Gus Pagonis grew up in Charleroi three-quarters of a century ago, amid smokestacks and among countless Mon Valley kids who likewise were uncertain of their lifetime trajectories. 鈥淚 was in a rock 鈥檔 roll band in the Valley when I was younger,鈥� Pagonis recounted. 鈥淚 think I was 15 or ...
As temperatures soar into the 90s this week, pet owners should refrain from allowing dogs to be outdoors for an extended period of time. Gretchen Grasser, the humane officer for the Washington Area Humane Society, warned that she will be issuing citations to those who violate ...
Editor鈥檚 note: This is the first in an occasional series about the origin of unusual names of places in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties. Growing up in Avella, Joey Gonzalez heard plenty of stories about Shades of Death Road. It鈥檚 a place where people were murdered and hanged. ...
The fiance of a Rostraver Township woman often glared angrily at the suspect accused of killing her as he testified about finding her body the afternoon of April 11. Dorian Coral Jeri-Greene, of Bowie, Md., appeared at the Westmoreland County Courthouse Thursday for his preliminary hearing on ...
A failed attempt to smuggle drugs into the Fayette County jail with a crossbow arrow has led to Uniontown police filing criminal charges Monday against four individuals. Staff at the jail discovered the arrow June 6 near the southeast wall of the facility. According to the criminal ...
A 5-year-old boy was grazed by a bullet Monday morning after playing with an unsecured firearm Fayette County District Attorney Michael Aubele said police were called at about 6:40 a.m. to 1033 Penncraft Road in Luzerne Township. According to Aubele, the boy found a pistol in his mother鈥檚 ...
