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Man acquitted of threatening, attacking county jail guard

The trial of a 59-year-old man accused of threatening and attacking a jail guard a year ago ended Tuesday in acquittal.A Washington County jury found Dino Paul – who previously was living in Pitcairn, Allegheny County – not guilty on charges of aggravated assault and terroristic threats.The ...

Cecil supervisor takes colleagues to court over law firm firing

In the middle of months of infighting over a land deal involving the site of a former coal mine and chemical maker, one Cecil Township supervisor is hauling three colleagues to Washington County Court and accusing them of breaking the state open-meeting law.Supervisor Thomas Casciola’s ...

Macri headed to trial on lesser charges

A former PIAA wrestling champion who was shot by police after allegedly pointing an AR-15 at officers waived his right to a preliminary hearing Monday, and had some charges against him dropped.Aggravated assault charges against Logan Bradley Macri, 20, of 427 W. McMurray Road, North Strabane, ...

Brownsville woman pleads guilty in machete attack

A Brownsville woman pleaded guilty to attacking a man with a machete late last year.Gina Marie Hall, 34, of Hunters Ridge entered pleas to simple assault and reckless endangerment charges before Fayette County Judge Steve Leskinen.The victim, Michael Burkey, began having seizures after he was ...

Mediation yields no settlement in Majestic Hills litigation

Efforts to settle a raft of overlapping lawsuits over landslides in North Strabane Township are proceeding more slowly than the unstable ground that prompted the litigation.Township solicitor Gary Sweat said Tuesday he attended the May 16 meeting with Babst Calland attorney D. Matthew Jameson ...