Peters Township officials are suing the Washington County coroner’s office over its refusal to turn over autopsy reports and other records to the municipality’s police department, which they claim is hampering the investigation into a baby’s death earlier this year. John Smith, who ...
A South Strabane man accused of attempting to kidnap and assault a woman in a grocery store parking lot last year was found not guilty on two felony counts Thursday, although the Washington County jury was deadlocked on other charges associated with the case. Jose Carmen Zaragoza, 50, was on ...
An early-morning fire Thursday damaged a house in Washington Township next door to the volunteer fire department. Crews from numerous departments in the tri-county area were called to the house fire on 1302 Axton St. about 1:45 p.m. and found flames shooting from the roof. There were no ...
The statewide committee that oversees Pennsylvania’s opioid settlement trust fund is raising concerns about how Washington County is handing out its grants, calling the process “problematic” as it rejected eight applicants during its meeting last week and put nine others under further ...
Crews were called out Tuesday night to two fires in Washington County, including one in which firefighters pulled a man from a burning home. Several departments were called to the 300 block of Malone Ridge Road in Canton Township about 5:30 p.m. with reports of a person still inside, a ...
Washington County Commission Chairman Nick Sherman and Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pennsylvania CEO Megan Hegedus cut a ribbon Tuesday to officially open the new room inside the county courthouse to offer victims of domestic violence a safe space to meet with DVSSP staff or to ...
