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Two former Laurel Highlands High School teachers accused of sexual misconduct against students waived their preliminary hearings Wednesday morning. Daniel Cervone and Martin Gatti, both 51, are expected to stand trial sometime next summer, unless they reach a plea agreement before then, said ...

One person was killed Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash that temporarily closed the northbound lanes of Interstate 79 in Greene County. Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Kalee Barnhart said the crash involved a hatch back and Chevrolet Tahoe near mile marker 9 in Whiteley Township. ...

A Connellsville man is accused of sexually assaulting an underage girl at his home. Wayne Adams, Jr., 38, is charged with statutory sexual assault by a person 11 years older, sexual assault and corruption of minors. The 14-year-old told investigators that Adams had initiated unwanted contact ...

A man is accused of setting his house in Washington County on fire early Monday morning following a noisy domestic dispute just hours earlier. Smith Township police officers, who are contracted to patrol Midway Borough, were called to 111 S. Main St. shortly before 10:30 p.m. Sunday to ...

A Royal celebration

Each of the five streets in Royal has at least one family who can trace their time in the Fayette County patch town back to when it was founded, said Michael Cetera. The small village in Redstone Township has long outlasted the Royal Mine and Coke Works it was built to serve, which closed in ...

A South Carolina man is accused of defrauding a Greene County couple of $2,400 while posing as an asphalt contractor. Johnny Carroll, 43, of North Augusta, S.C., faces charges of financial exploitation of an older adult and theft by deception. Both were filed with Judge Thomas Ankrom Tuesday ...