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A Hanover Township man who was drunk when he crashed his car in April 2022, killing his wife, pleaded guilty Tuesday to lesser charges after negotiating a deal with prosecutors. Stewart A. Wilson, 47, pleaded guilty in Washington County Court of Common Pleas to involuntary manslaughter and driving under the influence before Judge Jesse Pettit, […]

A Washington County judge has ordered a pause in the legal battle between the district attorney and coroner in what appears to be an attempt to calm the escalating feud between the two county row officers. Judge Michael Lucas issued the stay order Wednesday morning less than 24 hours before District Attorney Jason Walsh and […]

Washington County’s district attorney is asking a judge to force the county coroner to immediately relinquish all files related to a fatal police shooting in April, prompting the coroner’s solicitor to fire back and suggest the prosecutor should face sanctions for his conduct. District Attorney Jason Walsh filed the temporary restraining order request Friday in […]

Attorneys for two men who are accused of killing a Donora convenience store worker in 2021 are claiming the Washington County district attorney’s office is coercing another co-defendant to testify

A state Superior Court panel ruled last week that Keith Rosario, who was convicted of abducting and attempting to kill a man near a South Franklin Township reservoir in 2017,

A Florida man faces 40 charges for overloading government agencies in Washington County with faxes.

Kristina Coyne, 28, of Washington, pleaded guilty in Washington County Court of Common Pleas on March 10 to one felony charge of homicide by vehicle and misdemeanor charges of driving

A “highly-contagious” strain of the coronavirus is making its way through the Washington County jail, causing a full-scale lockdown over the past week and forcing the delay of a homicide

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration has promised to plant 75,000 trees as part of an initiative called “Our Roots Chicago,” and advocates are hopeful about a city where the benefits of

While Chicago figures out how to make its urban forest more equitable, some residents are taking tree matters into their own hands.