Energy forum draws local educators, industry reps
WAYNESBURG - Braving blustery winter weather to attend an energy forum held Friday at Greene County Career and Technology Center in Waynesburg, local educators warmed up with industry representatives...
View ArticleUnshredded county documents in bin 'not that top secret'
Rearranging offices in the Courthouse Square building has resulted in housecleaning at the Washington County Planning Commission, causing many manila files containing correspondence and at least two...
View ArticleState trooper takes stand in 2003 murder trial
A state trooper testified Friday morning he was unaware a Blainsburg man might have summoned murder victim John Newman from his California home until he became acquainted with testimony from the dead...
View ArticleTrinity settled lawsuit for $150K
Under the terms of a settlement agreement, a woman who applied to be superintendent of Trinity Area School District and was rejected will receive $150,000.
View ArticleMurder victim feared her ex
Karissa Marie Kunco told co-workers she was afraid of her former boyfriend and obtained a protection-from-abuse order against him after he allegedly assaulted her in Pittsburgh last month.
View ArticleShop's site an intriguing little mystery
This image of a Canonsburg restaurant and confectionery was reproduced from a glass negative found in the archives of the Observer-Reporter. The street number visible in the photo is 103, and the...
View Article'It changed the world'
WAYNESBURG - Speaking with the same fervor and passion as the man honored during countless services around the country Sunday and Monday, the Rev. Leroy Barber, himself a pastor of an Atlanta, Ga.,...
View ArticlePolice say driver tried to run down man twice
A Monongahela man was arrested Sunday night on several charges, including attempted homicide by vehicle, after police say he twice tried to run over another man with his vehicle.
View Article$10.4M set for highway surveillance
The state Department of Transportation will spend $10.4 million this year to install a high-tech surveillance and communications network along two interstate highways and select roads in Washington,...
View ArticleDeWeese eyes re-election as trial nears
Jury selection in the public corruption case against state Rep. Bill DeWeese, D-Waynesburg, and Sharon Rodavich, his former district office aide, begins Wednesday in Dauphin County.
View ArticleSouth Strabane police seek computer thief
The South Strabane Township police department is investigating a theft of 11Toshiba laptop computers from Walmart, Trinity Point. Police said the thief pushed a shopping cart and placed the computers...
View ArticleMan convicted of sex assault on girl, 7
A 57-year-old North Bethlehem Township man was convicted Tuesday of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl from 2009 to 2010.
View ArticleMt. Pleasant home renovation held up by stop-work order
HICKORY - All Kay Grose wants is to be able to move into a smaller house with a smaller yard.
View ArticleJailed man faces more charges
The former Canonsburg and Mt. Pleasant Township man considered a person of interest in the murder of his former girlfriend was arraigned Tuesday on charges of flight to avoid apprehension and escape.
View ArticleTrooper testifies on victim's role as drug informant
Prosecutors Tuesday presented evidence aimed at implicating John Ira Bronson Jr. and Michael Duncan in the execution-style killing of a California man.
View ArticleUniontown man must pay $115K in state taxes
A Uniontown man will remain under court supervision until he pays more than $115,000 in state taxes owed on businesses he owns in McMurray.
View ArticlePension costs force tax talk
Some area school districts say rising pension costs will force them to consider raising property taxes above what is allowed by the state for the 2012-13 school year, while others say that's not...
View ArticleCargo spill creates sticky situation on Interstate 70
The eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 just east of the West Alexander exit, Donegal Township, were closed for almost six hours Saturday after a rig crashed, spilling some of its load.
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