A corrections officer at SCI-Fayette who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor simple assault last month in Washington County Court was sentenced to 18 months’ probation during a brief hearing Friday.Chad G. Reams, 40, of California Borough, was charged in March with throwing a chair at his wife, ...

A Washington County jury acquitted a Washington man on all charges stemming from an incident in which police claimed he brought a handgun and knife to a confrontation with his ex-girlfriend at John F. Kennedy Catholic School last year.The jury of 11 women and one man deliberated for about an ...