Members of Fayette County’s prison board revisited the topic of charging inmates at the new jail a daily housing fee. At Wednesday’s regular meeting, county Controller Robb Rhodes said counties like Westmoreland and Somerset impose a $10-per-day fee to each inmate housed in a county jail. That money, he said, goes toward facility management costs. […]
More than a month after Fayette County’s commissioners were sworn in to office, the losing candidate from last year’s primary is continuing to challenge the election results and demanding mail-in ballots be recounted. Jon Marietta, who serves as the county’s recorder of deeds and lost the race for commissioner in the Republican primary last May, […]
Three suspects charged in connection with the deadly shooting of a Uniontown teen in 2020 will stand trial on homicide and other charges. Following their lengthy preliminary hearing Friday afternoon in Fayette County Central Court, all charges against Malik Belt, Devyon Dennis and Micah Allen Craig were held for court in the killing of 19-year-old […]