Fayette County Fair cuts ribbon on new barn
A Farmington man is accused of traveling to a Fayette County park with the intent of a sexual encounter with a teenage girl. Gary Phares Jr., 39, had been communicating via text and Facebook with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl for a month before Wednesday afternoon鈥檚 planned meet-up at the Wharton Township Park, according to the criminal complaint. On Monday, a person not listed in the criminal complaint contacted Pennsylvania State Police about the messages, which began with Phares asking the girl鈥檚 age and continued with a series of sexual comments, as well as naked photos of Phares, court paperwork stated. Phares also discussed setting up an encounter with the ...
Residents who live along a West Pike Run Township road are raising alarms over a deteriorating road that they say becomes impassable during rainstorms, and poses significant safety risks. Elm Road, which is about a mile-and-a-half long, is an unpaved, gravel road that is narrow and twisty, ...
Greene County residents recovering from drug or alcohol addiction have a new program to assist them with legal issues. Summit Legal Aid is providing new free civil legal help through a $50,000 program launched earlier this month. The program, approved by the Greene County Board of ...
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story included incorrect information regarding recipient projects and total funding disbursements. Fayette County Tire Recycling, Uniontown Area YMCA, Cool Valley and Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs Inc., did not receive funding in the 2025 RACP grant cycle. A mixed-use development, community center and a local library are among the just over $8.6 million in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant awards announced last week by Gov. Josh Shapiro. The seven recipients in Fayette, Greene and Washington counties are part of the $134 million in funding distributed to projects across Southwestern Pennsylvania during the 2025 ...
Madison Wiltrout has had many high points in her javelin career. One of the most memorable was her heave of 185 feet, 8 inches on May 7, 2015, at Norwin, as a sophomore at Connellsville, which still stands as the girls national high school record. Wiltrout went on to become a four-time ...
Hopwood Village Plaza found itself in a familiar position Thursday in Game 2 of their Fayette County Baseball League first-round playoff game at Charleroi. The Magicians pushed across three runs in the first inning, but Hopwood rallied to tie it and pulled out a 5-4 win in eight innings to ...
Carmichaels' 4-1 lead seemed fairly safe as it headed into the seventh inning of its Fayette County Baseball League playoff game on Thursday at Mill Run. The Copperheads made completely sure they wound complete a sweep of their best-of-three first-round playoff series in their final ...
The granddaddy of them all kicks off the local fair season this week. The Jacktown Fair 鈥� considered one of the oldest continually operating agricultural fairs in the country 鈥� started in 1866 as the Jacksonville Fair. For a little perspective on how long the event has been part of rural ...
Yes, crop damage from overabundant deer is a big problem for agriculture in this region. And everyone agrees that deer on the highway are a hazard to motorists鈥� safety (not enough of a concern, though, to curb speed). Less obvious but serious for the future is the damage too many deer ...
