Search continues for three missing boaters
A Grindstone man is accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl at his home. Investigation into Ronald Martin, 29, began after the Pennsylvania State Police Belle Vernon Criminal Investigative Unit received a Childline Report on June 4. According to the criminal complaint, the assault occurred two to three years ago at his home on First Street. Martin was charged Monday with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and unlawful contact with a minor. He had yet to be arraigned Tuesday morning.
A Fayette County man is accused of sexually assaulting an underage girl earlier this year. According to court documents, Hunter Bankhead, 20, of McClellandtown, admitted to state police he had sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl sometime between January and March at his home in German Township. The investigation was prompted by a child welfare report to state police from Fayette County Children & Youth Services in June. Bankhead was charged Monday with statutory sexual assault and indecent assault. He was arraigned before Judge Daniel Shimshock Monday. Bankhead is free on an unsecured $50,000 bond. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 16.
Charges were filed Monday against a Brownsville man accused of kidnapping and assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her grandmother. Tylar Greenough, 30, is charged with aggravated assault, kidnapping to inflict injury/terror, burglary, unlawful restraint causing serious injury and terroristic threats. Elisa Tressler and Diane Tressler reported Greenough to Uniontown police after Greenough left for work on the morning of Aug. 31, three days after he is accused of breaking into Elisa Tressler鈥檚 home on Lincoln Street. After entering the home, Greenough began beating both women, saying he was angered by Elisa Tressler鈥檚 relationship with another man, according to the ...
Prosecutors showed a mix of video, GPS data, phone records and texts to show the path of the Washington County teen accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death last month and then enlisting his mother to help cover it up. Royce Moser, 18, of North Strabane Township, and his mother, Rachel ...
Fans of craft beer, wine, spirits and more flocked to the 10th annual Corks and Kegs festival by the Observer-Reporter at the Hollywood Casino at The Meadows Aug. 28-30. Local vendors, plenty of food trucks, live music, a vintage car show, great weather and more were on deck at the event, ...
Carmichaels baseball coach Dickie Krause was aware the section his Mikes played in would have a bit of a different look for the 2026 season. "I knew there would be some change because Jefferson-Morgan had moved up," Krause said. The Rockets were bumped up to Section 1-2A while Carmichaels ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) 鈥� Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan said cornerback Joey Porter Jr. knows how the club feels about him. The team, however, doesn't feel strongly enough to adjust its long-held standard of not negotiating during the season in hopes of getting something ...
Leah Williamson rang up five kills, five aces and a pair of blocks as Mapletown opened its girls volleyball season with a 3-1 non-section victory at Turkeyfoot Valley on Monday. The Lady Maples won by scores of 26-24, 22-25, 25-7 and 25-18. Sophia Vanata contributed four kills and six aces ...
The Civil War brought tremendous suffering. The death of Robert J. Brownfield is illustrative. Cpl. Brownfield of Fayette County was shot in the arm near Spotsylvania Courthouse in Virginia. Forgotten or simply overlooked, he went unattended for a full day. Taken first to Fredericksburg, ...
HARRISBURG, Pa 鈥� The Pennsylvania Game Commission reminds hunters that opening day for Pennsylvania鈥檚 2026-27 hunting seasons is Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, marking the beginning of statewide seasons for both Canada goose and mourning doves. The agency has also upgraded its online mapping ...
