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Greene residents charged with animal cruelty

Two Wind Ridge residents are accused of aggravated animal cruelty after two dogs in their care were found to be severely underweight. Several witnesses reported the dogs being overseen by Jaymes Vulcano, 25, and Sirena Smith, 47, looked thin and were roaming freely on Vulcano’s property on ...

Bentleyville is reopening its 2026 budget, which includes a one-mill tax increase. If approved, it would be the borough’s first tax increase since 2018. Council voted unanimously at a special meeting Monday to advertise the reopened spending plan for 2026. “After we went through ...

Plea negotiations are continuing for a Mount Morris man accused of harassing people at a neighboring property while impersonating a public official. A plea agreement covering that incident and four other cases involving Richard Long, 45, should be finalized by the time of the next hearing in ...

Bridge to somewhere

Workers from Allison Park Contractors put the finishing touches on the cement walkway for the new pedestrian bridge that is being built next to the site where the historic cast-iron bridge that crosses Dunlap Creek in Brownsville is being rehabilitated. Market Street has been closed since ...

The communities of McDonald and Mt. Pleasant Township will take the next step in merging their police departments next week, though the unified agency is likely still months away from operating. The Northern Washington County Police Department Commission will hold its first meeting at 6 p.m. ...

Liberty Pole Spirits wins honors at Farm Show

Liberty Pole Spirits, the North Strabane-based distillery, has brought home statewide honors from the Pennsylvania Farm Show for two of its whiskeys. It won the first prize in the rye whiskey category for its Old Monongahela Full Proof Rye Whiskey and second place in the flavored whiskey ...