Washington County News

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.

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" book tour will swing through Washington County this month, part of a three-week promotional trip that avoids some of the major book-buying markets.

After a day of deliberations, a Washington County jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of a Pittsburgh man accused of killing two Franciscan University students.

A Washington County jury continues deliberating in Terrell Yarbrough's second murder trial, trying to reach a verdict on charges that the Pittsburgh man killed two Franciscan University students.

A young Washington County woman who was attending college at Penn State Altoona died in a two-car crash Sunday night near the campus in Logan Township, Blair County.

This article has been read 170 times. Washington County is preparing to fight an anticipated court appeal of The Meadows' casino tax assessment, with millions in tax revenue at stake.

A Washington County coal company Friday submitted a guilty plea to one misdemeanor count each of pollution and unlawful conduct before Fayette County Judge Steve Leskinen.

This article has been read 53 times. Washington County President Judge Debbie O'Dell Seneca is being accused of erring in the sentencing and resentencing of one of the men responsible for the murders of a Carroll Township couple last year.

Allegheny County is recording more cases of H1N1 flu than any other county in Pennsylvania, according to new numbers from the state Department of Health Statistics released on Wednesday afternoon show that Allegheny is Pennsylvania's only county with more than 1,000 confirmed cases of H1N1.

Two Washington County men are facing charges for allegedly growing marijuana on Pennsylvania state game lands.

Tuesday marked day two of the murder trial against 28-year old Terrell Yarbrough, charged in the 1999 killings of two Franciscan University Students.

This article has been read 323 times. Callling him the "catalyst," a drug dealer and a person who could have prevented the killings of the former Carroll Township police chief and his wife, President Judge Debbie O'Dell Seneca this morning sentenced a second co-defendant of convicted murderer Gerald Szakal.

After a delay in the case, opening arguments began Monday in the kidnapping and murder trial of a man accused in the 1999 killing two Franciscan University students.

WASHINGTON TWP. Pa. -- Police in Washington County are looking for the person responsible for a hit and run Friday night.

The trial for Terrell Yarbrough, 28, of Pittsburgh, who is accused of the 1999 murders of two Franciscan University of Steubenville students will likely begin Monday, according to Steven Fischer, Washington County District Attorney Steven Toprani's Chief of Staff.

A second person has been charged in connection with an armed robbery at a service station in Finleyville earlier this month.