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Masontown woman accused of assaulting infant child

A Masontown woman is charged with an alleged assault that left bruises and fingernail marks on her 1-year-old child. After taking a polygraph test, Arayiah Harris, 19, confessed to assaulting her child in her home, according to her criminal complaint. She told police her child had been crying ...

Masontown WIC office closing

The Masontown office that provides services for the Women, Infants and Children program (WIC) will close on Feb. 1. Susan Mahokey, project manager at Fayette County Community Action Agency, said the closure will consolidate operations for the countyÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ three WIC offices. The fewer than 100 ...

Masontown council reverses police layoffs

Five days after voting 6-1 to lay off the staff of the boroughÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ police department, the Masontown Borough Council rehired the officers at a special meeting Saturday night. The 6-0 vote restored funding for the department throughout fiscal year 2026, while carrying over any surplus into ...

Masontown council to vote on rescinding police layoffs

Days after it voted to lay off police department staff, the Masontown Borough Council is planning to undo the move. The council has scheduled a special Saturday night meeting where it will vote on a resolution to recall all officers it let go Monday. In that 6-1 vote, the council approved ...

Masontown council to consider laying off entire police force

The Masontown Borough Council will vote later this month on whether to lay off the boroughÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ police force as part of a push to reduce — and perhaps eventually eliminate — the boroughÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ property taxes. The council voted 6-1 Monday night to add a resolution on the Jan. 13 meeting agenda ...

Animal control officer charged with fatally shooting two dogs

The animal control officer for Masontown is charged with taking two dogs into his custody on a Friday and shooting both in the head the following day. Samuel Vargo, 60, of Charleroi, was called to Fort Mason Village in the borough on Friday, Sept. 5, after someone reported two dogs were tied ...