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Ex-Union manager sues township

The former manager of Union Township is accusing his ex-employer of violating his contract when supervisors allegedly fired him for pointing out they didn’t have the authority to close a state road.In the complaint filed on his behalf Tuesday in the Washington County Court of Common Pleas, ...

Woman held for trial in purported threats against school officials

A Cecil Township woman remains in jail on a six-figure bond on criminal charges that snowballed from a violent fantasy which she confided to her therapist in anger with officials at her children’s school.“She’s not a credible threat to herself or the school district,” defense attorney ...

State Sen. Kim Ward, ‘red-blooded woman,’ went for gun to ward off intruder

Within hours of when she’d been prepared to shoot an alleged intruder if he came through the kitchen door of her mother’s Chartiers Township home, state Sen. Kim Ward was ready to joke about the chain of events that had threatened to erupt in violence.“At 4:00 AM I woke up to pounding ...

Judge orders 11th-hour postponement of city man’s homicide trial

The homicide trial of a 24-year-old Washington man who’s been in jail for more than five years was postponed Friday following weeks of grueling jury selection.Washington County Common Pleas Judge John DiSalle granted the continuance at the request of Brandon L. Wolowski’s lawyers and county ...

Teen charged in assault of deputy, attorney at Washington County hearing

A 15-year-old Washington County boy is in an Ohio juvenile detention center after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his attorney and a Washington County sheriff’s deputy while he was at Washington County Family Court Center for a proceeding Wednesday morning.He was charged by a deputy ...