The family of a woman who was killed along with her unborn child in a murder-suicide at a Southpointe apartment in March filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the man’s estate.Relatives of Michelle Krek filed their lawsuit Monday in Washington County Court of Common Pleas against the estate ...
A case involving a temporary protection-from-abuse order against a sitting Washington County judge was dismissed and unsealed Friday afternoon.Senior Judge William Nalitz issued orders opening the records in a case in which James Quisenberry of McMurray had sought a PFA against Judge Valarie ...
A panel of Westmoreland County judges picked a longtime social worker and ordained minister to fill a vacancy that’s hamstrung Monessen’s city council for more than two months.The 10 members of the county’s bench picked Lois Thomas, 56, for the seat Thursday left empty by Councilman Ron ...
Federal prosecutors are accusing a Washington woman of falsely claiming in a Social Security document that a beneficiary was residing in her home.A federal grand jury returned an indictment Tuesday charging Crystal Bell, 42, with theft of government property and supplemental security income ...
A former Roman Catholic priest who was posted at one point to a Mon Valley parish pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge stemming from the sexual assault of a 10-year-old boy while he was at another parish in the Diocese of Greensburg.Standing beside the victim who came forward with allegations ...
Hanover police filed charges against a Venango County woman who allegedly spat water at, kicked and bit officers who detained her on suspicion she’d been driving drunk at KeyBank Pavilion.Rebecca A. Babis, 32, of Cranberry Township, was charged Monday with driving under the influence, ...