Powellton News

The Open Bible Temple Independent Baptist Church, Powellton, will have homecoming services beginning with Sunday school at 10 a.m. on Sunday, followed by the morning worship and lunch around 12:30 p.m. There will not be an evening service.

A Fayette County man is behind bars, charged in connection with a murder. According to the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, Scott Boyd Burgess, 44 of Powellton, was arrested Friday night around 10:00. Police say Burgess is accused of setting fire to a home, killing Kenneth Edward Pritt, 30 also of Powellton, last month.

A domestic dispute turned to gun fire. According to the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, Michael Jackson, 30 of Smithers, was shot several times, early Saturday morning.

Authorities have arrested a man and charged him with murder and first-degree arson related to a mobile home fire in July.

Conrad G. Locus II of Lincoln County will sign copies of his travel guide from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Taylor Books on Capitol Street.

Conrad G. Locus II of Lincoln County will sign copies of his travel guide from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Taylor Books on Capitol Street.

The State Fire Marshal's office is investigating after a Jackson County man was found dead in the bedroom of a Fayette County home Sunday night.

Two groups are challenging the state Department of Environmental Protection's renewal of a permit for a Consol Energy strip mine in Fayette County.