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Fort Cherry announces homecoming court

Fort Cherry High School will hold homecoming festivities on Friday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. at Jim Garry Stadium. The homecoming court will be recognized before the game, and at halftime the queen will be announced. The homecoming dance will be held the following evening. Court members, front from ...

McDonald man killed in motorcycle crash

A motorcyclist was killed Monday evening after he was struck by another vehicle. Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco identified the man as 67-year-old John Charles Dinsmore of McDonald. According to Warco’s report, Dinsmore was driving his motorcycle east in the 3800 block of Millers ...

Trial opens for Smith Township father accused in son’s death

Prosecutors claimed in opening statements Monday that the Smith Township father on trial for allegedly violently shaking his son made “chilling” statements about preparing to do just that in the days before the child’s death, while his defense attorney told jurors that the fatal injuries ...

Four charged in Monongahela bar fight

Monongahela police charged four men Friday in connection with a bar fight last month. According to court records, shortly before 11 p.m. Sept. 20 police were called to the Drunken Hippie at 131 W. Main St. Charged in the case are Jeremiah William Demoss, 34, of Stockdale; Craig Lee Pieri ...

Police beat Oct. 7

CANONSBURG Drug arrest: Alfred Lemar Moss, 41, of Canonsburg, was charged Friday by Canonsburg police with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and prohibited possession of a firearm. According to the criminal complaint, shortly after 6 a.m. Canonsburg police, North ...

Man shot by McDonald police chief charged with assault

The chief of police at McDonald Borough fired a single shot at a man who pointed a firearm at him over the weekend, court documents allege. State police are handling the investigation after Timothy Motte shot Jeremy Ray Washington in the arm, court documents state. Washington, 37, of ...