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Digging out

A skid-loader pushes snow from the shoulder of East Main Street in front of the Fayette County Courthouse in Uniontown and piles it up to give motorists more room to navigate through the city Wednesday. Uniontown officials declared a state of emergency following Sunday’s winter storm that ...

Chilled to the bone – and the joints: cold weather’s impact on arthritis

For decades, countless numbers of people with arthritis have claimed they know how cold the weather is based on pain in their joints. And while there is limited scientific evidence to support that notion, doctors have stood by their patients’ belief. “There’s not a ton of hardcore ...

Masontown woman accused of assaulting infant child

A Masontown woman is charged with an alleged assault that left bruises and fingernail marks on her 1-year-old child. After taking a polygraph test, Arayiah Harris, 19, confessed to assaulting her child in her home, according to her criminal complaint. She told police her child had been crying ...

Connellsville man charged with raping child

A Connellsville man faces nearly 40 felony counts after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 7-year-old girl on several occasions. Joshua Melke, 31, was reported by the girl’s mother after she came home to find Melke lying on top of her child, the complaint said. Police said Melke admitted to ...

Local school districts awarded grant funding

A little over $79,000 in grants were awarded to support programs in six Fayette County school districts. The grants, given out in the fall, came from donor-advised funds at the Community Foundation of Fayette County and the state Department of Community and Economic Development. Laurel ...

Emergency declarations create flexibility, future funding possibilities

Several municipalities across Fayette and Washington counties declared a state of emergency ahead of Sunday’s snowstorm and the ongoing cold snap. Local administrators said the declarations allowed them to line up extra workers and suppliers faster, and potentially enable them to get ...