Some Municipalities With Gas Drilling Not Getting Compensation
Shale gas drilling sites have sprouted up throughout the region in recent years, and now the towns that host them - like Peters Township - are getting back a piece of the action.
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Shale gas drilling sites have sprouted up throughout the region in recent years, and now the towns that host them - like Peters Township - are getting back a piece of the action.
A man accused of beating up and sexually assaulting his girlfriend has surrendered to authorities. John Gallo, 40, was arraigned on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, kidnapping, unlawful restraint and rape.
A three-vehicle crash on Interstate 79 in Greene County claimed four lives and left four others injured. The accident involved an SUV, a camper and a motorcycle.
The storms that hit communities in Allegheny and Washington counties were confirmed as tornadoes by the National Weather Service. Officials surveyed the damage in Eighty Four and West Mifflin and both storms were determined to be EF0 tornadoes.
The National Weather Service will inspect damage today in Eighty Four, Washington County, after strong storms blew through the area on Thursday afternoon.
State police in Washington County are still looking for a man who allegedly tried to kidnap his girlfriend. The suspect is believed to be John Edward Gallo, a man accused of beating up his girlfriend before forcing her into a car.
Police say a local woman jumped from a moving vehicle on Interstate 70 in Washington County after she was kidnapped. Police say at one point, the suspect threatened to shoot his estranged girlfriend and throw her body down a mine shaft.
Parents in the McGuffey School District are angry about the way a school bus accident was handled. The bus from the G.G. & C Company was rear-ended by a car on Route 40 in Donegal Township Wednesday morning.
An Avella man is dead following a motorcycle crash late Wednesday night in Washington County.
One person is dead after an accident on Interstate 79 near Southpointe. State police in Washington say a tractor-trailer jackknifed. Mark Anthony Chesick, 45, of Pittsburgh, was killed.
A second man has been arrested in the alleged abduction and sexual assault of a mentally challenged woman in Washington County.
Rural food banks in southwestern Pennsylvania are faced with nearly empty shelves at a time when many families face the greatest need. In Greene County alone, more than 2,000 people are receiving smaller distributions.
KDKA Radio's Johnna Pro talks with Washington County District Attorney Gene Vittone and supervising detective for the Washington Drug Task Force Rick Gluth about prescription drug abuse.
An elderly woman who was hit by a public transit van in Washington County on Friday has died.
A 96-year-old woman was severely injured when a public transit van backed over her in Washington County. Before the accident, Rose Anderson had been a passenger on the van. She was injured while unloading groceries from the van near her home.
A woman in Washington County is suspected of drunk driving while putting her children in danger at the same time. Sherry Biles, 40, got into an accident early Thursday morning, less than a mile from her home in Finleyville.
If 33-year-old Damon Lemasters ever wants to turn in his screw driver at Big Fred's Garage to become a movie stuntman, he has all the right moves.
Police are reviewing surveillance video and talking with witnesses to try and find whoever threw an explosive device at a fence outside of a Washington, Pa. apartment building.
An Indiana University of Pennsylvania student from Washington County was hospitalized with critical injuries over the weekend after he was hit by a car near campus.
State police are asking for the public's help to locate a missing teen in Washington County.
A family of nine is left with only a bible and a watch after a fire tore through their home.
A fire spread quickly through a Washington County home with seven people inside overnight, but thanks to one of the residents, everyone was able to make it out safely.
The Department of Environmental Protection is now stepping in because a local junkyard has been on fire for days and people who live nearby say the smell is awful.
The Meadows Casino was evacuated Friday night and players left without their payouts because of a power failure. A transformer blew, killing the power to the slot machines and the casino's security system.
