Connellsville News

As a former resident of Connellsville -- 1939 to 1963 -- I had to write to tell you of my reaction upon entering the city June 20 after completing a bicycle trip from Cumberland to Connellsville.

The case against a Normalville man accused of attacking his sister on Father's Day was dismissed Thursday because the victim refused to testify.

Helen Alt has been painting local historic scenes in watercolor and oil for years and frequently displays her work at the annual Laurel Art Club show at the Carnegie Free Library.

It started as a three-member band that performed at graduation parties. Now, Connellsville-based Make Them Bleed is a five-member metal band that competed in the Exposure Music Festival earlier this year in ...

Connellsville Area school directors did not discuss the 2008-2009 budget during an agenda planning session two nights before directors will likely vote on the plan.

Laurel: To Henry F. Molinaro and the Molinaro Band. Celebrating its 95th year, the band has become a Connellsville institution.

Devon Geary singled, doubled and tripled as the Connellsville Crush 13- and 14-year-old team defeated West Mifflin, 10-0. Cameron Bernhardt, Andrew Stone and Garrett Lowman each doubled and singled.

America's independence will be celebrated this year with various Fourth of July celebrations in the Fay-West region.

Three elementary schools that were to be mothballed this fall will remain open, as per terms of an agreement reached this morning between Connellsville Area School District and a group of taxpayers who filed a ...

Rain didn't dampen the spirits of borough residents who got together to kick off the 125th birthday of their town.

Parents and taxpayers who filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Connellsville Area School District from closing three elementary schools and reconfiguring grades have no legal standing to challenge either decision, ...

The federal Food and Drug Administration has indicated that tomatoes grown in Pennsylvania are not associated with the recent salmonellosis outbreak.

A Fayette County man accused of setting eight fires that caused $2.1 million in damage is unlikely to stand trial, but a judge on Wednesday held off on a request to release him from jail.

The Connellsville Municipal Authority has decided to add $1.2 million to its planned combined sewer overflows project.

Judge Steve Leskinen says he wants more safeguards in place before 27-year-old Robert Franklin Ray Jr.

A Fayette County judge will hear testimony June 19 from a coalition of Connellsville Area School District parents that has challenged a decision by certain members of the board of directors to shutter three ...

Emergency river rescue personnel spent the day Sunday searching for a Canonsburg man who was swept over the waterfall at Ohiopyle State Park Friday.

Kolby Oswald has found his niche in life and found a career he truly enjoys. Oswald, of Connellsville, recently opened Oswald's Creations.

Charlie Brown may be a good man, but Snoopy is the star of "Snoopy!! The Musical," being presented now at the Geyer Theater for Performing Arts in Scottdale.

In the usual rite of passage, our young people are leaving their high schools for college, the military, technical schools and perhaps, though less so these days, for jobs.