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Three Mon Valley men facing federal drug charges

Three Mon Valley residents face federal drug charges after investigators searched each of their homes a month ago.Deaubre Lightfoot, 27, of Monessen, Anthony Davis, 38, of Donora and Brandon Thomas, 38, of Donora, were indicted Tuesday. Lightfoot is charged with possessing with intent to ...

Judge: ‘Torture porn’ campaign ads not defamatory

A Washington County judge dismissed portions of two lawsuits over attack ads from the 2016 election that accused a Mon Valley candidate for state House of having starred in a “torture porn movie.”President Judge Katherine B. Emery said in a pair of similar rulings, filed Friday in the ...

City man sentenced to 9 to 20 years in 2016 shooting

A Washington man was sentenced to 9 to 20 years in state prison for a 2016 shooting that killed 19-year-old Alexis Barnett.Washington County Judge Gary Gilman imposed the sentence Friday when Tavian Hooper pleaded guilty to third-degree homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide and aggravated ...

Lawsuit alleges three McGuffey teachers mocked special-needs students

The mother of a McGuffey School District student whose special needs allegedly were mocked by three teachers in a conversation recorded by mistake is accusing the district of discrimination and other violations of her daughter’s rights in a federal lawsuit.Beth Suhon of Donegal Township said ...

New sexual assault charges filed against former Washington man

A former Washington man who was arrested earlier this month on child rape charges filed in 2012 faces additional sexual assault charges filed Wednesday.Jon Edwin Stein, 53, was arraigned that day on new charges of aggravated indecent assault of a child and indecent assault of a child. The ...

Record settlement reached over Monessen plant emissions

PITTSBURGH – The world’s largest steelmaker will pay a $1.5 million penalty to environmental regulators as part of a settlement ending a federal lawsuit by an environmental group over alleged air pollution violations at the multinational corporation’s coke plant in ...