The last lunch whistle blew at noon Friday at World Kitchen Plant in Charleroi as the plant produced its last products. The sound permeated the air for 132 seconds to mark the 132 years of the plant鈥檚 existence in the Mon Valley. A number of current and former employees were present as the ...
The Monongahela mother whose 13-day-old son died unexpectedly while sleeping in her bed nearly two years ago was acquitted on all charges Wednesday after a Washington County jury deliberated for less than 30 minutes. The two-day trial concluded with a lightning quick verdict in which the jury ...
A Washington County jury will have to decide whether a Monongahela mother was negligent and reckless when her 13-day-old son died while sleeping in bed with her nearly two years ago, or whether it was a tragic, unexplained death that could not have been prevented. The homicide trial for ...
A Donora man is accused of assaulting and threatening Washington and Washington & Jefferson College police officers after he allegedly followed a woman a few blocks from the city onto the college campus Thursday afternoon. City police were dispatched to 90 W. Chestnut St. when a man called ...
A judge agreed to break apart the criminal cases for two defendants accused of shooting and killing a Donora convenience store worker in 2021 鈥� along with an alleged accomplice 鈥� meaning there will be three separate trials for the suspects, all of whom are facing the death penalty if ...
Monessen police were involved in a standoff with a shooting suspect Friday morning. According to an emailed statement from a spokesperson for the Westmoreland County district attorney鈥檚 office, the incident began about 4:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of Leeds Avenue. The district attorney鈥檚 ...
