Vanderbilt News

A Fayette County man accused of the choking death of a Connellsville man has been released on bail.

The Frazier High School Cross Country team wishes to recognize its senior runners.

Mark Hofmann can be reached at mhofmann@tribweb.com or 724-626-3539. Vanderbilt council talked Tuesday night about having some kind of local police presence in the borough.

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.

You're riding along on your bike. The multiple lanes of straight paved highway are there.

Mark Hofmann can be reached at mhofmann@tribweb.com or 724-626-3539. For the 17th year, the Greater Tri-Town Historical Society Homecoming Weekend will bring people together for food, music, a parade and good times in Dawson.

Tuesday the Brownfield Community Center will hold an Election Day luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and a spaghetti dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. The Brownfield Community board of directors will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday.

A Fayette County property owner who was cited for prohibited occupancy at two Connellsville properties has been given additional time to repair the properties or demolish them.

The Brownfield Community Library is now open five days per week -- noon to 2 p.m. weekdays, along with the regular evening hours 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Connellsville Area School Board will meet tonight to discuss a feasibility study by Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates of the district's buildings.

A man from Fayette County is behind bars accused of strangling another man during a fight over the weekend.

A Fayette County man was charged this afternoon with homcide in the Saturday strangulation death of another man at a home in Vanderbilt.

State police are investigating the death of a Connellsville man late Saturday who apparently got in a fight and later died.

Liz Zemba can be reached via e-mail or at 724-626-3561. A Mt. Pleasant woman was sentenced on Wednesday to 23 months intermediate punishment after entering a guilty plea to homicide by vehicle.

Allegheny Power plans an update to its Tri-Town Substation with work that will involve changing a disconnect at the substation.

The hearing for a Connellsville man charged with homicide by vehicle has been continued.

Tyrone Presbyterian Church's local mission project called Angel Food Ministry will be accepting orders from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Connellsville Area School Board took another step Wednesday night toward possibly closing one or more schools and reconfiguring grades when it convened a state-mandated public hearing.

A Fayette County man sustained burns of unknown severity during a mobile home fire on Sunday.

A Connellsville man is charged with homicide by vehicle in connection with a March collision along Route 119 in Bullskin that killed a Vanderbilt woman.