The father of a Canton Township man is suing state police officials in the fatal shooting of his son by a trooper two years ago.The lawsuit, which was filed Monday in federal court, claims the actions of Trooper Chad Weaver and other agency officials resulted needlessly in the Oct. 1, 2017, ...
A Monongahela man was captured Tuesday as a suspect in a cross-state crime spree that includes a murder in West Virginia, an attempted homicide in Washington County and making armed threats in Fayette County.A state police Special Emergency Response Team, assisted by Monongahela police, took ...
Transitional Paths to Independent Living (TRPIL), the Washington-based social service agency, will be merging with the Erie organization Voices for Independence.Both agencies provide services to people with disabilities. It is anticipated the merger will become effective in January, and when ...
Local lawmakers offered mixed reactions, ranging from hope to concern, over Gov. Tom Wolf鈥檚 call for the decriminalization and legalization of adult use of recreational marijuana.Wolf and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman discussed the final report from Fetterman鈥檚 statewide recreational marijuana ...
A North Belle Vernon man is facing charges after allegedly sending a sexually explicit image involving an infant to a woman and making threatening phone calls involving the woman鈥檚 daughters.Gabriel James Gamble, 34, of 210 Henry St., faces charges of child pornography, disseminating ...
Westmoreland County Prison officials are going back to the drawing board with plans to start a pilot medically assisted treatment program at the facility, after a Texas-based company鈥檚 proposal came in at more than twice the estimated cost.Warden John Walton said Baymark Health Services鈥� ...
