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CBS News
2 days ago
- CBS News
Connellsville businesses raising money in wake of deadly Dunbar Township fire
Two Connellsville businesses are raising money to help support the family of a woman who died following a house fire in Dunbar Township last week. Sierra Trillow, 26, died at the hospital after she was pulled from the home along Miles Road early Wednesday morning. Three other people were pulled from the home and taken to the hospital, as well. The fire is believed to have been started by someone who was smoking in the house with oxygen tanks nearby. In the wake of the deadly fire, two Connellsville businesses are working to raise and collect money for Trillow's family. Kickstand Kitchen restaurant that's located along West Crawford Avenue says Trillow "was a light of a woman inside and out, brought up every room she was in, and never struggled to make a friend or to make anyone around her smile." The restaurant says they're accepting cash donations in person and are working to set up an online fundraiser. Proceeds are going to be given to the family to help support funeral expenses and anything else they may need. Coffee at Crawford, locating and N. 7th Street, says Trillow was one of their customers and that she "was always dressed in the cutest vintage inspired outfits and her eye makeup got compliments all the time." The coffee shop says they'll be collecting money for her family at the store.
CBS News
16-07-2025
- CBS News
4 people taken to the hospital from Dunbar Township overnight house fire
Four people were taken to the hospital overnight following a house fire that broke out in Dunbar Township, Fayette County. Dispatchers tell KDKA the fire broke out along Miles Road just before 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The conditions of the four people taken to the hospital are unknown at this time, according to dispatchers. Numerous investigators with the Pennsylvania State Police including detectives, fire marshals, a forensic unit, and troopers were on scene early Wednesday morning. State Police out of the Uniontown barracks are leading the investigation. It's unclear what sparked the fire at this time.
CBS News
02-07-2025
- CBS News
Dog found dead in Fayette County after living outside for a month, police say
Two people are facing charges after a dog that had been living outside for a month in Fayette County died, police said. Court paperwork shows Lindsay Lee Ward and Joseph H Sherwood Jr. are facing a slew of animal cruelty and animal neglect charges after police said they left the dog outside without food, water or shelter for several days, including during the heat wave the Pittsburgh area just experienced. Pennsylvania State Police said they were called to East Broadway Street in Dunbar Township on June 29 for calls about a dead dog in the backyard of a home. Police said they found the dog leashed by its collar to a metal pole. There was no food or water, and in the criminal complaint, troopers wrote that the dog had been living without shade or shelter "for a significant time frame." Police said they found Sherwood on the couch, "highly unresponsive and un-alert." He admitted the dog was his but couldn't answer any other questions because of his physical condition, police said. He was taken to a hospital. Neighbors told police that Ward lived with Sherwood and cared for the dog. Police said the neighbors they talked to agreed that the dog had been living outside in the current conditions for about a month. "It is to say that the dog being exposed to the sunlight/heat for several days at a time, wherein the average temperature within the last week was approximately 90 degrees Fahrenheit, in addition to not having any access to food or water," police wrote in the criminal complaint. It's the most recent case of animal abuse in the Pittsburgh area, especially as the region experienced several days of 90-degree temperatures toward the end of June. A Pittsburgh woman was charged after police said she left her two dogs outside in 90-degree temperatures for two days, giving both of them heat stroke. In Westmoreland County, a shelter is trying to figure out who dumped a box of three emaciated puppies along a trail in Greensburg last week. Also in Westmoreland County, police recently seized three dogs and found the bodies of two others, leading to charges against two people. In that case, police said neighbors had dozens of videos that showed a man abusing his dogs for months.
