A recent ruling from Pennsylvania’s high court reinforces local elected officials’ authority – and responsibility – to consider what zoning rules they apply to oil and gas development.The state Supreme Court ruled Friday in favor of two families in Fairfield Township, Lycoming County, ...
A Washington County judge delivered a mixed verdict Friday in the trial of a Deemston man accused of beating an East Bethlehem Township commissioner.Judge Gary Gilman found David A. Lingis, 39, guilty of simple assault and harassment against 70-year-old Paul Battaglini. Gilman acquitted Lingis ...
Monongahela officials agreed to a $30,000 settlement to end a federal lawsuit brought by a former part-time police officer who claimed she faced discrimination and harassment while she worked for the city.The settlement ends a federal lawsuit brought by Lindsi Kopko of Canton Township in ...
An appeal brought by a former Washington County juvenile probation officer who allegedly faced retaliatory firing in 2014 could result in a new precedent for what protections apply to judicial employees who make allegations about wrongdoing within the court system.All seven justices of the ...
CONNELLSVILLE (AP) — A man charged along with his ex-girlfriend in the death of her mother, who authorities allege was malnourished and beaten with a table leg, is asking a judge to dismiss charges and bar prosecutors from using some statements at his trial.Thirty-five-year-old Peter ...
A South Strabane woman faces child endangerment and other charges after police said she allegedly caused cuts on her two grandchildren's faces when she broke open a car window.Township police charged Denise Tamulinas, 57, Thursday with child endangerment, obstructing the administration of law, ...
