Washington City Council held the first reading Monday of an ordinance to refinance the city’s pension bond debt. Councilman Ken Westcott, who chairs the finance department, explained that the city will embark on an action he referred to as “debt smoothing” for the city’s pension bond ...
The woman who was flown for medical treatment after being rescued from a Saturday house fire in Washington is expected to make a full recovery. “The breathing tube has been taken out,” city Fire Chief Chris Richer said Monday. The woman, described as legally blind and disabled, was ...
A spark from Fourth of July fireworks started a fire in a city of Washington home. Firefighter Andrew Newman of the Washington Fire Department said the department responded to a home on Broad Street around midnight. “Dispatch had sent us in under the impression that it was a door on ...
For six decades, crowds have packed the streets of Canonsburg every Fourth of July to watch what has become an annual summertime tradition in the borough. The 61st annual parade will step off at 10 a.m. Thursday. The two-hour-plus procession begins at Casavina Drive and proceeds westward onto ...
Washington police responded to a shooting that injured a man Monday night. According to police, officers were called to the 555 block of Broad Street at about 11:15 p.m. Police arrived to find a Washington man had been shot. He was initially transported to UPMC Washington and was transferred ...
A section of Murtland Avenue in Washington finally reopened to traffic Thursday afternoon after being shut down 24 hours earlier when a tractor-trailer tore down three utility poles, knocking out power to businesses and residents in the area. “A tractor-trailer was preparing to go into Budd ...
