Twenty short blasts from the fire siren. It happened around 9 a.m. in Uniontown on Tuesday, May 8, 1945. The brief bursts of noise that interrupted the city鈥檚 morning routine were not a signal that a blaze was happening somewhere or that a fierce springtime storm was bearing down on the ...
On Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Thomas L. Gillespie of St. Patrick Church of St. Oscar Romero Parish and staff members were live-streaming the Sistine Chapel chimney on their computers when Gillespie shouted, 鈥淲hite smoke, white smoke!鈥� They rushed into the living room and turned on the ...
A West Virginia woman is accused of fleeing police while high on crack cocaine late Thursday. State police said they tried to pull over Kimberly Simpson, 31, of Kingwood for driving with her turn signal on for about a mile on Morgantown Road in South Union Township. Police said it appeared as ...
The Brownsville Area Ministerial Association鈥檚 "Food For Falcons" food program is collecting peanut butter sandwich crackers and Pop-Tarts in May and June. There will be a donation area in each participating BAMA church. The Masontown Community Kitchen will be open Tuesday, May 13 from 4 to ...
A Dunbar man who is one of three men accused of breaking into a Connellsville home on New Year鈥檚 Day and assaulting two people with a metal baseball bat was sentenced to four to 10 years in prison on multiple cases in Fayette County Court. When asked by President Judge Leskinen what had led ...
Jeer: After more than 20 years of delays, REAL ID requirements took effect Wednesday without much impact to the flying public. In the days leading up to the deadline, long lines were the norm at the state鈥檚 Department of Transportation license centers after people were told, ad nauseum, that ...
