Large turnout at Fayette County planned protest emphasizes local engagement

On Saturday, cities across the United States 鈥 including in Southwestern Pennsylvania 鈥 are planning to host 鈥淣o Kings Day鈥 rallies as part of a coordinated protest against the Trump administration. Locally, rallies will be held in Washington County, outside the Washington County Courthouse, and in Fayette County, at the Gen. George C. Marshall Plaza at Five Corners in Uniontown. Billed as a 鈥渘ationwide day of defiance,鈥 organizers say the protests are an opportunity for Amerians to 鈥渟tand together against cruelty, corruption, and authoritarianism.鈥 Nationwide, protests are planned for 1,800 communities on Saturday, the same day as President Donald Trump holds a ...
Two animal cruelty cases came before the Greene County Court of Common Pleas for plea court hearings Wednesday morning. Judge Louis Dayich recused himself from the case of one defendant due to personal ties. Lois Pust, 53, of Waynesburg, faces felony charges of aggravated cruelty to animals ...
The mother of a 1-month-old who allegedly suffered physical and sexual abuse by his father in Greene County was held for court on charges of endangering her son鈥檚 welfare. Witnesses testified on Wednesday that Kyliene Rhome, 24, of Washington Township, had known of instances of abuse by the ...
There is no doubt Notorious Grooms made an impact as a four-year starter on Uniontown鈥檚 boys basketball program. Grooms helped lead the Red Raiders to a state and WPIAL semifinal game and scored 1,684 points in his high school career under the direction of Rob Kezmarsky. Grooms is the ...
With smoldering temperatures on her drive back home to Grindstone from Cary, N.C., chances are Tessa Dellarose didn鈥檛 need to wear the scarf she earned as one of the winners of the 鈥淕olden Fleece鈥 award in the TST, but the 2022 graduate of Brownsville Area High School will need to at ...
Uniontown was in a good spot Wednesday night against Connellsville in a key Fayette County American Legion baseball game at Hutchinson Field in Hopwood. The home team had an 8-1 lead and Connellsville just lifted starting pitcher Mason Miller, who had a rare subpar start, for Grayden ...
On a summer evening in Milwaukee, with his team mired near the bottom of the National League, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan emerged from the dugout mid-game. Bragan headed toward the umpires. Strangely enough, he was sipping from a small drinking carton. Moments earlier, the brash Bucco ...
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is restoring the aquatic life of Dunkard Creek, from the bottom up. At its Union City Aquatic Conservation Center in Erie County, PFBC biologists are raising thousands of native freshwater mussels, spawned by a few individuals captured in ...