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Ashcraft later told police he fired the shots into the air. He chased them to a field off Piper Road near Marianna, where the four scattered and later called police after determining no one was injured, police stated in the affidavit. Full Story »

This article has been read 0 times. All comments will be reviewed by administrators and posted to their respective articles within 24 hours. Comments deemed inappropriate will not be posted. Full Story »

This article has been read 0 times. The Women and Girls Foundation is launching its first online vote to engage community members in the selection of 2009 grantees, and a Washington County agency is among those in the running. Full Story »

This article has been read 0 times. The state Department of Transportation will hold an open house with display maps on the proposed reconstruction of the East McMurray and Center Church roads intersection from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Peters Township municipal building, 610 E. McMurray Road. Full Story »

This article has been read 0 times. A Blacklick, Pa., man jumped out of a moving car on Interstate 70 East Monday in what state police are calling an attempted suicide. Full Story »

This article has been read 0 times. Phillip Marshall, 32, of 45 Tarbuck Lane, was taken into custody after a store manager called police about a man sitting in a white Mitsubishi 3000GT who was exposing his genitals to female customers. Full Story »

This article has been read 0 times. The city of Washington is in the midst of its biggest street paving project in years, according to city Councilman Matt Staniszewski. Full Story »

This article has been read 0 times. A wind sock, a visual aid for pilots to show the direction and intensity of the wind, must be illuminated at night to be of any use. Full Story »

This article has been read 1 times. The former officer in charge of Fallowfield Township's police department was arrested Monday on charges including endangering the welfare of children for allegedly having unprotected sex with a 17-year-old runaway boy. Full Story »

This article has been read 2096 times. Trinity Area School District will not give perfect attendance awards this year. Full Story »

This article has been read 2114 times. PNC Bank will convert a number of local National City Bank branches this weekend, and Jim Balouris, PNC's market manager for Southwestern Pennsylvania, said the bank wants to ensure the transition goes as smoothly as possible. Full Story »

This article has been read 2230 times. Police are looking for a Canonsburg man believed to have fired three gun shots in and outside a West Chestnut Street bar in Washington Friday night. Full Story »

This article has been read 2355 times. ELLSWORTH - The former business manager for a Bentleyville car dealership was arrested Thursday by state police for allegedly stealing more than a half-million dollars from the company. Full Story »

This article has been read 2373 times. Blaine Township voters soundly defeated a home rule charter that would have banned "environmentally unsustainable mining" corporate agribusiness and microchips for farm animals. Full Story »

This article has been read 2579 times. Three armed men robbed a Peters Township restaurant Saturday night. The men wielding guns entered the rear of the Hunan Inn at 3939 Washington Road in Donaldsons Crossroads shopping center shortly after 10 p.m., township police Chief Harry Fruecht said. Full Story »

Are the Steelers Super again? Not yet, but much is going right Full Story »

This article has been read 2703 times. Five people were seriously injured when the vehicle in which they were riding became airborne and crashed into the side of the former Coca-Cola plant on West Maiden Street at Jefferson Avenue in Washington about 2:30 a.m. Friday. Full Story »

This article has been read 3380 times. When there's something strange in your neighborhood, give Stan Gordon a call. A self-proclaimed paranormal investigator of unidentified flying objects, Bigfoot and other unusual sightings, Gordon has been researching odd and peculiar events for 50 years. Full Story »

This article has been read 6902 times. Friends of Nicole Chauvet said Monday that they could count on the 19-year-old to help them, no matter the time of day or night, with words of encouragement or advice. Full Story »

This article has been read 0 times. "Flash Forward" may be one of the fall's hottest shows, but flashback is more appropriate for this year's television season as a whole. Full Story »

What's up with that? Couple bucks common superstition Full Story »

This article has been read 0 times. Fires of similar origins were responsible for totally destroying a home and a large shed in two separate incidents over the weekend in West Finley Township. Full Story »

This article has been read 0 times. In fact, this Friday they will celebrate it for the 62nd time. "I don't think we were ever superstitious," said Tim recently, while sitting in the living room of the couple's home in Lippencott, Greene County. Full Story »

This article has been read 0 times. And there the carcass remains, waiting for someone to tell Greenwood what killed it. Could it be, as a representative from the state Department of Environmental Protection told him, bad "farmer's luck?" Full Story »

This article has been read 0 times. But the industry is quick to point out its methods are safe, and not one case of water contamination has been reported from hydraulic fracturing, even though the process has been used for 60 years to drill 1 million wells. Full Story »