Laurel Caverns becomes first subterranean state park in Pennsylvania
Carroll Township police arrested a man Saturday after he was accused of assaulting staff at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Victor R. Tyree, 60, of North Charleroi, faces felony charges of aggravated assault, and misdemeanors of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. According to the criminal complaint, police were called to the hospital at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Charging documents state that Tyree was livestreaming the emergency room, and became violent after he was asked to stop. He allegedly punched and pushed a doctor and two security guards. District Judge Eric Porter arraigned Tyree Saturday morning and sent him to the Washington County jail on $25,000 bond.
A Republic man faces several counts of possessing child pornography. Jerry Don Bell II, 41, was the subject of an FBI investigation dating back to 2022. It was subsequently handed over to the police in Masontown, where Bell was living at the time, said Fayette County District Attorney Mike ...
What began as an experiment in self-governance rooted in personal freedom and liberty has grown into the world’s most unique and important nation: the United States of America. Here, we can, within the boundaries of the law, do, say and think what we wish; we can worship as we choose; we ...
Two Fayette County residents are accused of killing a 71-year-old man whose body was found bound and covered in blanket near railroad tracks in North Union Township. Terry Newland, 58, and Alysha Riggans, 30, conspired to kill their roommate Ralph Brown for four days before Brown's body was ...
Ava Clark keeps climbing the ladder. The Brownsville senior softball pitcher surpassed 500 career strikeouts last year and had broken the Lady Falcons' team record before that. On Monday the right-hander rang up strikeout No. 600 of her career in firing a four-inning, two-hit shutout as ...
Ellie Makel delivered a walk-off, two-run single in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Waynesburg Central a dramatic 8-7 victory over visiting Frazier in Section 4-2A softball action on Monday. Makel also hit a solo home run, giving her three RBIs in the game. Devin Moore had two hits, ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Germán Márquez is a winner with the San Diego Padres. The right-hander pitched five effective innings in Monday night's 5-0 victory at Pittsburgh. He allowed six hits, struck out four and walked one in his second start with his new team. It was his first win since ...
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 ...
After the old-fashioned winter we had, many are enjoying the benefits of an early spring. January and February saw temperatures in Southwestern Pennsylvania average about 4 degrees below normal while March saw our average temperature 8 degrees above what we normally see. The Polar Vortex ...
