DONORA – Judge Traci McDonald-Kemp took a seat in the back of a Washington County courtroom the first time she appeared there as a young prosecutor.Someone then instructed her that the defendants sit in the front of the courtroom, McDonald-Kemp recalled Monday when she spoke in Donora about ...
U.S. Steel Corp’s Donora Zinc Works belched out some five million pounds of cadmium during the 42 years it produced zinc for use in steel manufacturing.Six decades later, the elevated levels of cadmium found in soil and household samples in the vicinity of the former plant are an important ...
DONORA – A Donora man was taken into custody Wednesday on charges he caused severe trauma to the head of a baby a year ago in his residence.District Judge Mark Wilson sent the suspect, Karrington Lewis, 22, to Washington County jail on $100,000 bond on three counts of aggravated assault.A ...
MONONGAHELA – A hearing was postponed Wednesday for a Donora woman accused of neglecting one of the more than 200 animals, mostly cats, that she sheltered in three buildings.District Judge Mark Wilson continued the preliminary hearing for a month for Christie Dee Harr, 41, because she ...
DONORA – A stalled lawn tractor, discarded lumber and a cat cage are among the junk that litters the grounds at a former Roman Catholic church and rectory in Donora.The cage is a silent reminder that nearly 150 neglected animals, mostly cats, were seized in late October from this blighted ...
DONORA – A Donora man has been charged in an indecent assault case involving a woman who was providing client services at his residence in October.Donora police filed four counts of indecent assault Monday against the suspect, Michael Chester, 19, who has been in Washington County jail since ...
