Burglary blunders backfire
MONONGAHELA - A 911 broadcast Thursday describing the suspect in foiled armed robberies in Allegheny County was a case of good timing for Monongahela police working a burglary investigation.
View ArticleFormer Consol execs accused of insider trading
The U.S. Securities and Trade Commission sued three former Consol Energy executives Friday in federal court, accusing them of using insider trading to either profit or avoid losses when the company's...
View ArticleA hands-on event: Children get down and dirty with Art in Action
One big art project - that's the way Bill Faust said he likes to think about Art in Action, an annual interactive art show he co-founded a decade ago with his late spouse, Judy Hopson, a well-known...
View ArticleThe ABCs of a toll-free phone number that confuses news tipsters
A frantic caller breathlessly reported hellacious damage from a tornado. Others have checked in with news tips from prisons or hospital wards, phoning from hundreds of miles away.
View ArticleA good-time gathering: Help needed to identify men in possible 1940s photo
We found this week's Mystery Photo in a box of prints and negatives from the studio of the late photographer Dan Harbaugh.
View ArticleDiscussion on DA probe delayed until Thursday
Washington Mayor Brenda Davis' and Councilman Matt Staniszewski's questions over the payment of a city contractor and an ongoing investigation by the county district attorney will have to wait until...
View ArticleDEP: Acetone detected at Cornerstone
Acetone has been detected from air testing outside Cornerstone Care Medical & Dental Plaza in Smith Township, but the amount is not high enough to have caused last month's evacuation of the clinic.
View ArticlePolice: Teacher had sex with teen
CHARLEROI - A schoolteacher is facing accusations he engaged in sex with a 15-year-old girl in the Charleroi Area Junior-Senior High School auditorium.
View ArticlePa. SSHE: Armenti was fired for cause
Nearly three weeks after California University of Pennsylvania President Angelo Armenti Jr. was ousted, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education announced Monday he was fired for cause.
View ArticleC-H budget calls for2-mill tax increase
Chartiers-Houston School District's tentative 2012-13 budget, which includes a 2-mill tax increase, isn't likely to change much before it comes to a final vote June 18 - unless the state increases...
View ArticleCounty salary board approves new position for DA's office
With the departure of Steven Fischer as chief of staff, the Washington County district attorney's office has proposed changes that were approved Thursday by the county salary board.
View ArticlePolice: Man bites off teen's fingertip
A Beaver County man is facing charges for biting off the tip of a 17-year-old girl's finger during an altercation at a concert at First Niagara Pavilion.
View ArticleCommunity comes together to support crash victims' family
On the last day of final examinations at Westminster College, Marrah Alouise of Burgettstown was waiting for her parents to pick her up when she received a phone call that would forever change her life.
View ArticleTaxes going up 3 mills in Washington School District
Washington School Board unanimously adopted a 2012-13 budget with a 3-mill tax increase Monday.
View ArticleGetting a toxic chemical out of town
ELRAMA - An $8.8 million project at Pennsylvania American Water's treatment plant in Elrama will eventually do away with the need to store a toxic chemical in the community.
View ArticleGerman company moving to Starpointe
BURGETTSTOWN - Subdivision plans for another phase in Starpointe Business Park were approved by the Hanover Township board of supervisors Wednesday night.
View ArticleLate 1930s or early '40s photo continues to be a mystery
The photo we published last Monday has proven to be the most difficult for our readers to identify. Where it was taken and when will probably remain unknown forever, along with the identities of three...
View ArticlePlaying it safe: Local athletes undergo heart, health screenings because of...
Unlike some athletes, Rebecca Sutton has a family member with heart disease so the Trinity student was pulled aside for some additional testing during a heart screening Saturday.
View Article