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Transit changes on horizon in city

 Catching a bus in Washington may mean boarding the "Shopper Hopper" or "Hospital Hopper," and that transit vehicle rolling down the street may be emblazoned with advertising known as a "full bus wrap."

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Robinson woman found unresponsive, faces drug charges

 A Robinson Township woman faces drug charges after she was found unresponsive Friday inside her home.

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Interstate crashes cause injuries, delays

Weather is being blamed for two crashes that injured two truck drivers, one critically, and closed portions of Interstates 70 and 79 late Friday and early Saturday.

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Mission of area physician: caring for city's homeless

*Everyone has a story worth telling.This is one in a series about area residents picked randomly from the telephone book and the events in their lives they are willing to share.

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Readers shed light on 1912 photo

Readers responded quickly following publication last Monday of a photo of an early-20th century restaurant and confectionery in Canonsburg.

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DeWeese trial - lawbreaking or 'pettygate'?

HARRISBURG - State Rep. Bill DeWeese's lawyer has coined a nickname for the corruption trial that starts today in Dauphin County court: "pettygate."

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Area alumni cherish time and lessons

After a recruiting trip to the University of Michigan, George Reihner told his parents he was not going to follow his older brother, John, to Penn State.

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Driver in critical condition

The truck driver injured in a crash on Interstate 79 north of the Ruff Creek exit in Greene County remains in critical condition late Sunday afternoon at a West Virginia hospital.

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Man becomes murder suspect

State police have obtained an arrest warrant charging a former Canonsburg man with the murder of his estranged girlfriend earlier this month.

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DeWeese called 'common thief'

HARRISBURG - A prosecutor Monday described state Rep. Bill DeWeese as a "common thief" as the once-powerful Democrat became the first sitting Pennsylvania legislator to go on trial as part of a public...

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Fisher to face off against Neuman

Judith L. Fisher of South Strabane Township has announced she will run for state representative in the 48th District, opposing state Rep. Brandon Neuman, D-North Strabane, in the spring primary.

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S.E. Greene discusses program

MAPLETOWN - Southeastern Greene School Board agreed Monday to conduct a pilot student enrichment program at Bobtown Elementary School.

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Killing case heads to jury

Jury deliberations will begin this morning in the trial for two men accused of coordinating the 2003 execution-style killing of a 45-year-old California man.

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Jury convicts pair in execution-style killing from 2003

A jury of six men and six women deliberated for more than eight hours Tuesday before returning a guilty verdict in the murder trial of two men accused of killing a 45-year-old California man in 2003.

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Ex-aide: Staff did campaign work for DeWeese

HARRISBURG - The use of legislative employees to work on state Rep. Bill DeWeese's election campaigns was pervasive, and it was critical to his winning a tight re-election race in 2006, his former top...

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Clemons accused of slaying

The former boyfriend of a Baldwin woman whose naked body was found with her throat slit in a wooded area of Mt. Pleasant Township this month is now charged in her murder.

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Family of area man found in Ohio River copes with loss

The family of a Bridgeville man who had been missing since December is attempting to cope with the news of his death after his body was found Monday in the Ohio River in Pittsburgh.

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Police believe woman robbed bank

WAYNESBURG - Waynesburg police now believe the person who robbed the First National Bank on High Street in Waynesburg Friday evening was a woman.

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Fundraising aide testifies at DeWeese trial

HARRISBURG - A former legislative aide who handled state Rep. Bill DeWeese's political fundraising told jurors at DeWeese's corruption trial Wednesday that he tried to comply with a ban on doing...

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Dropped charges sought

A petition filed by the attorney for a Washington man accused of gunning down two men outside a city bar claims his client did not shoot one of the them.

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