Washington County News

Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be making a stop in Washington County on Saturday.

Power crews had to repair telephone poles and downed wires after an overnight crash in Washington County.

A federal judge on Friday sentenced a convicted pedophile from Washington County to nearly 17 years in prison for possessing child pornography.

A minor accident on Interstate 79 in Washington County ultimately sent a man to a Pittsburgh hospital aboard a medical helicopter.

State police are investigating an accident in Washington County that caused a car to flip over.

Police in Washington County are searching for a man who on Friday robbed the Cal-Ed Federal Credit Union.

This article has been read 1285 times. A Finleyville woman died in a one-vehicle crash early this morning on Route 136 near Meek Lane, Somerset Township.

Two Washington County men were acquitted Thursday of wounding a rival during a daring daytime shooting on a Monessen street.

This article has been read 0 times. A 39-year-old Cecil woman, Shawna Lynn Pigford, was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Route 980 Wednesday night.

A western Pennsylvania woman awaiting the death penalty for starving her 7-year-old daughter in 1998 will have an appeal hearing next month.

A murder mystery is unfolding in a small Washington County town. A man was found dead early Tuesday in a pick-up truck on Quinnell Avenue in Lakeland Shores.

Starting next year, people employed within Robinson in Washington County and earning more than $12,000 a year must pay the $52 Local Services Tax.

The former top police officer in a rural Washington County community was arraigned Monday on charges of endangering the welfare of children after he was accused of having sex with a runaway juvenile.

A Pennsylvania landowner is suing an energy company for polluting his soil and water in an attempt to link a natural gas drilling technique with environmental contamination.

A Fayette County woman was charged Thursday with embezzling more than $500,000 from a Washington County Ford dealership.

Share + Nov 5, 2009 8:20 am US/Eastern WASHINGTON, PA Closing arguments are set to get underway this morning in the sentencing phase of the trial for the man convicted in the shooting deaths of two Franciscan University students.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 12:53 pm US/Eastern HARRISBURG The Internal Revenue Service owes refunds totaling over $3.7 Million to more than 3,000 taxpayers in Pennsylvania.

A Washington County Jury has sentenced Terrell Yarbrough, 29, to life in prison for the deaths Brian Muha and Aaron Land back in 1999.

Former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will visit South Strabane Township, Washington County, to promote her new book.

Joined by an unlikely ally, Terrell Yarbrough's lawyer fought for his client's life on Wednesday, one day after the Pittsburgh man was found guilty of killing Franciscan University students Aaron Land and Brian Muha.