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The Peters Township High School senior class president accused of “catfishing” and extorting nearly two dozen teenagers by convincing them to send him explicit photos agreed to waive his case to trial as prosecutors dropped hundreds of charges in order to consolidate them. Shackled and ...

You can eat healthier at fish fries

With Lent in full swing, there are plenty of fish fries available in the region for those who avoid eating meat on Fridays. Fish is generally healthy and recommended as part of a balanced diet, but fried fish – as delicious as it is – is not the healthiest option. Dr. Drew Oehler, a ...

The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission has found that a former member of the Cecil Township Municipal Authority violated ethics laws when she billed the authority for accounting services that had not been approved. According to the state ethics panel, Patricia Mowry performed accounting ...

Demolition is set to begin Monday on the Courthouse Square parking garage before crews begin tearing down the building itself a few weeks later. Crews were expected to begin staging their demolition equipment late Thursday or early this morning and then begin assembling the machinery, which ...

The man accused of speeding in his SUV to a Mon Valley bar in order to shoot and kill a Monessen man as he left the establishment more than three years ago was found not guilty on all homicide charges Wednesday afternoon. A Washington County jury of seven women and five men took about two ...

Greene Washington Regional Police Department arrested a woman accused of assaulting police officers Tuesday. Jewely Ann Strohecker, 20, of Buffalo Township, faces a felony charge of aggravated assault and a misdemeanor of terroristic threats. According to the criminal complaint, at about 4:50 ...