Newell News

Fallowfield Township is at a crossroads with its police department, and hopefully, it will follow a path to regional coverage.

The 11-year-old boy who told Southwest Regional police last month that a man grabbed him and tried to pull him into a van near Newell post office, Fayette County, apparently made up the story.

Fayette County authorities say a report last month of an attempted child abduction in Newell was a hoax.

With the help of his brother, a boy escaped an attempted abduction in Fayette County on Wednesday morning, the second such incident in the county in three days.

Police in Fayette County are investigating the second attempted child abduction reported this week.

Southwest Regional police are looking for a man who grabbed a 11-year-old boy and tried to pull him into a vehicle in the borough of Newell, Fayette County, just across the Monongahela River from Coal Center, ...

Donald L. Newell, age 64, formerly of Rocky Spring Road, Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord on April 10, 2008 in Cebu, Philippines. via Chambersburg Public Opinion

“Low-level individuals traditionally work in connection with drug rings that move in to towns and corner the drug market. Without the street-level runners and dealers, these major drug dealers have a major void in their organization.”

Ten street-level drug dealers, operating in Greene County, have been charged today as part of a task force sweep targeting low level drug dealers in Southwestern Pennsylvania. via Attorneygeneral.gov

There was no shortage of news as March roared in like the proverbial lion 40 years ago. via Http

Man wanted State police said an arrest warrant has been issued for Charles Murray of Brownsville. via Herald-Standard

Herald-Standard readers are responding by sending $3,698 to the Give-A-Christmas campaign. via Herald-Standard

“Hopefully, it will be a good fit for (Rosiak) and the county.”

The Fayette County commissioners Tuesday took a step toward hiring a Newell woman as the new director of the Fayette County Office of Planning, Zoning and Community Development. via Herald-Standard

A steady stream of young and old flowed into the Salvation Army's Christmas Castle at Uniontown Mall Saturday to meet Mr. via Herald-Standard

The South Huntingdon Township supervisors' plan to discuss a possible curfew is proof of the need for regional police protection. via Http