Mike Jones

A Donora man was sentenced last month to more than 12 years in prison on federal drug and gun charges following his conviction earlier this year. Tre Robert Goins, 31, was ordered to serve 146 months in prison followed by four years on supervised release during his Oct. 21 sentencing before Senior U.S. District Judge […]

A judge in Washington County denied petitions from the district attorney asking the court to force the coroner to turn over autopsy reports without charging fees, ruling that it instead is a civil matter and should not be attached to the criminal court, while she also pleaded with the two warring sides to find “common […]

Work to relocate a water pipeline underneath South Main Street in Washington is taking much longer than anticipated after construction crews unexpectedly struck solid rock while digging below the roadway. The expected two-week closure that began in early September is now approaching a month with the possibility that the work could continue for another three […]

The closure of South Main Street in Washington has been extended by another week as crews work to relocate a waterline below the roadway. The state Department of Transportation announced Thursday that the road closure between East Prospect and Park avenues in the city, which began Sept. 8 and was supposed to reopen to traffic […]

Bill Iams remembers a time when he could drive north on Route 19 from the edge of Washington to the crossroads of Peters Township and only see farmland. Over the past few decades, many farmers sold their properties, leading to the development of strip malls and housing plans along the way. And now, some farmers […]

It was a homecoming of sorts for Lighthouse Electric with the celebration of its sprawling new manufacturing plant built at the former Brockway Glass site in Canton Township, along with its corporate headquarters moving into the old Ross Mould building in downtown Washington. The company has had several locations over its four decades in operation, […]

The admission by Coroner Timothy Warco that he filed a fraudulent death certificate with the state Department of Health – allegedly at the behest of District Attorney Jason Walsh – will likely have legal “reverberations” for past and future homicide cases in Washington County, according to a law professor and former federal prosecutor. “You have […]

The Washington County coroner is accusing District Attorney Jason Walsh of coercing him into filing a fraudulent death certificate for a Peters Township infant – who died under suspicious circumstances – for political purposes ahead of the 2023 election. Shortly after the death of 11-week-old Sawyer Clarke on May 24, 2022, the district attorney’s office […]

The power and frequency of severe storms hitting the area have increased significantly this year, as illustrated by the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh issuing more than double the number of flash flood warnings through the first seven months of 2025 than is typically seen in an entire year. The weather service has issued 114 […]

The mother facing capital murder charges after her infant son’s body was found entombed in the walls of her Charleroi apartment in 2021 pleaded no contest to a lesser homicide charge Tuesday in a deal with prosecutors requiring her to testify against the father at trial. Kylie Lynn Wilt, 28, agreed to the no contest […]