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Pumpkin carver is master of his craft by Patricia Van Horn One family goes all out on Halloween night in Cecil Township's Pristine Fields neighborhood.

This article has been read 162 times. The Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation is conducting a survey of what has been an overlooked history of the inner-city black experience in Washington.

Share + Oct 27, 2009 11:58 pm US/Eastern WASHINGTON, PA 1 of 1 The ghost of a Confederate soldier is believed to be living on the third floor of the president's house at Washington and Jefferson College.

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Share + Oct 21, 2009 4:03 pm US/Eastern There areA few things that signal autumn more than pumpkins.

This article has been read 905 times. A fire destroyed a house in Buffalo Township this morning.

Share + Oct 22, 2009 6:17 am US/Eastern WASHINGTON, Pa. A judge has dismissed a juror's assertion that he was coerced into finding a man guilty of murdering a retired southwestern Pennsylvania police chief and his wife.

Shadow foreign secretary William Hague is due to meet US secretary of state Hillary Clinton for talks during a visit to Washington.

WASHINGTON, Pa. a ' A former Pittsburgh man again faces a possible death penalty in a retrial in the shooting deaths of two Ohio college students a decade ago.

WASHINGTON, Pa. - A former Pittsburgh man again faces a possible death penalty in a retrial in the shooting deaths of two Ohio college students a decade ago.

Even when faced with competition from Pennsylvania's slot machine casinos, West Virginia's four racetracks pulled in more than $882 million worth of gambling revenue in fiscal 2009.

Share + Oct 14, 2009 5:12 pm US/Eastern Reporting Harold Hayes WASHINGTON, PA 1 of 1 Terrell Yarbrough was convicted and sentenced to death in the shooting death of Aaron Land and Brian Muha - two Franciscan University students in 1999.

Artifacts from Mandell's Drug Store in Mt. Lebanon on display at the Historical Society of Mt.

In any location in which the changes of seasons are prominent, the opportunity to watch foliage change color is highly anticipated by both residents and visitors.

This article has been read 153 times. Washington School Board on Monday approved a three-year contract with Washington Education Support Professionals, a union which represents 77 custodial, cafeteria and clerical workers and paraprofessionals.

A mercury spill at an Irondale ball park is being investigated. According to the chief, a retired assistant chief noticed about six ounces of mercury spilled on an Irondale basketball court.

This article has been read 130 times. Plans are under way for the 10th annual Sister-to-Sister Summit, scheduled for Nov.

This article has been read 333 times. A proposal to increase the cost of on-street parking, in metered lots and in Washington's city garages, put on hold over the summer, again came up Monday at a City Council agenda-setting session.

This article has been read 3449 times. Washington police are on the scene of a shooting on Wilson Avenue in Washington, near the entrance to Washington Hospital.

Nearly 200 renters left homeless by a fire at their upscale suburban Philadelphia apartment complex will receive an average of $40,000 from a legal settlement announced Wednesday.

A man suspected of robbing a pizza shop and trying to rob a convenience store in Washington late last month had his preliminary hearing continued Wednesday when he appeared without an attorney.

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This article has been read 677 times. A man with a gun walked to the pharmacy counter of a Washington drugstore late Saturday and demanded the store's supply of a powerful narcotic painkiller.

More than 100 employees from Pittsburgh Coca-Cola Bottling Co. volunteered with local organizations in Washington County to help in cleanup efforts.

Washington police are looking for the man who robbed a pharmacy Saturday night. Police told WTAE Channel 4 Action News that the man walked into the 24-hour CVS Pharmacy on West Chestnut Street just before 11 p.m. " went to the back of the pharmacy, ordered the clerk to give him all of the OxyContin, raised up his shirt and exposed a pistol in his ...

Share + Oct 3, 2009 2:55 pm US/Eastern WASHINGTON, Pa. A judge says a western Pennsylvania congregation that left the national Presbyterian church can keep its property.

The fall is here. Enjoy your weekend browsing craft booths, pumpkin patches and food stands the entire month of October.