Running of the Wools sheep races return to Washington’s streets
The October death of a Uniontown woman who was found dead at home in what the Fayette County coroner’s office called unsanitary conditions has been deemed a homicide by the coroner. Elizabeth Fike, 44, had been bed-ridden for three months at her home on North Gallatin Avenue in Uniontown before dying from complications of neglect, Fayette County Coroner Dr. Bob Baker wrote in a news release Thursday. Baker said Fike’s caretaker had “basically let her rot in a bed for three months.” “He was her primary caregiver, and a paid caregiver, hired caregiver, and her care was dependent on him,” he said in an interview Thursday. “He just let her lay there.” Baker performed an ...
A newly tie-dyed Volkwagen Beetle now has a permanent parking place. The borough’s zoning board voted 4-0 Monday night to grant an exemption to allow Farley’s Hotel Cafe owner Farley Toothman to mount the painted shell of a Beetle on the garage wall opposite his cafe on Morgan Street. ...
The westbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the Taylorstown exit were closed for three hours Thursday afternoon following a head-on crash that killed one person. Emergency responders were called to the crash near the 10-mile marker of I-70 in Buffalo Township shortly before 1:30 p.m., state ...
Three months after a devastating fire destroyed the historic “old barn” on Route 519 and killed 147 sheep, the Ross Farm is getting a new barn as it rebuilds the flock. Amy Ross Manko, who owns the 178-acre property in North Bethlehem Township, didn’t have to look far to find a ...
PHOENIX – Brandon Lowe had three hits, including his 10th homer, and Joey Bart also went deep to back Mitch Keller, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 Thursday. Keller (4-1) went six-plus innings, retiring 10 straight between Corbin Carroll's solo home run in the ...
Washington used the long ball to take down Jefferson-Morgan. Chessa Henderson, Z Kyiah Hines, Kali Hagan and Kieran Wormsley hit a home run apiece for the Prexies in an 11-1 win over the Rockets in a nonsection softball game Thursday afternoon that featured two playoff-bound teams. Henderson ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Skenes threw eight brilliant innings in one of the best outings of the young star's career, Brandon Lowe hit a solo homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Arizona Diamondbacks 1-0 on Wednesday night. Skenes — the defending National League Cy Young award winner — ...
Periodically, a news story comes across my iPad that I just can’t stop thinking about. This story started like this: “On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar.” That opening line drew me in almost as fast as “A Florida man ..." “The caller was the bartender,” and ...
The 2026 Jonathan Flickinger Giving Heart Recognition has been awarded to Washington & Jefferson College junior Emily Grace Bloom. Her name will appear on the Flickinger Giving Heart plaque recognizing each year’s selection and displayed on the W&J campus. Bloom is the ninth recipient ...
