Washington County News

Injuries have been reported in a two-vehicle crash in Canonsburg that involved a motorcycle, a Washington County 911 supervisor confirmed.

A western Pennsylvania judge who abruptly resigned last year was charged Thursday with stealing cocaine from evidence in cases before him, and his attorney said the former jurist is cooperating with the investigation.

Murder victim Evelyn Stepko's name is on this stone in the Washington County Crime Victims Garden, next to the Family Court Center.

It's going to a be a chilly start to the Memorial Day weekend. The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for Washington County, including Peters Township.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about in Pennsylvania on Friday.

Our region and the land of palm trees and the “Hollywood” sign both experienced paltry turnouts in Tuesday's elections.

The Ferry Boat Frederick is the last cable-run ferry crossing the Monongahela River.

A former Pennsylvania judge stole cocaine from court evidence envelopes before he resigned and was hired by the Alaska Department of Labor, according to charges filed Thursday.

Many West Penn Power customers are without power in northern Washington County. According to a West Penn spokesman , about 1,900 customers are without power in Canonsburg, Cecil and North Strabane.

The Pennsylvania State Police have charged a western Pennsylvania judge with stealing cocaine from evidence in cases he presided over before he abruptly resigned last year.

Washington County Judge Paul Pozonsky, who suddenly resigned from the bench last year amid reports that he was the target of a state grand jury investigation, was charged today by the state attorney general's office with misappropriating cocaine.

A Pennsylvania witness at West Brownsville reported watching an object "overtake two military jets" and then make a right angle turn before moving away at high speed, according to May 22, 2013, testimony from the Mutual UFO Network witness reporting database.

Cecil, North Strabane and Peters townships share borders – and much more.

Several candidates are seeking nomination for positions on Peters Township Council and Peters Township School Board.

Washington County District Attorney Eugene Vittone said Avery Turner, 22, was arrested at the Ramada Inn Washington while in possession of 184 stamp bags of heroin and a stolen gun.

A Washington man wanted for allegedly kidnapping his estranged girlfriend outside the LeMoyne Center in East Washington last month was apprehended early Wednesday during a sweep by the Washington County District Attorney's Drug Task Force.

A court order has been issued to “confiscate and preserve” all materials provided to Washington's 12 polling places from the county's elections office relating to a memorandum about Councilman Joe Manning's write-in campaign.

Mike Jones / Observer-Reporter Washington County Court of Common Pleas judge hopeful Mike Lucas looks over supporters' shoulders at primary results Tuesday night at the Washington Elks lodge.

On Election Day, Holy Ghost Byzantine Church, 828 Meadow Ave., may be known as Charleroi's Sixth Precinct, but it's also a place for a home-cooked meal.

Seven hotels have popped up along Racetrack Rd in North Strabane, PA, since The Meadows opened in 2007.