Days before an election that would decide which major party controls a host of municipal and county offices, a former Washington County Democratic Committee chairman filed a lawsuit that promises to continue a long-running feud with another functionary who succeeded him as chairman.The ...
A Washington County judge will review records from the state regarding a Coal Center woman鈥檚 incarceration before he hands down a new sentence against her for participating in the theft of her neighbor鈥檚 money.Diane McClelland鈥檚 resentencing was ordered earlier this year after the state ...
Commissioners are in charge of the jail, county parks, 145 bridges, public safety and the 911 emergency call center, property assessment and a host of what are known as 鈥渉uman services鈥� to aid veterans, the aged, children and youth and those with behavioral and mental problems.Until late ...
The Westmoreland County commissioners voted to accept $50,712 in grant funding to expand the county鈥檚 drug court program.While the move doesn鈥檛 expand the number of drug court participants per year, the grant, from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, does expand the ...
An East Bethlehem Township man is in custody on charges he strangled a woman and threatened to kill her Monday in her vehicle at a fast-food restaurant parking lot in Rostraver Township.A senior district judge sent the suspect, James Edward Skolnekovich, 36, to Westmoreland County jail on ...
The operator of The Meadows Racetrack & Casino has been fined $10,000 by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.The board said Wednesday it fined Washington Trotting Assoc. LLC following two incidents in which casino employees 鈥渨ere permitted to work after their gaming licenses ...
