Connellsville News

A summer thunderstorm cut short the latest Healthy Lifestyles Task Force of Fayette County walk, but approximately 75 people from throughout the county got a historic tour of Connellsville before its end.

All driver's license and photo centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed on July 4, in observance of Independence Day.

Judy Kroeger can be reached at jkroeger@tribweb.com or 724-626-3538. Connellsville Township supervisors have banned burning in the township for two months.

The fourth annual Connellsville Soap Box Derby will return in July with two classes of racing vehicles.

Connellsville will be celebrating big this week. The Greater Connellsville Chamber of Commerce is once again hosting this year's annual fireworks display.

A tradition that has been occurring for several years in Connellsville made a return this summer.

Charges of criminal homicide against a Vanderbilt man have been waived to court.

A Connellsville man is free on $10,000 bond after he allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend. Devon Edward Lamanna, 19, of 238 E. Fairview Ave., allegedly broke into the apartment of his ex-girlfriend, Amber Beatty of Connellsville, at 4:55 a.m. on Wednesday, by going through the ceiling from a common hallway in the apartment building on South ...

Four members of South Connellsville Volunteer Fire Department were issued fines Thursday because the department had eight illegal video gambling devices, authorities said.

State police say they used DNA found on a discarded beer can to link a man to an arson that caused $200,000 damage to an unoccupied house in southwestern Pennsylvania.

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DNA material obtained from a beer can at the scene of an East Huntingdon arson fire in March led to charges filed Monday against a Connellsville man.

Crossing Schedule Partial schedule of activities for Braddock's Crossing includes: Saturday 11 a.m.: Opening ceremony Noon: Beaded necklaces, children's games, blacksmith -- fire starting, native weapons, tactics, Woodlands Indian culture 1 p.m.: River crossing 2 p.m.: Toy-making -- storytelling, bow- and arrow-making, mustering drill, metal ...

The South Connellsville Rod and Gun Club will hold free .22-rifle instructional training classes for ages 10 to 16 from 5 p.m. to dark on July 8, 15 and 22.

Connellsville broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the sixth inning on its way to a 4-0 victory over host Farmington in Fayette Legion action.

Police have determined that a southwestern Pennsylvania man died of natural causes the same day his longtime girlfriend was found beaten to death in a separate residence in the same town.

A landlords' group is suing a southwestern Pennsylvania city saying an ordinance requiring absentee landlords to appoint property managers is unconstitutional.

A group of landlords has filed a civil lawsuit contending the city of Connellsville's new landlord ordinance is unconstitutional.

Work on Memorial Bridge in Connellsville will force single-lane restrictions Tuesdays through Thursdays from June 23 through July 6. The restrictions will be in place for the preliminary work on the bridge that carries Route 119 over the Youghiogheny River Park, the River Train, the river and CSX Railroad.

Nancy Haggerty's garden in Connellsville opens up in the back with an iron archway and even has a small pond.