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Dogs receive blessing at Uniontown dog park

About a dozen dogs were blessed Saturday during a “Blessing of Animals” at Tails of the Trail Dog Park in Uniontown. “We’ve invited dogs from our church and around the community to come and receive a blessing because we know what a blessing our animals are to us,” said the Rev. Laura ...

‘Wrong place, right time’

The owner of the Hopwood Child Care Center said Sunday night’s storm probably saved several children from being seriously injured when a car crashed into one of the playrooms on Monday morning. “The storm definitely slowed parents down. They were dropping their kids off later than usual, ...

A labor of love

Everytime Marian D’Auria steps into the Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown, she’s surrounded by loved ones. "I have my grandparents there, my parents, aunts, uncles, and four more cousins," D'Auria said, "and of course, my sister. Oh, and then I have ancestors on the hillside on the Route ...

Two accused in Verizon copper wire theft

Two men accused of stealing 700 feet of copper wire from a Verizon tower may have been the cause of a power outage over the summer, according to state police. According to court documents, Jeffrey Howell, 38, of Smithfield and Garrett Keith Weeder Jr., 35, of Carmichaels stole about $3,700 ...

Police: Hopwood man sexually assaulted two juveniles

A Hopwood man faces more than 30 charges related to accusations he sexually assaulted two juveniles. William Russell Cooley, 49, allegedly assaulted a woman who is now an adult for about 10 years, beginning when she was 7 years old. The woman went to police in August 2023 to report the ...