Brownsville News

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

I'm walking my dog early Tuesday night when my wife calls me on my cell, and she's going all Gladys Kravitz on me.

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

Allowing children to "chill," without having first earned the privilege, promotes an expectation of receiving rather than giving, said Dr.

A World War II veteran who survived the Battle of the Bulge is facing a different kind of fight: one to save his reputation.

Written by Christian Morrow - Courier Staff Writer Thursday, 15 October 2009 13:17 It would make a great movie; poor kid works his way from the streets of South Oakland to Harvard, then law school, then to the mayor's office via a grass-roots independent campaign.

She has been "the love of his life" for more than 60 years. William Weaver came to Pennsylvania from Chattanooga, Tenn., on New Year's Day, 1949, sent by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to work in this region.

A Bentleyville man is being held in the Fayette County Prison after an altercation with a state trooper in which he was subdued with a Taser.

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Two people were sent to the hospital following a shooting in Fayette County. But police said there is a twist to the case; investigators told Channel 4 Action News they believe the shooting was accidental.

Two volunteer firefighters last night got bogged down in thick mud while trying to rescue a Fayette County teenager from a slate dump where he became stuck while off-roading in a sport utility vehicle.

A Fayette County woman who told police her friend was robbed at gunpoint was taken to jail - along with a male acquaintance - after officers discovered both were wanted on bench warrants.

Russell Crowe is planning to spend some time this week in the Allegheny County Jail.

You can blame actors Russell Crowe and Liam Neeson if you get caught in turnpike traffic on Monday in Fayette County.

A Fayette County woman accused in the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend will claim self-defense at trial, according to her attorney.

Fayette County Judge Ralph Warman agreed Friday to remove about 100 properties owned by Allegheny County real-estate speculators Ernest and Marilyn Liggett from a county tax sale scheduled for Monday.

Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato presented his 2010 Comprehensive Fiscal Plan to County Council this evening.

" The story involving two cousins of President George Washington having been killed by their slaves and buried in Brownsville appears to have been mostly bogus from the onset.

Brownsville Borough may have boarded a train to nowhere. Heeding the call of a veteran railroad conductor, borough council this week agreed to sponsor a high-speed railroad corridor that would connect Pittsburgh to Columbus, Ohio, at a cost of $18 million in federal stimulus money.

5:30 p.m. - Police asked a person sleeping behind Sennott Square to leave, and the person complied.