After last week鈥檚 graduation of 12 inmates at the Fayette County jail, Warden John Lenkey and Fayette County Sheriff James Custer said the job training program appears to be having a positive impact. 鈥淭he IGNITE program has brought out a lot of good things that this facility and ...
Throughout my life of more than eight decades, the Youghiogheny River has been a constant companion. In my youth, I fished the mostly brackish water with my friends for catfish and suckers and skated on the frozen backwaters in winter. Some folks swam in the river, but several local pools ...
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt is hoping the state Supreme Court will soon bring uniformity to many contentious issues surrounding mail-in ballots, such as the legality of so-called 鈥渂allot-curing鈥� or whether dates are required to be written by voters on the outer ...
A Dunbar man pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in the 2021 beating death of his longtime girlfriend. Thomas Leroy Dean, 51, entered the plea on Wednesday, acknowledging he assaulted Amy Jo Craig in November 2021, which led to her death five months later. 鈥淗e was an abusive ...
Fayette County The following property transfers were recorded in the Fayette County Recorder of Deeds office between Aug. 12-16. Bullskin Township David J. Rath and Teresa L. Rath to Pleasant Valley Water Authority for $21,000 Brownsville David A. Kovachick Jr. and Sherry L. Kovachick ...
During a Wednesday meeting of Fayette County鈥檚 jail board, President Judge Steve P. Leskinen said he would like to see more efficient policies implemented for inmates who appear in court through video conferencing. 鈥淛ust yesterday I had four videos, and it took an hour and a half,鈥� ...
