The mayor of Washington issued a plea Saturday morning for witnesses to come forward after a fatal shooting in the city. The shooting occurred at about 2:52 a.m. Saturday in the alley next to Joe’s Bakery at 123 N. Main St., according to Mayor JoJo Burgess. Washington County Coroner ...
The defense for Kristopher Moorehouse claims he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed a friend who made unwanted advances to the defendant’s girlfriend at a house party in Canonsburg last month, even going as far as invoking the Castle Doctrine that allows for lethal force against ...
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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 ...
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 ...
In spectacular fashion, the culprit behind the Canonsburg rubber ducks has revealed itself: Grandpa Joe’s Candy Shop. Wednesday night into Thursday, 14-foot-tall inflatable rubber ducks sprung up on the rooftops of businesses along Pike Street in what Grandpa Joe’s owner Christopher J. ...
