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New Eagle man killed in Union Township crash

A New Eagle man died in a motorcycle crash in Union Township on Sunday. Albert M. Swoager Jr., 42, lost control of the motorcycle going around a curve on Route 88 at Airport Road and hit a guide rail, according to a release from Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco. A passerby called ...

Flight 93 passengers, crew to be honored on 9/11 anniversary

The 24th anniversary of the most devastating assault on the United States, which prompted an overwhelming response of national unity, is less than a week away. The terrorist attacks on the nation, brazenly on U.S. soil, occurred Sept. 11, 2001, when hijackers crashed four jets, resulting in ...

Georges Township man charged with child rape

A Fayette County man was arrested by state police Thursday and charged with raping two pre-teen girls on multiple occasions going back to the mid-1990s and late 2000s. Harry Norbert Foster, 58, of Georges Township, is accused of molesting the two girls and forcing them to perform sex acts or ...

Second woman charged in 9-year-old’s death

The second woman entrusted with caring for 9-year-old Renesmay Eutsey has been charged in her death. Sarah Ann Shipley, 35, of Dunbar Township allegedly conspired with her partner Kourtney Eutsey, 31, to assault and kill the girl, and then conceal her death. According to Fayette County ...

Waynesburg attorney’s law license suspended for two years

A Greene County attorney’s law license has been suspended after she engaged in a romantic relationship with a jail inmate she was representing and helped him listen into what was supposed to be a private conversation she was having with his new attorney. The state Supreme Court on Thursday ...