morning on Second Street in Redstone Township Fayette County District Attorney Michael Aubele described the victim as a man in his 70s, but did not identify him. He was flown from the scene to Ruby Memorial Hospital, where he later died. ...
A 24-year-old Connellsville man is in stable condition after being shot Wednesday night at the intersection of Pittsburgh Street and Crawford Avenue. Police responded to the area around 9 p.m. No arrests have been made, and Kendi declined to comment on whether there are any suspects in the case.
