Fayette County News

State police in Uniontown said a Fayette County woman is facing charges that allege she pulled out a rifle and aimed it at a clerk and customers of a convenience store.

Hundreds of tires burned for hours at a former junk yard in Dunbar Township in Fayette County.

Two guards have been fired as a coroner and prosecutor continue investigating the death of an inmate who hanged himself in county jail in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Fayette County commissioners will meet 10 a.m. Thursday in the commissioners meeting room in the courthouse, 61 East Main St., Uniontown.

A Fayette County man who was wanted on a bench warrant may have unwittingly led police right to him by intentionally tripping a hospital's fire alarm around 1 a.m. Tuesday, according to a Uniontown police report.

A Fayette County motorist yesterday was charged with homicide and related counts in connection with the traffic crash death of a teenage passenger.

Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation has used 12 pounds of explosives to bring one of the state's most structurally problematic bridges crashing into a river.

A second person from Fayette County has died of the H1N1 flu virus, according to the state Health Department.

Share + Nov 11, 2009 3:53 pm US/Eastern CONNELLSVILLE A Fayette County woman has died from complications of the H1N1 flu.

State Rep. Tim Mahoney insists it's time for Fayette County's political subdivisions to "end decades of parochialism in providing public services" by conducting town hall meetings to discuss regionalization of police and fire protection.

An anonymous call Wednesday night led to the apprehension of a Fayette County man who was wanted on kidnapping and rape charges.

The Fayette County coroner confirmed Tuesday that one person died from H1N1-related issues.

Six months after an Albert Gallatin Area High School student was killed in a Fayette County crash, police have filed charges against the driver.

A controversial Fayette County church that used music as part of its worship has agreed to a permanent ban on outdoor concerts as a result of a police raid at an Aug.

A failed candidate has filed an emergency petition with the state's Supreme Court seeking to stay election results from the May primary and November general election in Fayette County.

Two men accused of robbing a Fayette County man of $1,100, his welfare card and other items had criminal charges dropped after they made restitution to the victim.

The demolition of one of the most dangerous bridges in southwestern Pennsylvania has been delayed a week.

A Fayette County woman who allegedly was preoccupied on MySpace when her 3-year-old daughter fell out of a two-story window has entered guilty pleas to criminal charges in exchange for a sentence of probation.

A Fayette County woman was charged Thursday with embezzling more than $500,000 from a Washington County Ford dealership.

The former operators of a Fayette County kennel are seeking more than $75,000 in a federal civil lawsuit claiming that they were unlawfully targeted by state inspectors.