Point Marion News

A southwestern Pennsylvania woman accused of having allowed beatings that led to the death of her 4-year-old son has been ordered to stand trial on a homicide charge.

Liz Zemba is a Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-601-2166 or via e-mail. A Fayette County woman accused of homicide in the beating death of her 4-year-old son sat handcuffed in a courtroom with her head bowed on Thursday, sobbing quietly as a state trooper read from a coroner's report.

Charges against a Point Marion woman filed in connection with the death of her 4-year-old son have been held for court.

Open just three days a week, sales numbers show the wine and spirits store in Point Marion with just 3,557 transactions and losses of more than $22,240 a year is more of a community service to the town's 1,160 residents than a profitable enterprise for the state.

The 56-year-old Scott Township woman missing since Wednesday night was found alive in Fayette County, state police said.

A Fayette County homeowner is thanking the watchful eye and quick thinking of a neighbor for breaking up an apparent burglary at his home near Point Marion.