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West Brownsville man facing homicide charge in fatal New Kensington shooting

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 ...

Family of slain Washington woman upset with prosecutors over plea deal

The family of the Washington woman shot and killed during a drive-by shooting more than three years ago took umbrage with the decision by prosecutors to offer the teenage killer a plea deal earlier this year rather than go to trial and attempt to secure a first-degree murder conviction. ...

Family escapes from Lower Tyrone Township house fire

A family of four and their three animals escaped a weekend house fire uninjured in Lower Tyrone Township. Firefighters were called to the house on Hickory Square Road shortly before 8:45 a.m. Saturday after a caller told emergency dispatchers that the structure was filling with smoke, Fayette ...

Caregiver saves paralyzed man from Dunbar Township house fire

A caregiver helped to save a paralyzed man while trying to direct his parents to safety during an early morning house fire in Fayette County last week that killed a woman. Tony Masterbray had just arrived for his shift about midnight on July 16 to provide overnight care for the paralyzed man, ...

Washington firefighters begin constructing new training center in the city

One by one last weekend, Washington firefighters began stacking commercial shipping containers onto one another in the first steps to create a new training center that will offer the department a chance to practice and drill right in the city. Construction started with the firefighters ...