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Uniontown approves establishing endowment fund for city police K-9 program

Uniontown City Council has approved establishing a permanent endowment fund for the city police department’s K-9 program.Council voted to approve a permanent fund agreement with Community Foundation of Fayette County establishing the fund to solicit, manage and distribute donations solely for ...

Uniontown city officials looking for solutions after latest flood

There’s no need to check your calendar.Hundred-year floods have become an annual calamity in the city of Uniontown.“We’ve had three 100-year (flood) storms in two years,” Phil Mahoney, the city’s public works director, told city council at its monthly meeting. “It’s unheard of, so ...

Senate confirms Fayette County native as secretary of defense

WASHINGTON – The Senate has confirmed Army veteran and former defense industry lobbyist Uniontown-area native Mark Esper as secretary of defense.Esper’s confirmation ends a stretch of seven months the Pentagon didn’t have a permanent leader.Esper won Senate confirmation on Tuesday by a ...

Men charged with fleeing police in stolen truck in Uniontown

Two men were arrested after allegedly fleeing state police in a stolen truck Sunday morning at about 80 mph and accelerating toward a group of people on the Sheepskin Trail.Joshua Alexander Jackson, 25, of Caroline Avenue in Uniontown was identified as the driver, and Michael Guty, 48, of ...

Solar co-op to host public information sessions in Uniontown and Waynesburg

The Mon/Yough Solar Co-op, which includes Fayette, Washington and Greene counties, is hosting two free public information sessions.The first will be held at 6 p.m. June 10 at Uniontown Public Library, 24 Jefferson St., and the second at 6:30 p.m. June 17 at Eva K. Bowlby Public Library, 311 N. ...