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Anne Davis, executive director for Horses with Hope, was honored during the 2025 American Red Cross Power of Red Celebration of Heroes event in June at the Heinz History Center for her work in equine therapy with the special needs community. Davis said she was surprised by the recognition ...
There are about 11 million vehicles registered in Pennsylvania, but only a little more than 27,000 of them have the new 鈥淟et Freedom Ring鈥� license plates that have been issued to commemorate the United States鈥� 250th anniversary in 2026. That works out to about 0.2% of the cars, SUVs, ...
The admission by Coroner Timothy Warco that he filed a fraudulent death certificate with the state Department of Health 鈥� allegedly at the behest of District Attorney Jason Walsh 鈥� will likely have legal 鈥渞everberations鈥� for past and future homicide cases in Washington County, according ...
A Waynesburg woman charged with criminal homicide in a 2022 killing will spend 10 to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to lesser charges. On Monday, Shawna Smith, 26, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, kidnapping, tampering and obstruction in two separate cases. In exchange, ...
A Washington County man will stand trial in the killing of another man in New Kensington nearly three years ago. Larry Osborn Nix II, 41, of West Brownsville, waived his formal arraignment Wednesday at the Westmoreland County Courthouse in connection with the fatal shooting of 31-year-old ...
