In honor of National Recovery month, the Fayette County Drug and Alcohol Commission is hosting a free recovery walk on Saturday, Sept. 7 at the Hutchinson Park in Uniontown, with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m. BMX athlete and Olympic coach Tony Hoffman will be Saturday's guest ...
A 100-foot-wide navigation channel was opened Thursday at Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District. Commercial vessels will now be able to pass through the center of the dam and the first such vessel did so Thursday morning. The channel has a ...
Washington County Controller April Sloane pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty in the starvation death of her pet dog last year and must resign from office at the end of the month, although she will avoid any jail time as part of the plea deal. Sloane appeared Thursday morning before Judge ...
The Fayette County Coroner's Office released its first-ever annual report, providing a comprehensive look at the causes and trends of deaths in the region over the past 23 years. And while the report gives an in-depth and quantifiable insight at the causes of death that have occurred in the ...
Last year Fayette County saw the second highest number of overdose deaths in the past 23 years, according to the Fayette County Coroner's annual report. There were 74 overdose deaths in 2023, a 4.2% increase from the previous year. The highest number of deaths attributed to overdoses ...
The Burgettstown man accused of striking police officers with a metal pipe and throwing objects at them during the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol is expected to plead guilty to federal charges this afternoon. Joshua Lee Atwood, 32, is scheduled for a change of plea hearing at 2:30 p.m. ...
