Fireballer meets Rain Day
A Greene County man was killed by falling rock in a mine accident Tuesday night. Zachary Wolfe, 34, of Rices Landing, died in the 10 p.m. accident at the Bailey Mine in Aleppo Township, the Greene County Coroner’s Office said in a statement Wednesday. An investigation by Pennsylvania State Police determined Wolfe was fatally injured after being crushed by 1,000 pounds of rock. The accident occurred about 700 feet underground, where a rib failure occurred on a sidewall while Wolfe was putting up roof supports, said Trooper Kalee Barnhart. Wolfe was pronounced dead at 11:39 p.m., the coroner’s office said. Greene County Emergency Management Agency Director Richard Policz said ...
Greene County veterans’ graves were freshly marked with an American flag through a statewide movement to celebrate America’s sesquicentennial. On May 16 — Armed Forces Day — volunteers, veterans’ organizations, county agencies, historical groups, and community partners joined ...
A Connellsville teenager is facing criminal charges after he was accused of shooting at a man through a window Sunday night. Noah Dove, 17, is charged with attempted homicide, attempted aggravated assault, discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, receiving stolen property, carrying firearms without a license, possession of a firearm by a minor and reckless endangerment. Police said shortly before 11:30 p.m., they responded to a report of a shot fired into the apartment window of Patrick Scheller on West Crawford Avenue in Connellsville. Scheller had yelled at a group of people outside his window for being loud, after which Dove fired a shot before running off into a nearby ...
The Amwell Township Board of Supervisors opted to table an adoption vote on a data center ordinance last week after receiving pushback from residents. More than 50 people attended the Thursday night special meeting, with late-comers spilling out into the hallway after the main meeting room ...
McMURRAY — All good things must come to an end, but for the Laurel Highlands and Uniontown softball teams, both squads hope their setbacks in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs on Tuesday were just the closing of a chapter and not the book. The Mustangs suffered a 3-1 loss to ...
ST. LOUIS — Iván Herrera hit a three-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning — one of four homers by St. Louis — as the Cardinals rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Herrera’s 410-foot shot off of Mason Montgomery (1-1) was his first career ...
THURSDAY, MAY 21 HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL WPIAL Playoffs Class 1A Semifinals Jefferson-Morgan vs. Union, at North Allegheny High School, 4 p.m. Carmichaels vs. West Greene, at Pleasant Valley Elementary School, McMurray, 6 p.m.
Cheers: We’re in the home stretch of the Herald-Standard’s annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. It’s not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...
It’s National Safe Boating Week. From May 16-22, state fishery and boating agencies, boating trade groups, US Coast Guard, and the US Army Corps of Engineers will be celebrating safe boating, reminding boaters of safe practices on the water and, unfortunately, summarizing the past year’s ...
