Officials in Belle Vernon are getting impatient with the prolonged closure of a section of Route 906 stretching from Belle Vernon to Fayette City.The state Department of Transportation closed part of the heavily used state road on Jan. 2, after movement on the hillside caused rocks and debris ...
The Washington County Commissioners adopted a budget for 2020 and approved new contracts with groups of workers who are members of the Service Employees International Union Local 668.The $98.7 million general fund budget retains the property tax levy of 2.43 mills that has been in place since ...
A Charleroi man faces accusations that he didn鈥檛 notice his young son was missing for several hours during a power outage and frigid temperatures last week.District Judge Larry Hopkins signed a warrant Wednesday for the arrest of the father, James T. Larkin Jr., 55, on a charge of endangering ...
A Donora man charged as part of an alleged large-scale, multi-state cocaine trafficking ring has pleaded guilty in federal court.Brett Fincik, 45, entered a plea to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams or more of cocaine on Wednesday.Authorities said ...
Mention the name of Judge Thomas D. Gladden, and the words 鈥渆xemplary鈥� and 鈥済entleman鈥� keep cropping up.Gladden, 87, who died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, was known for his calm demeanor, never raising his voice in the Washington County Courthouse, where his measured tones resonated through ...
A well-known and longtime fixture in professional wrestling filed a federal suit against an online retailer, its Brownsville owner and an Altoona wrestler, claiming a T-shirt sold with his likeness on it violates federal trademark laws.James 鈥淛im鈥� Cornette, whose involvement in wrestling ...
