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George finds a home in the Washington County Courthouse

A portrait of the nation鈥檚 first president is now hanging in the president judge鈥檚 courtroom inside the Washington County Courthouse. The print of George Washington 鈥 mounted atop a horse with a sword extended from his right hand during the Revolutionary War battle in Trenton, N.J. 鈥 ...

Mail-in ballots begin arriving at homes ahead of Nov. 4 election.

With less than three weeks to go until the Nov. 4 general election, thousands of mail-in and absentee ballots are now arriving in mailboxes across Southwestern Pennsylvania for voters to decide a range of positions from local races to statewide judicial seats. Elections officials in ...

Anti-death penalty group says George acquittal bolsters its claims against DA

The Philadelphia lawyers asking the state Supreme Court to restrict Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh鈥檚 ability to pursue the death penalty are pointing to last week鈥檚 acquittal of one of their clients to bolster their claims that he has been unjustly wielding the threat of ...

Man ordered to stand trial in fatal shooting at Canonsburg house party

The defense for Kristopher Moorehouse claims he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed a friend who made unwanted advances to the defendant鈥檚 girlfriend at a house party in Canonsburg last month, even going as far as invoking the Castle Doctrine that allows for lethal force against ...

Smith Township father not guilty in infant son鈥檚 shaking death

Joshua George hugged family members, embraced his attorneys and walked out of the Washington County Courthouse a free man Thursday after he was found not guilty on all charges in the shaking death of his son nearly four years ago. It took the jury of seven men and five women less than 90 ...