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CHJA to increase rates, submit to forensic audit

The Canonsburg-Houston Joint Authority can raise the rates it charges customers less than it originally planned and will undergo an independent review of its books under a settlement reached with member municipalities in Washington County court.The agreement, which Common Pleas Judge Michael ...

Cal U. denies having records it fought to avoid releasing

Officials of the state-owned California University of Pennsylvania spent more than a year claiming in multiple legal venues they don’t have to provide the <em>Observer-Reporter</em> with records of donations from a contractor.Now – having reached the end of its ...

Staniszewski appears for hearing, expected to take plea

Washington City Councilman Matthew Staniszewski appeared in court Friday for a proceeding related to his drunken-driving arrest in August.Assistant District Attorney Cassidy Gerstner and defense attorney Sean Logue conferred briefly with District Judge Ethan Ward, who forwarded the DUI charge ...

Another Pagan pleads guilty to conspiracy in beating at Charleroi social club

A suspected national leader of the Pagan Motorcycle Club was sentenced to 4 to 8 years in state prison when he pleaded guilty Monday in a deal with Washington County prosecutors.Michael Thomas “Montana” Barringer, 50, of Morris Township, Washington County, entered the plea before Common ...

Cal U. loses bid to appeal order to turn over records to O-R

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a last-ditch attempt by California University of Pennsylvania to avoid providing an <em>Observer-Reporter</em> staff writer with records pertaining to donations from a contractor the school is suing over the partial ...