Mike Jones

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 Great Cross at Jumonville, which for 75 years has been an enduring symbol of faith and hope to those who visit the United Methodist retreat center or travel by its perch on the summit in Fayette County, is beginning to show its age. The cross has been painted in the past, but there are […]

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 […]

An unwanted overture asking to join an intimate moment with a couple during a gathering of friends at a Canonsburg home turned deadly when one of the men allegedly shot and killed the other before running from the scene. Canonsburg police were called to 521 Giffin Ave. in the borough shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday […]

There might finally be a light at the end of the tunnel for the long-awaited project to permanently replace the 126-year-old Layton Bridge near Perryopolis. After years of historical reviews and studies examining the local bat population, the state Department of Transportation later this month will release details about the new bridge being built to […]

South Main Street in Washington will close for two weeks beginning Sept. 8 to relocate waterlines ahead of the Catfish Creek culvert bridge reconstruction project planned for the spring. The road closure, which originally was scheduled to begin this Tuesday, will occur between East Prospect and Park avenues to allow for Golden Triangle Construction crews […]

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 Washington County commissioners agreed to hire special counsel to represent District Attorney Jason Walsh in the petition filed against him with the state Supreme Court, and will pay the Philadelphia-based attorney nearly $500 per hour, although most of it will be covered by the county’s insurance. The commissioners approved the contract with attorney Shohin […]

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 […]

Demolition is expected to begin soon to raze the old Washington Mall in order to make way for a new development at the site. Washington County officials are holding a groundbreaking ceremony Friday to formally kick off the demolition of the mall, which opened in the late 1960s but has mostly sat empty the last […]