Uniontown News

November 7, 2009 - In addition to the daily columns I write as the Pittsburgh UFO Examiner , I am also an independent investigator.

Two Fayette County men have admitted they were caught breaking into a rural home on a video camera, usually used to observe deer-feeding, according to state police at Uniontown.

A Fayette County man is in jail after he ran down the middle of a busy city street while handcuffed, forcing vehicles to swerve to avoid him, police said.

A western Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he raped an unconscious victim, a woman who says she was sleeping deeply at her home.

A dozen pickets staged a daylong demonstration outside Uniontown City Hall in Fayette County on Monday to protest the proposed layoffs of seven paid firefighters and other city workers.

A hospital in Fayette County is the latest to go smoke-free. The ban on smoking in Uniontown Hospital, or on property it controls, went into effect Monday.

State police in Uniontown are charging a Fairchance man in connection with an alleged scam that could involve 1,000 people who purchased tickets and as much as $10,000. Police said a man contacted the Morrell Volunteer Fire Department about holding a cash bash at the fire hall Aug.

State police at Uniontown are investigating the 8:30 p.m. Wednesday robbery of an employee at the Honey Bear Sunoco Gas Station, located at the intersection of routes 982 and 119.

A Fayette County woman has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder for her role in the death of her newborn baby girl more than nine years ago.

A girl who was suspended from school in Uniontown after her father's hunting arrows were found in her car spent the time off helping those who are less fortunate.

Two Fayette County prison guards who were assigned to monitor live surveillance-camera feeds of an inmate's cell failed to notice as the man made two attempts to hang himself over at least 20 minutes before succeeding, according to county officials.

State police say they charged a man with stealing a laptop computer after a monitoring device inside it led police to a southwestern Pennsylvania home where the computer was being used.

State police at Uniontown are looking for a suspect in an armed robbery at a gas station Saturday afternoon.

The festival will kick off at 8 a.m. today with a divine liturgy in English, followed at 11:30 a.m. by a Divine Liturgy in Church Slavonic.

A 12-year-old boy has been charged with aggravated assault against a member of the teaching staff of New Directions School in Uniontown.

A 16-year-old Wharton boy was charged through the Fayette County Juvenile Probation office after he allegedly took a vehicle without permission, drove through a neighboring cornfield and caused approximately $3,500 worth of damage.

A Fayette County man is accused of trying to sell a kilo of cocaine with an estimated street value of $110,000 to an undercover police officer, resulting in what officials say is one of the largest drug seizures in county history.

Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania said the Bank of New York Mellon and three other employers across the region will receive its 2009 Power of Work Awards for helping people with special needs overcome barriers to employment.

A Pittsburgh woman is accused of stabbing three women with a utility knife early Friday outside a Uniontown bar.

A Pennsylvania Civil War buff faces a felony charge for accidentally firing a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of his neighbor's home.