A Washington County businessman faces charges that run the gamut from a claim he defrauded a small-business lender by diverting money from companies he controlled to pay personal expenses to an accusation he possessed a handgun he was barred from having due to a previous conviction.A federal ...
A Washington city councilman has proposed a new way of dealing with blight and visible property maintenance violations throughout the city.During a non-legislative meeting Monday, Matthew Staniszewski proposed to Mayor Scott Putnam and other council members a potential city ordinance called ...
Washington addresses minority representation in civil service jobs{child_byline}By Katie AndersonStaff writerkanderson@observer-reporter.com{/child_byline}The city of Washington is working on initiatives to improve and increase the recruitment and hiring of minorities into civil service jobs ...
The storm that doused the region in about two inches of rain Thursday evening destroyed John Kerr’s second furnace in less than a year.“My basement’s under water,” said Kerr, who lives in Union Township near Mingo Creek, which spilled over its banks amid the heavy rain. “I just got a ...
City firefighters were briefly sent to the Washington County Courthouse about 10:30 a.m. Friday for what turned out to be a malfunctioning heater.Sheriff’s Deputy Elizabeth Davidson said she called 911 after she saw flames shoot out of a heater near the building’s West Cherry Avenue ...
Persistent snowfalls and temperatures that frequently hover in the single digits have been a shock to many in the Pittsburgh region after several winters marked by light snow and mild temperatures.Road crews have been out on a daily basis putting down salt and ice-melting chemicals and plowing. ...
