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District attorney’s office seeks to revoke Sloane’s bail
Washington County Controller April Sloane could wait for her animal cruelty trial behind bars if a judge revokes her bond in the case. In a court filing Wednesday, prosecutors wrote that North Strabane Township police received an anonymous tip that Sloane, 43, has a cat living in her home. District...
Freedom Transit gets $15M for new CNG terminal
The Washington County Transit Authority will receive $15 million in federal funds to help it build a new compressed natural gas refueling and maintenance facility.<\p> The authority, which does business as Freedom Transit, was among 117 public transportation projects that will receive a total of $1.5 billion in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration.<\p>
Three people shot in Canonsburg, police searching for suspect
CANONSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) – Three people were injured after a shooting last night in Canonsburg, Washington County.A doorbell video shared with KDKA by a neighbor showed an audible 14 gunshots as what appears to be a gray sedan drives by Blaine Avenue in the borough.Some neighbors KDKA spoke with thought they were hearing something else at first – not gunshots."There was like -- a lot of explosions that I thought it was the fireworks," one woman who did not want to be identified said. "But upon hearing it constantly, I realized this wasn't fireworks… this was actually gunshot explosions.Police rushed...
PUC HEARINGS ON PENELEC RATE HIKE REQUEST MOVE TO WESTERN REGION
The Public Utility Commission’s public hearings on a rate increase request by the FirstEnergy companies, including Penelec, resume this week, and move into the western half of the state. Two of those hearings will be the closest ones to Indiana County on the schedule. FirstEnergy is asking for an...
3 hurt in Canonsburg shooting, possibly connected to other shootings earlier this week
A shooting in Washington County late Thursday has left three injured and follows two similar incidents that occurred in the same area this week, according to the Canonsburg Police Department. Officials were called to Blaine Avenue, Canonsburg, just before midnight for reports of a shooting, said Canonsburg Police Chief Alexander...
Highest earning communities in Pittsburgh places Washington County neighborhood at the top
The wealthiest community in the Pittsburgh region is Venetia, a ZIP Code in Washington County with about 10,000 residents that has a median household income of almost $167,000. The 15367 postal code lands atop the List of the Wealthiest Communities in the Pittsburgh region again this year and is followed...
Washington County hires Pittsburgh attorney in lawsuit over ballot curing
Washington County’s elections board voted Friday to hire a Pittsburgh attorney to represent it in a lawsuit filed by seven county residents who say the county’s refusal to let them correct mistakes on their mail-in ballots disenfranchised them. By a 2-to-1 vote, the board approved hiring David J....
Lawsuit says Pennsylvania county deliberately hid decisions to invalidate some mail-in ballots
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania county’s elected commissioners were sued Monday over a policy adopted for this year’s primary in which people whose mail-in ballots were disqualified for technical violations say they were purposely not informed in time to fix errors. Seven disqualified primary voters,...
Now-former Washington County assistant DA charged with DUI
NORTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) - A now-former assistant district attorney in Washington County has been charged with DUI.Rachel Wheeler, 37, who had been acting as an assistant district attorney, was charged Friday with two counts of DUI and failing to stop at a red light.According to the criminal complaint, Wheeler was subjected to a breathalyzer test and registered a blood-alcohol content of 0.147, above the legal limit of 0.08.The complaint states Wheeler drove through a steady red light while driving north on Route 19 at the intersection with Racetrack Road shortly before 10 p.m. on June 21. Wheeler eventually came to a stop in a shopping plaza at Wildflower Circle. The responding officer could smell a strong alcoholic odor coming from Wheeler's vehicle, the complaint added.After the failed breathalyzer test, Wheeler was placed into police custody and transported to the North Strabane police station for further questioning.While at the station, Wheeler initially refused to take another breathalyzer test but eventually agreed, according to the complaint. The second test showed a blood-alcohol content of 0.141.Wheeler tendered her resignation effective as of July 2, according to Washington County district attorney Jason Walsh.A preliminary hearing has not been set.
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