Jury selection began this week in the capital homicide case against the Smith Township father accused of shaking his son nearly four years ago, causing fatal injuries to the boy. The pool of about 250 prospective jurors arrived Monday morning at the Washington County Courthouse as the process ...
The animal control officer for Masontown is charged with taking two dogs into his custody on a Friday and shooting both in the head the following day. Samuel Vargo, 60, of Charleroi, was called to Fort Mason Village in the borough on Friday, Sept. 5, after someone reported two dogs were tied ...
Demolition of part of the former Washington Crown Center is imminent, now that the sale of the shopping mall has been finalized. The new owners – PREP Funds, a commercial real estate fund management and advisory firm based in Cleveland, and Industry Realty Group LLC, a commercial real estate ...
Leaf peepers will be given a new tool to plan their autumn sojourns throughout Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is launching a redesigned weekly fall foliage report on Sept. 25. It will feature regional updates, photos and tips to help ...
Monongahela police arrested a man Sunday after he was accused of using a firearm to hold a woman against her will. John Steven Chmiel, 46, of Monongahela, faces a felony kidnapping charge and several misdemeanors of unlawful restraint, terroristic threats, simple assault, reckless endangerment ...
One of two men charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman inside her Smith Township home in June said he and his accomplice were looking to rob her when the home invasion turned deadly. Shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit during a preliminary hearing Monday morning, ...
