A family of four and their three animals escaped a weekend house fire uninjured in Lower Tyrone Township. Firefighters were called to the house on Hickory Square Road shortly before 8:45 a.m. Saturday after a caller told emergency dispatchers that the structure was filling with smoke, Fayette ...
A caregiver helped to save a paralyzed man while trying to direct his parents to safety during an early morning house fire in Fayette County last week that killed a woman. Tony Masterbray had just arrived for his shift about midnight on July 16 to provide overnight care for the paralyzed man, ...
One by one last weekend, Washington firefighters began stacking commercial shipping containers onto one another in the first steps to create a new training center that will offer the department a chance to practice and drill right in the city. Construction started with the firefighters ...
Work is about to begin to rehabilitate two pre-Civil War arch tunnels on the National Pike Trail near Claysville, along with eventual upgrades to make the nearly two-mile path easier to navigate. The Washington County commissioners last week approved a $547,489 contract with Frank Gavlik & ...
A group of Philadelphia attorneys specializing in capital murder cases is asking the state Supreme Court to restrict Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh鈥檚 ability to pursue the death penalty, accusing him of using it as a political tool and coercing defendants into cooperating ...
The power and frequency of severe storms hitting the area have increased significantly this year, as illustrated by the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh issuing more than double the number of flash flood warnings through the first seven months of 2025 than is typically seen in an entire ...
