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Two charged with killing Uniontown man

Two Fayette County residents are accused of killing a 71-year-old man whose body was found bound and covered in blanket near railroad tracks in North Union Township. Terry Newland, 58, and Alysha Riggans, 30, conspired to kill their roommate Ralph Brown for four days before Brown's body was ...

‘The perfect storm’

When many domestic violence victims leave an abusive relationship, they have to start from scratch. That can mean a financially dependent victim has to get a job. It can also mean going from two incomes to one. Inflation can compound the problem, said Jackie Parker, a communications ...

PennDOT touts highway improvements on Interstate 70

Construction on numerous sections of Interstate 70 in Washington and Westmoreland counties is continuing as part of the state Department of Transportation’s long-term efforts to modernize the highway originally built in the mid-20th century. For more than a decade, PennDOT has been improving ...

$1.7 billion power project would cross Greene, Fayette counties

A proposed pathway of high-voltage electric lines would run through Greene, Fayette, and eight other counties in the state. The project would create a succession of 765-kilovolt lines running 220 miles from the Kammer substation in Marshall County, W.Va., to the Juniata substation in Perry ...

Uniontown woman accused of trying to throw child through third-story window

A Uniontown woman is accused of attempting to throw a child out of a third-story window and holding him in a tub of water while babysitting. Vira Zabudko, 40, had been asked to watch Karen Garcia’s 5-year-old son and his 11-year-old brother at her apartment on Berkeley Street while Garcia ...