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Township takes its own zoning hearing board to court

North Strabane Township this week took its own zoning hearing board to Washington County Court to resolve a dispute.Defendants in the land-use appeal are also Stavro and Helene Semanderes of 34 Kirkwood Drive, Washington, who own approximately 23 acres near the Park Place development along ...

South Strabane man accused of child luring headed to trial

A South Strabane Township man accused of trying to lure a 10-year-old girl into his van will see his case head to trial.District Judge Joshua Kanalis held for court one charge of luring a child into a motor vehicle against Jan Ondra, 66, at Ondra’s preliminary hearing Monday.Centerville ...

Washington County man indicted on firearm charges

A Canonsburg man faces indictment over an allegation he illegally possessed firearms and ammunition last year.A federal grand jury handed down charges on June 11 against Jesse Price, 61.The charges stem from assertions by federal prosecutors that Price possessed two rifles, a handgun and ...

Washington Township man shot, charged in break-in at own house

State police filed charges Sunday against a Washington Township man who allegedly tried to attack two relatives before one of them shot him in the arm that morning.Court papers said William J. Wilson, 34, was still recovering at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., as police sought a ...

Donora man denied bail in stabbing

A district judge denied bail to a Donora man who was arrested on Thursday, two days after police said he stabbed another man several times in the Mon Valley borough.Court papers show District Judge Mark Wilson ordered Westley D. Sloan Jr., 29, held in Washington County jail because of the ...

Venetia man charged with fraudulently obtaining opioid painkillers

A federal grand jury indicted a Peters Township man federal prosecutors accuse of illegally obtaining narcotic painkillers.The U.S. attorney’s office for the Western District of Pennsylvania announced the indictment on Friday, saying 43-year-old Timothy Forester, who lives in the township’s ...