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Charleroi council votes to expand authority board

Charleroi council has taken action that could eventually lead to an expansion of the board of the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi (ABC). Council voted Wednesday to amend a resolution to alter the ABC board representation to include six members from the borough of Charleroi, as well as ...

‘So 1984’: Waynesburg U celebrates Banned Books Week

The books spread around the Skylight Room of Waynesburg University’s Eberly Library had one thing in common: Somewhere, they’d been pulled off the shelves. The university held a reading and discussion as part of its celebration of Banned Books Week, created by the American Library ...

Canonsburg begins child identification program

Canonsburg is taking a step toward protecting children with a new child identification program. “It has all of their information, everything personal,” explained Mayor Dave Rhome. “It’s kept confidentially with the parents, grandparents, wherever the person is who is in charge of that ...

Smith Township father not guilty in infant son’s shaking death

Joshua George hugged family members, embraced his attorneys and walked out of the Washington County Courthouse a free man Thursday after he was found not guilty on all charges in the shaking death of his son nearly four years ago. It took the jury of seven men and five women less than 90 ...

Uniontown man charged with raping 12-year-old girl

A Uniontown man is charged with rape after allegedly having sex with an underaged girl multiple times over a two-year period. Joseph Martin, 28, allegedly began having sex with the girl when she was 10, according to his criminal complaint. Most recently, Martin had taken the girl to a ...