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After a tense week, South Connellsville Borough has come to an agreement with South Connellsville Volunteer Fire Company, releasing a joint statement announcing the resolution on Friday afternoon. The South Connellsville Borough Council had voted unanimously to change the borough鈥檚 official first responder designation to Connellsville Township Volunteer Fire Company after a communication breakdown and allegations of mismanagement at the local fire company. According to Mayor Chris Wiltrout, relations grew increasingly strained over recent years as fire company attendance at council meetings declined, leading to a lack of effective communication with company leadership. This, in ...
A Philadelphia man accused of arranging another man鈥檚 death was arraigned Friday and sent to Westmoreland County jail without bond. Tuan Minh Dang, 47, is accused of hiring someone to kill Boyke Budiarachman in the parking lot of a Rostraver Township shopping plaza on Nov. 5, 2022, at the behest of Keven Van Lam. Authorities have said Lam, 58, of North Strabane Township, and Budiarachman, 49, of Rostraver, were former business associates whose relationship had soured. The alleged hitman, who has never been arrested, shot Budiarachman in the head, though Lam told police he鈥檇 only wanted Budiarachman beaten on the leg with a baseball bat. According to court documents, Lam gave ...
Delman Shaulis was at a halfway house in Farmington working to stay sober when he was connected to Goodwill Industries. He worked with Krystle Patterson-Hubeaut, employment specialist with Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania - Human Services, to find a job. She worked with Shaulis to find ...
Witnesses at Braedon Dickinson鈥檚 preliminary hearing Friday placed he and Lemaur Thompson together less than an hour before Thompson was fatally shot in Uniontown last month. Dickinson, 18, of Connellsville, was held for court on all charges connected to the shooting. Police responded ...
South Connellsville Volunteer Fire Company will remain the designated fire department for South Connellsville Borough after Mayor Chris Wiltrout vetoed a motion to transfer the designation to Connellsville Township Volunteer Fire Company. Borough council members had voted on Monday to switch the official first responder designation to the township department after a breakdown of communication and allegations of financial impropriety at the borough fire department. Wiltrout vetoed the request on Tuesday. According to a release posted to the borough鈥檚 Facebook page on Monday, 鈥渂asic requests for information on training, background checks, financial solvency and ISO ratings went ...
NAME: Jeremiah Robertson SCHOOL: Jefferson-Morgan GRADE: Senior SPORT: Basketball ROBERTSON鈥橲 WEEK: Robertson helped lead the Jefferson-Morgan boys basketball team to its first state victory in 26 years with a game-high 24 points as the Rockets rolled past District 9 champion ...
Girls volleyball will be undergoing a change in alignment in more ways that one for the 2026-27 season. The PIAA has switched the fall sport from four to six classifications and area teams found out which sections they would be in for the next two-year cycle starting this fall. Three local ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) 鈥� Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals and an assist and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Thursday night. Vegas, which had lost six of seven, snapped a three-game losing streak that dropped them to third place in the Pacific Division. With Edmonton ...
Cheers: We鈥檙e in the home stretch of the TikTok成人版鈥檚 annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. It鈥檚 not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...
Hunters and members of waterfowl organizations have several options to ask questions and voice opinions on the 2026-27 proposed migratory game bird seasons. Questions or comments can be submitted by email to waterfowlcomments@pa.gov, or by mail to Pennsylvania Game Commission, Bureau of ...
