New legal aid program in Greene helps people in recovery
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 ...
A Washington County man charged last year in the 2022 killing of another man in New Kensington was found not guilty of murder and other felony charges. The four-day trial last week for Larry Osborn Nix II at the Westmoreland County Courthouse culminated Thursday night with the jury acquitting him on the most serious charges after deliberating for about three hours. Nix, 42, of West Brownsville, was accused of fatally shooting 31-year-old James Michael Hayes while in the parking lot of the Kensington Arms Apartments in New Kensington on Dec. 9, 2022. Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli convened a grand jury to review the case, and Nix was charged last March with ...
A Greene County judge vacated the certification of 33 write-in candidates for Greene County Republican Party committee seats in the May primary after determining they did not receive enough votes to qualify. Court of Common Pleas Judge Christopher Simms handed down the July 15 ruling after the ...
The man who died earlier this year after being taken into police custody in Donora had a lethal amount of fentanyl in his system, according to an autopsy performed by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner鈥檚 office. John F. Miller died at a Pittsburgh hospital five days after he ran from ...
Carmichaels manager Dickie Krause was worried about his team being rusty when the Fayette County Baseball League playoffs began Wednesday. The Copperheads took a while to get going but once they did they pulled away for a 9-3 victory over Mill Run in Game One of their best-of-three, ...
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Max Fried allowed one hit over five innings in his return from a two-month layoff, Jasson Dom铆nguez and Anthony Volpe drove in runs on consecutive pitches in the seventh and the New York Yankees beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 Wednesday night for a doubleheader ...
FRIDAY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m. DISTRICT BASEBALL FAYETTE COUNTY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS First Round (Best of 3) Mill Run at Carmichaels, Carmichaels H.S., 6 p.m., if necessary Charleroi at Hopwood, at Hutchinson Field, 7 p.m., if necessary
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 ...
Already scientists are growing concerned over the possibility of a Super El Nino weather event developing and its effect on much of the world鈥檚 weather. Pacific water temperatures are already nearing 3 degrees above normal and while this may not seem like much one must remember we are ...
