Perryopolis man killed in motorcycle crash

An accident on Route 51 on Tuesday morning has resulted in one fatality following a collision between a motorcycle and a truck, according to Fayette County Coroner Dr. Bob Baker. Paul Corbett, 57, of Perryopolis, was pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Coroner Lauren Bilski. All lanes of ...
A Uniontown woman sentenced for third-degree murder in the 2016 death of her 23-month-old daughter is now seeking bail as she petitions the court for a new trial. Andrea Dusha, 35, appeared before Fayette County Judge Linda Codaro on Monday, where her attorneys, Robert Perkins and Ryan James, ...
Even after two remodels, the century-old home and current site of the Flenniken Public Library in Carmichaels has hit the point, both in condition and in size, where it can鈥檛 meet the library鈥檚 needs, said director Nicole Mitchell. 鈥淲e had an engineer come in, and it was going to be ...
Deakyn DeHoet wasn鈥檛 sure how he would do competing in track & field, but as the WPIAL individual championships approach, the Jefferson-Morgan junior is glad he gave the sport a try. DeHoet, who also plays third base for the Rockets in baseball, didn鈥檛 have the opportunity to ...
In what was likely their last meet on the track at Mustang Field, the Laurel Highlands senior duo of Diondra Brown and Matt Schwertfeger dominated the competition on their way to winning the Track and Overall MVP awards Saturday afternoon in the Fayette County Coaches Association Track & ...
Only 43 seconds separated the top three finishers in the Mt. Summit Challenge on a Sunday morning that started at the bottom of the mountain in Hopwood and climbed 3.5 miles to the Historic Summit Inn Resort in Farmington. Elizabeth鈥檚 Mitchell Minda, 25, won the race in 26:03.1 over Jesse ...
Every summer for more than I can recall, I've read, or reread, two books, both by F. Scott Fitzgerald. One is the novel he was working on at the time of his death in 1940, at the age of 44 - 鈥淭he Last Tycoon,鈥 or more properly, 鈥淭he Love of the Last Tycoon, A Western.鈥 The other is ...
Fishing conditions were poor for the April 5 opening day of trout season on area streams. Heavy rain for several days prior to the opener made creeks and streams high and muddy. Anglers have everything going against them on creeks near flood stage. Trout don鈥檛 feed. Instead, they hug the ...