East Washington News

About 13,000 Pennsylvania American Water customers in Washington County are being asked to keep their taps turned off today while the utility deals with a temporary shortage, officials said.

South Strabane Township police Chief Donald Zofchak said 42-year-old Frank J. Bruno - arrested on an unrelated retail theft charge - confessed Sunday to numerous burglaries that had baffled investigators for more than two weeks.

The board approved the amended the 2009-2010 school calendar to reflect the deletion of the professional development days and parent teacher conference days.

An East Washington man is finally scheduled to go to trial Tuesday in federal court on possession of firearms charges that were filed against him three years ago.

Races for three of Washington County's 11 magisterial districts were decided Tuesday night as the same candidate won both political party's nod in their respective contests.

Although Gov. Edward G. Rendell recently signed a death warrant for Roland William Steele, it's likely he will remain alive for years to come.

" An execution warrant for Roland William Steele, 62, who was sentenced to die for beating to death three Washington County women in their eighties nearly 24 years ago was signed Tuesday by Gov.

An East Washington man was arrested early Sunday after a Washington police officer on patrol saw him kick another man in the head in a parking lot behind a North Main Street bar.

Two men were killed and two critically hurt in three violent incidents over the weekend in Philadelphia: * Police were called to Rugby Street near Mohican, in the city's West Oak Lane section, at 8:11 p.m. Friday based on reports of a shooting.

Kerri Silbaugh, an eighth-grader at John F. Kennedy Catholic School, was the national winner among eighth-grade entrants in the Heinz Ketchup Creativity Contest.

State releases sage grouse in E. Washington county More than two dozen sage grouse have been released on land in Washington state's Lincoln County in an effort to establish a third population of birds in that state.

A Washington firefighter was suspended from her job with pay Friday after the mayor and City Council determined she had been insubordinate to her supervisor.

Washington School District's tentative $24.2 million operating budget for the next school year includes a proposed 7-mill tax increase.

Two more candidates have jumped into district judge races in the May primary. Washington attorney Joseph C. Francis announced he is running for the seat that was left vacant by the retirement of District Judge ...

North Strabane Township police have completed their report on a Dec. 15 crash that killed an Ellsworth woman when a trailer broke loose from a pickup truck on Route 19 near Conklin Road and hit her car.

Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey and wife Terese with daughters Marena, Caroline, Elyse and Julia at the Biden Home States Ball last night.

Three people will be charged after members of the Washington County District Attorney's Drug Task Force served a search warrant Friday night at a home on East Walnut Street in Washington.

In myriad ways, a number of Jewish area residents are getting set to take part in the inaugural festivities, either in the nation's capital -- where huge crowds and frigid temperatures are expected -- or much ...

Icy weather that descended on the region Tuesday night through early Wednesday morning contributed to a flurry of crashes in Washington County, including one that severely damaged an East Washington police ...

The wintry weather and slick roads meant a short day for some southern Indiana students.