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Landslide closes Route 40 near Yough Lake

MARKLEYSBURG – A landslide on Route 40 near Yough Lake is expected to close a section of the highway through the weekend – and possibly much longer – while crews remove debris and stabilize the hillside.The slide, which covered both lanes of the road with trees, rocks and dirt in Henry ...

Woman pleads guilty to benefits scheme for son incarcerated at SCI-Greene

A former Washington County woman who filed for unemployment benefits on behalf of her son while he was an inmate at SCI-Greene prison last year pleaded guilty in federal court on June 16 to a new charge.Christina Marie Weigner agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail ...

Swift water rescue team pulls rafters to safety on Dunbar Creek

Fayette CountyĢƵ swift water rescue team was dispatched Tuesday night to help several people whose raft ran aground in the middle of Dunbar Creek.Morrell volunteer firefighters were initially called to the creek in Dunbar Township shortly before 7 p.m. after the groupĢƵ raft deflated and it ...

Defendant in movie theater shooting testifies he was in fear for his life

Chris Williams wept as he testified about being beaten nearly unconscious by several teens he had confronted inside a North Franklin Township movie theater, and the decision he made to draw his handgun as a “last resort” when he thought the group was about to attack him again as he tried to ...

Bride on a bike: Waynesburg couple get married their way

Rather than ride off in, say, a stretch limousine, newlyweds Jay Leonard and Lilly Grooms did it their way:Aboard JayĢƵ 2008 Harley-Davidson Street Glide.They decided on his Harley instead of hers, a Sportster, as they pulled onto WaynesburgĢƵ East High Street and turned at South Washington ...