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Italian Festival returning to Washington

The third annual Washington Italian Heritage Festival is scheduled from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Community Pavilion on South Main Street in Washington.A kick-off event will be held from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Friday at the Community Pavilion. A spaghetti dinner begins at 5:30. Guitarist Tony ...

Jury selection scheduled to begin in Wolowski death penalty case

More than five years after Matthew Mathias, 37, a resident of Washington’s West End neighborhood, died of gunshot wounds, jury selection is scheduled to begin this morning in the case of Brandon Wolowski, against whom prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.Jurors who are opposed to capital ...

Drug task force searches Washington home

Over the last several months, task force detectives said they have been conducting an investigation into the alleged trafficking of narcotics from a home at 473 E. Hallam Ave.As the result of this investigation, detectives obtained a search warrant for the residence.Seized as the result of the ...

Balloon release to honor memory of Canton man

The widow of the Canton Township man whose body was found Wednesday in a wrecked vehicle in Jefferson County, Ohio, a week after he went missing, is planning to hold a balloon release in Washington to mark her late husband’s birthday today.April Goudy said the ceremony will take place at 6:30 ...

Washington man faces drug, gun charges

A Washington man faces drug and gun charges stemming from several instances last year when he allegedly dealt fentanyl or illegally possessed a handgun.A grand jury returned an indictment Tuesday against Romone Barnes, 32, charging him with possessing and distributing fentanyl in June 2017 and ...