Martin News

A Fayette County man testified Friday that he intended only to rescue his brother from an unprovoked fight, and did not kick Robert L. Blakely Jr., 46, of Trenton, N.J., outside a Georges Township bar, blinding him in one eye.

A civil lawsuit filed Monday in Fayette County pits two Connellsville Area School Board members against five other directors.

It's baseball season! We have teamed up once again with the Slate Belt & Whitehall Area Chambers of Commerce to bring to our members two exciting Iron Pigs events! Plan to join us on either June 12th for the family fun picnic buffet or on July 28th for an upscale business event in the party porch.

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM Richland High School junior Brianna Martin may not have aspirations of making art her career, but she revels in the idea of displaying her work in a professional gallery.

Dec. 1 Christina Ball v. Taeger B. Osburn PA-Wesley Harrison White; J-Darrell Pratt * Ball alleges that in January 2008, Osburn cut down 24 to 27 trees on her property.

Obesity can run in families, but family lifestyle has just as much to do with teenagers' weight as their genes do, new research shows.