Markleysburg News

A Fayette County man is facing charges of aggravated assault and driving under the influence in connection with a traffic accident April 25 that injured five people.

Saltlick Township supervisors held a public hearing concerning the Fayette County Mountain Area Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Plan, which they plan to adopt next year.

In Mayberry, N.C., when Floyd the barber learned the vacationing visitor was from Pennsylvania, he asked if he knew where Coopersburg was.

Junior Williams was busy with cooking 5,000 pounds of potatoes that Susie Marietta, at left, was slicing into home fries the day before the start of the famous Ohiopyle Buckwheat pancake breakfast that began Friday.

High winds propelling a cold front southeast over the Great Lakes region early Monday pushed trees and wires down onto numerous roadways throughout the area "The winds are strong, it will stay windy tonight and, because of that, it will be colder tomorrow," said National Weather Service meteorologist Brad Rehak.

The body of a Perryopolis man believed to have drowned Monday afternoon was recovered Wednesday morning in Youghiogheny Dam Reservoir in Somerset County.

Authorities are investigating the reported drowning Monday of an unidentified man at Yough Dam Reservoir in Somerset County.

Paul Paterra can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6220. A Fayette County man has been identified as the drowning victim divers are searching for at Yough Dam Reservoir in Somerset County, authorities said today.

A Uniontown man was killed last night when the motorcycle he was operating struck the rear of another vehicle in Fayette County.

The UFo Race Championship tour, featuring dirt late models, makes its first appearance today at Lernerville Speedway for the "Lunarville 33." Tonight's 33-lap race features a grand prize of $2,000 and kicks off a huge weekend for local late model drivers.

The UFo Race Championship tour, featuring dirt late models, makes its first appearance today at Lernerville Speedway for the "Lunarville 33." Tonight's 33-lap race features a grand prize of $2,000 and kicks off a huge weekend for local late model drivers.

State police said two Markleysburg teens were walking through the parking lot from Lowe's to Super Kmart at 12:20 p.m. Friday when they were approached by two black men who asked if they could make change for a $10 bill.

A black bear was struck by a vehicle and killed Sunday in Fayette County, said Fayette 911.