A Waynesburg man is charged with third-degree murder after tests showed he had drugs and nearly twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system during a March crash in South Union Township that killed a Washington woman. Anthony Franco, 26, was also severely injured in the crash that killed ...
Washington County has released another round of grants from its portion of the nationwide opioid settlement lawsuit funds, with the awardees focusing on drug recovery efforts, after-school programs and even dentistry services in Avella. The county commissioners during their Sept. 18 meeting ...
DONORA Assault on officer: Curtis Anthony Arnold, 55, of Donora, was charged Tuesday by Donora police with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and simple assault. According to the criminal complaint, at about 9 p.m. Saturday police went to Arnold’s apartment in the 400 block of Thompson ...
Jury selection began this week in the capital homicide case against the Smith Township father accused of shaking his son nearly four years ago, causing fatal injuries to the boy. The pool of about 250 prospective jurors arrived Monday morning at the Washington County Courthouse as the process ...
The animal control officer for Masontown is charged with taking two dogs into his custody on a Friday and shooting both in the head the following day. Samuel Vargo, 60, of Charleroi, was called to Fort Mason Village in the borough on Friday, Sept. 5, after someone reported two dogs were tied ...
Mapletown High School will hold homecoming festivities on Friday, Sept. 26 beginning at 6:30 p.m. prior to the 7 p.m. kickoff of the Maples’ football game against California. Homecoming court members are (from left) Ella Menear (Queen), Brooke Frum, Emma Clites, Rowan Eisiminger, Leah ...
