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The suspected arson at St. Ann Church in Waynesburg could be prosecuted as a federal case, according to Waynesburg Police Chief Billy Nichols. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is looking at the case, due to it being a house of worship, Nichols said during MondayĢƵ borough council ...

Man charged with arson at two Waynesburg sites

A man suspected of setting weekend fires in Waynesburg, including one at St. Ann Church, was arraigned Monday night. Jesse Patterson, 37, of Waynesburg, is charged with several felonies connected to suspected arson Sunday at St. Ann and a trailer on High Street. Court documents list Patterson ...

A Waynesburg man accused of intentionally providing tainted drugs that led to a fatal overdose last year will get a new attorney. In a letter to the court, Jake Finogle, 25, had requested his attorney Marissa Stewart be replaced due to a “massive conflict of interest.” Stewart also filed a ...

A Carmichaels man faces aggravated assault charges after he was accused of kicking a police officer while being treated in the emergency room. Branden Holbert, 32, is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment. According to the criminal complaint, Holbert was in the UPMC ...

Back to the books

A.J. Kennedy, a first-grader at Waynesburg Central Elementary School, steps off the bus as he arrives for the first day of classes Tuesday.

A former school building and municipal building in Greene Township will be torn down next month. Equipment to be used in the demolition is already parked outside the building, which dates back to the 1930s. Township officials said the teardown for the building has been years in the making, ...