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Clarksville man jailed in carjacking

California police arrested a Greene County man Monday after he was accused of assaulting an elderly woman and stealing her car. James Raymond Sickles, 28, of Clarksville, faces felony charges of aggravated assault and robbery. According to the criminal complaint, police were called at about ...

California police arrested a man Monday on charges stemming from the theft of more than $130,000 from a club’s games of chance machines. Police charged Timothy Hoffman, 63, of California, earlier this month with felonies of theft by deception and deceptive business practices. Online court ...

A family of four was displaced after a Belle Vernon home caught fire Sunday morning. Crews were called to the 400 block of Wood Street at about 9:15 a.m., according to Belle Vernon Fire Company Assistant Chief Joe Dzurko. Dzurko said they found a small fire in the living room. Nobody was home ...

The Fayette-Washington Mosquito-Borne Disease Program has officially started the tick and mosquito surveillance season, in partnership with the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Program Coordinator Ken Hess said, while most insects provide beneficial effects – such as being ...

A Clarksville man was killed in a motorcycle accident in Jefferson Township Saturday afternoon. According to Pennsylvania State Police, Alan W. Tretinik, 60, was traveling southbound on North Eighty Eight Road as part of a motorcycle convoy when a deer came onto the road, and Tretinik hit ...

Nurturing ideas into thriving businesses

Helen Campbell and Evency Dorzelma are striving to be big successes with small businesses. Campbell had wanted to launch a business since 2018, but was not well-versed in the particulars of doing so. “Then in 2020,” she said, “everything changed when we moved to Pittsburgh (from ...