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Liz Zemba is a Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-601-2166 or via e-mail. Patrick Ray Haney, 27, of Point Marion, is charged by state police with criminal homicide in the Sept.

Liz Zemba is a Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-601-2166 or via e-mail. An out-of-state company that wants to build a natural gas pipeline in three counties should not be granted public utility status, according to about 30 people who spoke at a hearing on the application on Wednesday in Fayette County.

A Fayette County man, who was the subject of a police search, was located and charged Wednesday night, two days after he allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl in Springhill.

Experts told Marcellus Shale Task Force members and the public on Monday night that Fayette County and its municipalities have the right to regulate the location of compressor stations through zoning ordinances.

From left, June Beal, Michael Long, Joan John and Marigrace Butela, all of Dunbar, listen as Adam Garber speaks during a workshop Saturday hosted by the PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center to help people organize around Marcellus Shale gas issues at the Connellsville Carnegie Library.