At least seven adults and 11 children are without a place to live after a fire Saturday afternoon in California totally destroyed an apartment building and three houses, and damaged others. Despite the number of buildings that were involved, California Volunteer Fire Department Chief Tom ...
A recent decision by the state Supreme Court has upended how some prosecutors and defense attorneys are approaching first-time offenses for driving under the influence. In a May 30 opinion, the court ruled that anyone who successfully completes the accelerated rehabilitative disposition ...
The former solicitor for Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco said he 鈥渘oticed a demonstrable change in (his) demeanor鈥� beginning in late 2022 and early 2023 when he began pursuing a coroner鈥檚 inquest in the shooting death of a man following a lengthy police chase. Steve Toprani, who ...
The Washington County commissioners agreed to hire special counsel to represent District Attorney Jason Walsh in the petition filed against him with the state Supreme Court, and will pay the Philadelphia-based attorney nearly $500 per hour, although most of it will be covered by the county鈥檚 ...
The admission by Coroner Timothy Warco that he filed a fraudulent death certificate with the state Department of Health 鈥� allegedly at the behest of District Attorney Jason Walsh 鈥� will likely have legal 鈥渞everberations鈥� for past and future homicide cases in Washington County, according ...
A Washington County man will stand trial in the killing of another man in New Kensington nearly three years ago. Larry Osborn Nix II, 41, of West Brownsville, waived his formal arraignment Wednesday at the Westmoreland County Courthouse in connection with the fatal shooting of 31-year-old ...
