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Man killed in Fallowfield Township fire

A Fallowfield Township man died Monday morning after his home caught fire. Emergency crews were called to 33 Smith St. shortly after 8:30 a.m. According to a report from Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco, 66-year-old George Steven Milliken was found inside and transported to Penn ...

Savoring a Sweet Sunday

It was the sweetest of challenges. I jumped at the invitation to help judge all the delectable cookies, cakes, candy and chowder at City Mission鈥檚 Sweet and Savory Sunday event this past weekend at Hilton Garden Inn Southpointe. Wait 鈥 chowder? Yep, that鈥檚 right. This year鈥檚 dessert ...

All in the family

Lucas Piatt acquired more than DNA from his fabled father. Much more, including an unquenchable entrepreneurial spirit, business acumen, and the ability to succeed - all enveloped within an easygoing manner. Jack Piatt, his dad, was a visionary, a Washington County icon who late in the 20th ...

The president of Peters Township High School鈥檚 senior class is in jail after local police accused him Friday of running a criminal network where in which he 鈥渃atfished鈥 juvenile teenagers, convinced them to share inappropriate images and videos and in some cases extorted them. Zachariah ...

McDonald woman accused of scamming mother

State police accused a woman this week of defrauding her mother out of $1,400. Erica Bardell, 42, of McDonald, allegedly convinced her mother that she was being held against her will and needed the money to be released, state police said. Bardell's mother, a 70-year-old resident of Summerhill ...

The superintendent of Monessen City School District said police are investigating after a firearm was found in a teacher鈥檚 desk Thursday. Dr. Robert Motte sent a letter to parents informing them the weapon had been found at Monessen Elementary Center. Motte wrote in the letter that the ...