Fayette County News

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

The former operators of a Fayette County kennel are seeking more than $75,000 in a federal civil lawsuit claiming that they were unlawfully targeted by state inspectors.

Voters in two western Pennsylvania counties have apparently elected their first female Common Pleas judges.

Two Fayette County men have admitted they were caught breaking into a rural home on a video camera, usually used to observe deer-feeding, according to state police at Uniontown.

The former executive director of a western Pennsylvania sewer authority has pleaded guilty to charges he stole $141,000 from the agency, though the amount he'll have to repay remains a matter of dispute.

A Frazier School Board member got into an argument with a Pittsburgh man over a spilled drink last week before being stabbed, according to a criminal complaint filed Oct.

A Washington County coal company Friday submitted a guilty plea to one misdemeanor count each of pollution and unlawful conduct before Fayette County Judge Steve Leskinen.

The two candidates for judge in Fayette County are wooing voters with their respective years of experience practicing law.

A Fayette County woman has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder for her role in the death of her newborn baby girl more than nine years ago.

Police are searching for the person responsible for an armed robbery at a gas station in Bullskin Township, Fayette County on Wednesday night.

Two Fayette County prison guards who were assigned to monitor live surveillance-camera feeds of an inmate's cell failed to notice as the man made two attempts to hang himself over at least 20 minutes before succeeding, according to county officials.

A new link between Fayette and Greene counties is set to open Thursday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on the new Point Marion Bridge at 10 a.m. The structure carries Route 88 over the Monongahela River.

The Fayette County Coroner's Office has identified the 26-year-old man who was killed in a one-vehicle crash in Fayette County Friday night.

A missing man was found alive Friday night in Fayette County, state police said.

Officials cut the ribbon on a new $21 million Point Marion Bridge this morning. The span carries Route 88 over the Monongahela River between Greene and Fayette counties.

Fayette County taxpayers will have to fork over $25,378 more in legal fees for the attorney of a convicted double murderer.

A Fayette County man is accused of trying to sell a kilo of cocaine with an estimated street value of $110,000 to an undercover police officer, resulting in what officials say is one of the largest drug seizures in county history.

Nine educators from Fayette County were recognized as Educators of the Year by the Fayette Chamber of Commerce.

Police said three people were stabbed during a bar fight in Fayette County overnight.

Dozens of people were involved in a Fayette County bar fight and three people were hospitalized with injuries early Friday morning.