If you have been arguing with members of your household about whether the time is right for putting up Christmas decorations (ahead of Thanksgiving), perhaps try mentioning that the bells are already ringing at local retail establishments that host Salvation Army red kettles. The season has ...
A few days after a 15-year-old boy was struck and killed by a vehicle in the city of Washington while riding a dirt bike, Natalie Ross, CEO of Healing Bridges, received a phone call. The call was from a distraught EMS worker who had responded to the April 14 accident, which happened in front ...
There have been memorable winters in Southwestern Pennsylvania, said Jack Hughes. 鈥淭he Great Appalachian Snowstorm鈥� of 1950, which dumped 27.4 inches of snow on the region over a three-day period on Thanksgiving weekend, en route to a record year of 82 inches. And the blizzard of 1993, ...
A Donora man was sentenced last month to more than 12 years in prison on federal drug and gun charges following his conviction earlier this year. Tre Robert Goins, 31, was ordered to serve 146 months in prison followed by four years on supervised release during his Oct. 21 sentencing before ...
A judge in Washington County denied petitions from the district attorney asking the court to force the coroner to turn over autopsy reports without charging fees, ruling that it instead is a civil matter and should not be attached to the criminal court, while she also pleaded with the two ...
Peters Township officials have joined the Washington County district attorney in trying to persuade a judge to force Coroner Timothy Warco to hand over autopsy and toxicology reports after he鈥檚 tried in recent weeks to charge police and prosecutors $700 for the records. Township solicitor ...
