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A Fayette County man is accused of firing at a vehicle during an unauthorized traffic stop in Bullskin Township Thursday afternoon. Daniel Swope, 25, of Acme, is accused of firing three rounds at the back of a car after several people had blocked its path east on Kreinbrook Hill Road, the complaint said. Troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police Uniontown barracks responded around 3:46 p.m. Thursday. The driver, Corey Keslar, told police another man had also thrown rocks at the vehicle. Keslar said he had been inside the car when the shots were fired, and subsequently fled the scene because he feared for his life, court paperwork stated. He described the gun as a black ...
In the Ben Franklin Junior High School fourth quarter honor roll, seventh-grader Andrew Kochis was omitted from the highest honors list. An article in Tuesday's edition on the Fayette 250 Kids Fest listed an incorrect contact phone number. Those seeking more information may call 724-550-4037.
A Fayette county couple and another woman face charges of prostitution. Harry Guthrie, 59, and Emmalie Guthrie, 53, of East Millsboro, were charged Friday along with Kimberly Hoar, 28, of Bentleyville. Hoar told state police from the Belle Vernon barracks she had been in an on-and-off relationship with Harry Guthrie, most recently from the spring of 2025 until the winter of 2026, according to court documents. Harry Guthrie acknowledged the relationship to police, but denied accusations of prostitution, saying the money was just to 鈥渉elp her out,鈥� the complaints said. Police executing a search warrant on Harry Guthrie's phone found screenshots of text messages from Hoar ...
Jessie Orbin, a standout wrestler at Waynesburg University and a PIAA Class AA state qualifier at Chartiers-Houston, died following a motorcycle accident Saturday night in North Strabane Township. Orbin, 20, was driving a motorcycle on Linden Road when he crashed at about 10:30 p.m. He ...
Celebrations in Fayette County will mark the day the Emancipation Proclamation reached its full promise. Juneteenth observances will take place in Connellsville and Uniontown over several days this week. The annual holiday celebrates the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon ...
A previous verson of this article misstated the phone number to contact about the event. A festival this weekend celebrating America鈥檚 鈥� and Fayette County鈥檚 鈥� 250th anniversary will give families a chance to take in a musical number, do hands-on science activities and also learn what ...
Bill Buehner was born into a family of athletes and eventually made a name for himself in sports. The 1987 Laurel Highlands graduate was a three-sport star in high school who went on to be a four-year starter in football at Tulsa. Now he is regarded as one of Western Pennsylvania's top high ...
OMAHA, Neb. 鈥� The ball drifted into the afternoon air inside Charles Schwab Field, carrying with it about 134 years' worth of hopes, dreams, near misses and never-even-closes. When it landed 395 feet later, Gavin Kelly had himself a home run to remember. West Virginia had itself a trip ...
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) 鈥� Brandon Lowe hit a tiebreaking homer in the ninth inning, Bryan Reynolds went deep from both sides of the plate and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat the Athletics 6-5 on Tuesday night. Reynolds finished with four hits, ...
Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...
As we approach the beginning of Hurricane season, it might be prudent to apply what we have learned from one of our earliest weather forecasters. Long before radar, satellites and El Nino and even before the invention of the weather barometer in 1643, an explorer named Christopher Columbus ...
