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Georges Township man charged with child rape

A Fayette County man was arrested by state police Thursday and charged with raping two pre-teen girls on multiple occasions going back to the mid-1990s and late 2000s. Harry Norbert Foster, 58, of Georges Township, is accused of molesting the two girls and forcing them to perform sex acts or ...

OSHA concludes investigation into collapsed trench in Charleroi

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finished its investigation into last week's trench collapse in the 800 block of McKean Avenue in Charleroi that trapped a man for about five hours. Borough Manager Joe Manning said he spoke with an OSHA representative Tuesday ...

Union miners, steelworkers shifting political allegiances in the Trump era

Once solid bastions of Democratic supporters, the unions representing local miners and steelworkers have experienced a seismic shift toward Republicans over the last decade in the era of President Donald Trump. Greene County Commissioner Blair Zimmerman, who is a lifelong Democrat and was a ...

California Area School District campus locked down after threat

California Area School District locked down its campus Friday morning after the high school received a phone call from someone threatening a shooting. According to a post on the districtĢƵ Facebook page, the high school received the call at about 11:34 a.m. Friday. The post states the caller ...

Donora man convicted on gun charge

A Donora man was convicted in federal court Thursday on a charge of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. A jury found Tre Robert Goins, 31, guilty after a day-and-half-long trial. According to the Department of Justice, on May 24, 2024, Goins fled from a traffic ...

DA claims petition could ‘haphazardly’ alter death penalty cases in Pa.

Lawyers for Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh say the state Supreme Court should reject any attempts to restrict the prosecutorĢƵ ability to pursue capital murder cases because it would “haphazardly create an entirely new system for death penalty cases” in the county that ...