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 student-led service project at the California campus of PennWest University has helped expand access to books in the community. Members of the campus Speech and Hearing Club, part of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA), designed, built and donated a free library ...
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 ...
“Alicia’s Law,” which is named for a woman who was abducted when she was a teenager from her Crafton Heights home by an online predator, was approved Wednesday by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. If the measure is approved by the state Senate and signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro, it would establish a state grant program to help law enforcement track down internet predators who target children. Twelve other states have already put similar laws on their books. Alicia Kozakiewicz, who survived her abduction on New Year’s Day 2002 and is now 38 years old, has been an advocate for strengthening laws that go after child predators who lurk online. The House bill was first ...
For the first 16 innings of Washington & Jefferson’s games in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference baseball tournament, the host team’s relief pitchers weren’t exactly busy. The W&J relievers went through bags of sunflower seeds, did some stretching and watched the Presidents’ ...
When the WPIAL released the softball pairings on Thursday afternoon, it became clear that in Class A and 2A recent success was a major factor. Defending champion Union got the nod for the top seed in Class A and Carmichaels is the second seed and West Greene is third. In Class 2A, Laurel was ...
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 ...
