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A Fayette County man whose 2-year-son drowned after climbing into an aboveground pool while unsupervised in July 2024 was sentenced to house arrest followed by probation. Donald Myers III, 31, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Fayette County Court of Common Pleas to endangering welfare of children and recklessly endangering another person in connection to the death of his son, Carson Myers. According to court records, on July 26, 2024, Myers had gone to a neighbor鈥檚 house with his mother, Tisha Cuppett, while their children were playing outside at their house on Leckrone 1 Road in German Township. Myers said in court Tuesday he believed his son, Carson, had climbed up to the pool by ...
Two Fayette County residents are in jail after allegedly assaulting a person in Uniontown Monday night. Ryan Miciotto, 34, of Uniontown and Angelina Lawver, 34, of Hopwood, are charged with aggravated assault and a related count of conspiracy, along with similar pairings for simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct. According to charging documents, shortly after 6 p.m., Uniontown police arrived at a home on Locust Street as Miciotto and Lawver were assaulting Miciotto鈥檚 girlfriend, Lindsay Custer. Miciotto and Lawver allegedly took turns beating Custer with a tire iron, as well as hitting and kicking her, charging documents stated. Custer ...
When Michele Pagen was growing up in the Mon Valley, she could only dream of having a special place to go to study music, theater and all sorts of performing arts. "I grew up in this area and always knew that if I was given the opportunity, I would start a program such as this," says Pagen, ...
The American Red Cross has declared the second national blood shortage in the nonprofit organization鈥檚 history, warning of impacts to countless patients if the crisis continues. According to the organization, blood donation levels have fallen to a four-year low, which means the Red Cross is ...
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will be developing rules that it says will reduce methane emissions from new and existing oil and gas operations . The new rules would affect equipment and practices at well sites, pipelines and other types of infrastructure and, ...
Belle Vernon's stay at the Pennsylvania American Legion Baseball playoffs ended Monday when Philipsburg rallied from a 5-0 deficit for an 8-5 victory at Williamsport. The Phils were blanked in all but one inning but exploded for eight in the fifth to advance while Belle Vernon's season ends ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) 鈥� Pirates rookie outfielder Esmeryln Valdez was removed from Pittsburgh's 3-2 win against Arizona on Monday night after being hit in the left hand by a pitch. Valdez, who has 14 homers in limited playing time this season, took a 92 mph fastball from Diamondbacks ...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) 鈥� Nebraska will play Florida and Penn State will face SMU in the $1 million made-for-TV women's college volleyball exhibition set for next month at AT&T Stadium. Spikes Under the Lights organizers announced the matchups Tuesday for the Aug. 27 event at the home ...
The granddaddy of them all kicks off the local fair season this week. The Jacktown Fair 鈥� considered one of the oldest continually operating agricultural fairs in the country 鈥� started in 1866 as the Jacksonville Fair. For a little perspective on how long the event has been part of rural ...
For some it has been a beautiful summer with lots of sunny days and just about the right amount of rain. The corn fields are happy with recent rains and folks with pools and golf outings have been able to enjoy being outside. We did have two visits from intense heat domes that brought some ...
