Bentleyville News

Dominic Sicchitano is a 17-year old Bentworth High School senior who wants to become a nurse.

A group of Washington County doctors are expanding infusion therapy services, a move designed to reduce health care costs by limiting hospitalization while improving patient care.

DEC. 12, 2005 * State police Cpl. Joseph Pokorny Jr., 45, of Moon was shot to death outside the ExtendedStay America hotel in Carnegie after pulling over a motorist for speeding on the Parkway West.

Mayor John Lignelli has announced the start of two multi-million dollar projects that will affect the borough.

In a solemn ceremony featuring police and firefighter rituals, the Washington, Pa., area and hundreds of police officers and firefighters from throughout the Tri-State region turned out today to honor a South ...

Nathan Burnfield, a South Strabane police officer, was struck by a truck as he worked to clear Interstate 70 Monday, November 10, 2008 Debra Burnfield knows what her son, Nathan, was thinking when he stopped to ...

Nathan Burnfield will be remembered "for the silly smile on his face" by his colleagues in the South Strabane Township Police Department, his chief said at the young officer's funeral Monday.

Hundreds of police and firefighters are expected to join family members and friends at the funeral of a western Pennsylvania police officer who was struck and killed by a vehicle on Interstate 70 last week.

Two people, including a police officer, died as a result of an accident Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 70 that caused a traffic tie-up for hours.

There were some smiles and laughs. And there were a few tears as they remembered their comrade who was killed Tuesday afternoon doing what he did best - helping others.

An accident involving two trucks on Interstate 70 in Washington County has killed two people, and one of the victims is a police officer.

Southwest Regional Medical Center will soon begin a $3 million renovation project to expand its emergency room and behavioral health-care services and to create a new specialized surgical care area.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has resumed trout stockings on area waters where fall plantings had been postponed after Tellico Fish Farm, the North Carolina supplier, failed to provide the ...

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's Chief Executive Officer Joseph G. Brimmeier will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Thursday in Redstone to commemorate the recent opening of the first phase of the ...

Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato's plan to spend excess drink tax revenue on roads and bridges could face a court challenge, legislative leaders said Thursday.

Port Authority riders are questioning Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato's plan to spend some "transit tax" money on road and bridge construction.

Tom Brown resisted council's plan to dissolve the police force in 2006. Despite his objections, council voted in early January 2006 to dissolve the force.

Washington firefighters could set their watches by Jack Manning. Even after his second retirement from the department in 2004, the guys knew the former chief would pull in close to 2 p.m. each day, climb the ...

The newly appointed mayor of Bentleyville will be sworn in at a health center, where he has been a patient since May.

The decision by state police to pursue an 11-year-old boy at speeds up to 85 miles per hour Sunday was a bad one, experts say.