Brownsville News

Brownsville Tri-County Hospital officials say they have several ideas to make the shuttered hospital a success - from adding specialty services for diabetes and prostate cancer to mental health treatment for adolescents to providing a wellness center.

The 233rd anniversary of American independence coincides with the 170th birthday of the nation's first cast-iron bridge, constructed in Brownsville in 1839.

A Fayette County man was charged with exposing himself to three girls. Police said it happened yesterday afternoon as the girls walked down Bank Street in Brownsville.

Four members of South Connellsville Volunteer Fire Department were issued fines yesterday because the department had eight illegal video gambling devices.

An argument led to a man's fatal stabbing in Fayette County late Friday night. According to a prepared statement released by state police on Saturday morning, Clarence Blair III, 48, of Brownsville, was stabbed on Main Street in Redstone Township shortly after 10 p.m. and was driven to Uniontown Hospital, where he died.

A southwestern Pennsylvania man is jailed on a charge of criminal homicide because a prosecutor says he ran over his wife after learning she planned to leave him.

The instant Laura Morris heard her childhood friend had died in a vehicle-pedestrian accident late Saturday in Fayette County, the North Carolina woman suspected foul play.

A Fayette County man is accused of running over his wife with his car and leaving her for dead on Route 40 in Menallen Township late Saturday night.

A makeshift memorial marks the scene where a woman was fatally struck by a car overnight.

Officials in Fayette County are continuing to investigate after a woman was struck and killed by a car late Saturday evening.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. The pedestrian who was struck and killed by a car late Saturday in Fayette County was identified today as Carmen Higinbotham, 30, of Brownsville.

Amy Fauth can be reached at afauth@tribweb.com or 724-626-3537. Connellsville City Treasurer Judy Keller is concerned about the amount of real estate taxes that go unpaid each year.

" An outsider driving through downtown Brownsville would never know that under the pavement rests one of the most important engineering accomplishments in America.

An elderly Fayette county woman is in the hospital after she impaled her car on a guard rail.

A Fayette County man accused of fatally shooting another man was held for trial at a preliminary hearing Monday.

Several candidates who were not on the ballot in Fayette County's spring primary will appear on the fall ballot for the general election because they garnered enough write-in votes to earn nominations.

A Brownsville man who saw his car being stolen Tuesday night followed the alleged culprits and helped police capture them.

Richard Gazarik can be reached via e-mail or at 724-830-6292. A former employee of the bankrupt Brownsville General Hospital in Fayette County was charged Wednesday with embezzlement.

Stolen vehicle case: Frederick J. Mieri, 21, of 209 Reliance Ave., and Michael J. Belvis, 24, of 215 Reliance Ave., both of Brownsville, are being held in connection with a pickup truck that was stolen about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday from Loskoa s Garage, 246 Old National Pike, court records show.

A.J. Panian can be reached via e-mail . What is being called a "last-ditch" community effort is under way to save Brownsville Tri-County Hospital from foreclosure.