Ed Riedmann News Today

The National Cemetery of the Alleghenies hosted a Memorial Day ceremony on Sunday, featuring a keynote address by Cmdr. Justin R. Jolley, the commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit, Pittsburgh. The Canon-McMillan High School Band and South Hills Keystone Chorus supplied the musical presentation for the event.

The 45th annual Albert Gallatin Regatta in Point Marion spanned Saturday and Sunday with a parade, vendors, food trucks, activities for kids, live bands and powerboat races. The annual Memorial Day weekend event is located at Point Marion Park on the shores of the Monongahela River. After a brief hiatus, the powerboats returned in full […]

Route 40 was abuzz this weekend with horse-drawn wagons, festivals and countless yard sales. It was all part of the National Road Festival, which takes place along 90 miles of the Historic National Road through Somerset, Fayette and Washington counties. Janice Dunker has helped organize the annual local festival in Scenery Hill since the 1980s. […]

Two Uniontown area events offered Easter meals for those in need over the weekend. On Saturday, the holiday meals made by Ellie and Enzo Carei were distributed or delivered to people throughout the area. The siblings served more than 300 people. On Sunday, Annie Martin and Joshua DeGusipe, who run DeGusipe Real Estate, served meals […]

The California man accused of setting fire to his own apartment building and then leaping from the top floor of the four-story structure earlier this month was arraigned on arson charges Tuesday. California police arrested Christopher Demetrious Grasty, 38, Tuesday upon his release from UPMC McKeesport Hospital, where he was being treated for multiple injuries […]

MONESSEN – It has yet to be determined what caused a vacant house in Monessen to collapse Friday morning. Emergency personnel were called to 31 Reed Ave. shortly before 8:45 a.m. “It was a wild sight,” said Monessen Fire Chief Delmar Hepple. “It was a total collapse.” About an hour later, emergency personnel were at […]

Damaging winds made their way through Fayette County on Friday afternoon with colder winds expected throughout Saturday. Fayette County 911 officials said calls pertaining to wind were sporadic throughout Friday afternoon and included multiple calls for fallen trees and downed wires. One incident around 6 p.m. along Morgantown Street in Uniontown involved the winds blowing […]

Dozens of volunteers made sure Christmas Day was merry and bright for residents in Greene County. The Fraternal Order of Eagles #598 in Waynesburg hosted its annual free Christmas dinner on Monday, inviting anyone in need of a meal to come enjoy time spent with others at their West High Street location, or to have […]

One person was hospitalized Wednesday evening after a fire broke out at a South Union Township business. According to Fayette County’s Emergency Management Agency, fire departments were called to C&C Granite at 71 Lebanon Ave. at about 5:55 p.m. One person was taken from the scene by ambulance to Uniontown Hospital. EMA could not identify […]

An unoccupied home in California was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. California Fire Department Chief Tom Hartley said the house at 945 Pike Run Drive was engulfed in flames before they arrived shortly before 7:30 p.m. Hartley said the home had been up for sale and nobody was inside at the time. Firefighters were on […]