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Pa. Supreme Court won’t hear appeal in suit against former president judge

The state Supreme Court won’t hear the appeal of a fired Washington County juvenile probation officer who accused former president judge Debbie O’Dell Seneca and other court officials of retaliating against him for reporting alleged corruption within his department.The court issued a ...

Gun-club lawsuit against Robinson dismissed

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by a North Carolina man who accused Robinson Township officials of “slow-rolling” his application to operate a gun club before amending local zoning laws to deny him a permit.U.S. District Judge Marilyn Horan dismissed the civil complaint filed by ...

CHJA approves more modest rate increase

Citing projections in revenue from new tap-ins next year and amid litigation by several municipalities in its service area, the Canonsburg-Houston Joint Authority board scaled back a rate increase before approving it Thursday.Members of the board voted 5-0 to increase rates by 66 cents per ...

Pa. Supreme Court upholds Clemons’ death sentence

The state Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence of Jordan Clemons, who was convicted in 2015 for killing 21-year-old Karissa Kunco and leaving her body in the woods of Mt. Pleasant Township three years earlier.In an opinion Wednesday by Justice David Wecht, the appellate court found the ...

City targeted in new lawsuit by demolition contractor

The company that tore down part of a downtown Washington apartment building following its collapse 18 months ago filed a new lawsuit against the city this week.Allegheny Crane Rental Inc. claims in its lawsuit that local officials “knowingly engaged in a scheme to obtain services from (the ...

Woman trapped in Washington collapse sues former owners

A lawsuit by the woman who was badly injured when she was trapped under rubble when her downtown Washington apartment building collapsed in 2017 is suing her former landlord and the owners of the neighboring structure.Megan Angelone, who now lives near near Uniontown in Fayette County, filed a ...