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There are almost 200 stones in the Washington County Crime Victims Memorial Garden behind the county courthouse, each one commemorating someone whose life ended prematurely as a result of crime. New stones were added and all the victims were remembered Saturday afternoon in an annual event ...

EditorĢƵ note: This is the first in a series of stories reflecting on 20 years of gas drilling in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Mount Pleasant Township is among the most appropriately named municipalities in Southwestern Pennsylvania. It is pleasant, to be sure, a friendly, bucolic town of ...

The man accused of firing his handgun at a police officer in Monongahela and then holding a police SWAT team at bay on two separate occasions last month has waived his case to court. Emmanuel Houghton appeared in Washington County Central Court and agreed Friday to forgo his preliminary ...

CHARLEROI – Daniele Byrne said employees of World Kitchen in the borough have been “walking around like zombies” since receiving the news of the plantĢƵ closing. “Nobody wants to come to do their job. ItĢƵ understandable. Why do you want to work when you know we’re getting tossed ...

To the victors go the spoils. For 72 Laurel Highlands High School students, those spoils came in the form of live music, food trucks, and a mechanical bull. The fun recognized the students’ hard work in bringing home a first place win for middle-sized high schools across the U.S. in the ...