Smock News

Herald-Standard readers are showing their holiday spirit as they continue to donate to the Give-A-Christmas campaign that benefits the Salvation Army.

A Fayette County dog's best friend turned out to be a police officer on Monday. Mike Garrow, canine officer with the Uniontown Police Department, took the 4-month-old, mixed-breed collie to a veterinarian ...

Brittany Cipriani and Blake Muha, the older brother of Michael Muha III, who was fatally shot in his home in Allison 1, participate in a candlelight vigil Friday evening.

More than eight years after "Baby Mary" was found in a backpack in a Fayette County creek, the woman who allegedly gave birth to her as a teenager was identified through new technology and charged in the ...

Two Bradford residents entered no contest pleas to charges relating to the death of 20-year-old college student Alissa Cameron following an accident by the Option House in December.

A Flatwoods firefighter watches a medical helicopter fly away from a mobile home fire at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday at 518 Reservoir Road in Franklin Township.

An armed intruder held a pistol to the head of a 1-year-old during a home invasion in Fayette County, police said.

Did police question a suspect in a fatal accident in December before reading him his rights? That was the argument made by Peter Sala, attorney for Zachery Coon, 20, of 94 Pleasant St., Bradford, at a hearing ...

State police at Belle Vernon are investigating a report of attempted kidnapping at a Fayette County home Friday afternoon.

State police have refiled criminal charges against a Fayette County woman who was caring for a foster child when the boy wandered away from a church party and drowned.

Holy Trinity Church on Connellsville's West Side will celebrate its last Mass at 7 a.m. Sunday.

A Fayette County district judge this morning dismissed criminal charges against a Fayette County woman whose 2-year-old foster child drowned June 8 after wandering away from a church social.

Even though the weather was a little rainy, it did not stop approximately 700 people from participating in the annual Fayette County Start! Heart Walk held at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus on Saturday.

Assault charges against a Fayette County man accused of beating, kicking and biting a 5-year-old boy were upheld Tuesday in district court.

EWA BEACH - Belinda Garza-Smock didn't expect to get pregnant. After four years of trying with husband Matthew, she figured that maybe carrying offspring wasn't meant to be.

The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama will officially open an office at 7:30 p.m. today in Uniontown to reach out to Fayette County voters.

Across the nation, various local United Way organizations are gearing up for their annual Day of Caring, held each year during the first two weeks of September.

A recent spate of vandalism and loitering in the town's park has Trumbauersville officials once again discussing ways to beef up the police presence in the borough.

Connellsville police need the public's help to find the perpetrator of a hit-and-run crash Sunday that sent two motorcyclists to the hospital, one of whom remains in critical condition.

State police said two large hay bales were pushed down a steep hill in the area of Everson Street, noting that one of the round hay bales hit a wooden swing set owned by Michael Rhodes of Everson.