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SOUTH FAYETTE–In the three years since he became Pennsylvania’s governor, Josh Shapiro has frequently noted that one of his first acts after taking office was removing the college degree requirement for most state jobs. It’s a point he made again Thursday afternoon when he stopped at the ...

Murder and homicide charges were dismissed against a Waynesburg woman in a plea deal reached just before she was scheduled to stand trial for providing fentanyl-tainted drugs to a man who died from an overdose. Tiffany Gump, 29, pleaded no contest Thursday morning to drug delivery resulting in ...

A Monessen man was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on drug and firearm charges. Anthony Crews, 52, faces three charges of possession with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of a firearm and ammunition after being ...

CGSD tables Margaret Bell Miller sale

The Central Greene School District Board of Education unanimously tabled a motion to sell the former Margaret Bell Miller Middle School building in Waynesburg Tuesday so board members could get more information on the future intended use. “They gave some indication (of its use), but we just ...

A California man will head to jail for 3 to 6 years after pleading guilty to setting fire to California Manor in 2024. Christopher Demetrious Grasty, 40, pleaded guilty to one charge of arson at the Washington County Courthouse on Tuesday, according to District Attorney Jason Walsh. Grasty ...

East Washington man charged with endangerment

East Washington police arrested a man Wednesday morning after he was accused of firing a gun inside his apartment. Jarvis Prather, 33, of East Washington, faces misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment and simple assault. According to the criminal complaint, at about 12:20 a.m. police ...