The Fayette County Zoning Hearing Board held a public hearing in regards to granting a special exception to a Maryland-based energy company that wants to build nearly 50,000 solar panels in Nicholson Township. About 60 people filed into the meeting room at the former Gallatin Bank Building ...

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 ...