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A Unity Township man awakened his neighbor in the East High Acres area early Saturday morning to a devastating fire that was sweeping through his house, a fire official said. The neighbor saw the house at 1038 Valley View Drive ablaze at about 4:10 a.m. Saturday and went to the...

An avid bicyclist who was killed Oct. 1 when he was hit by a car on Route 30 while bicycling up Laurel Mountain will be remembered on Sunday, Oct. 20 with a memorial bike ride. The three-mile bike ride in memory of Jason Zollinger, 38, of Hempfield, will begin at...

If there is a common thread linking the sex trafficking industry between Mt. Pleasant and the Florida panhandle, it is Flushing, N.Y. Although roughly a thousand miles separate the ongoing criminal cases in Florida and Westmoreland County of massage parlor operators in Western Pennsylvania accused of running their businesses as...

Westmoreland County farmers adversely affected by the ongoing trade dispute with China have begun receiving payments from the $16 billion aid package announced by President Trump in May. “None of these payments are making anybody whole, but it gives the farmer a little money to help with bills,” said Pennsylvania...

More than 300 Pennsylvanians a day were hospitalized for mental illness in 2018, leaving mental health professionals in many instances struggling to find beds for them in a system plagued by limited resources. The numbers, detailed in a new report by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, found the...

Several of Greensburg’s street department vehicles and equipment were damaged in a fire early Saturday morning that caused extensive damage to the inside of the city’s public works building, the fire chief said. ”It destroyed most of the building inside — probably half of the building,” Chief Tom Bell said...

Over 1,500 people were without power in the Fort Allen neighborhood of Hempfield Friday evening. West Penn Power crews were dispatched shortly before 7:40 p.m., said spokesperson Jeff Straight. Power was restored shortly after 9 p.m. when a fault cleared itself, he said. Crews still do not know the cause...

Owners of area wooded lots will have a chance to brush up on their properties’ rights of way during a dinner and program set for Thursday in Hempfield. Sponsored by the Westmoreland Woodlands Improvement Association, the program will be held in the Westmoreland Conservation District headquarters, in the barn behind...

Two people were taken during the hospital after a crash in South Huntingdon on Friday afternoon, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. Crews responded shortly after 3:20 p.m. to the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Road and Kosor Lane. The crash involved a tractor trailer and U-Haul truck, the dispatcher said....

Lawyers for Westmoreland County went to court Friday to ask a judge to order a fired sheriff’s department administrator to return confidential records claimed to have been taken from the courthouse. The county contends former Chief Deputy Patricia Fritz absconded with personnel records potentially related to complaints lodged against other...

Westmoreland County Controller Jeffrey Balzer on Friday said a decision by county commissioners to rehire a private insurance company was a “sham.” Commissioners this week unanimously voted to approve a one-year, $1.09 million contract to the Housing and Redevelopment Insurance Exchange to oversee and pay out large workers’ compensation claims....

A late 18th-century log house in Hempfield will be moving 7 miles to join other buildings at Historic Hanna’s Town. Westmoreland Historical Society Executive Director Lisa Hays said the house and funds associated with the move are being donated by the LeFevre estate. “It will help us to create, in...

A Rostraver chiropractor who became angered by a dog barking outside a birthday party in Monessen is charged with shooting and wounding the dog, city police said. James V. Scirotto, 46, was charged Wednesday by Monessen police with aggravated cruelty to animals, recklessly endangering another person, public drunkenness and dangerous...

On Oct. 17, downtown Greensburg will be filled with teams raising money for a good cause while having a heck of a good time. As part of the Great Race of Greensburg, more than a dozen teams of four to six people will run their own version of television’s “The...

A Rostraver woman who was reported missing Tuesday was found dead Thursday morning. The body of Dina Kotlar, 48, was found about 8 a.m. in a wooded area along a trail, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Kotlar’s death was a suicide, Allegheny County Police Lt. Andrew Schurman...

Giant Eagle’s proposal for relocating and expanding its GetGo store in Unity moved a step forward Thursday as the township supervisors gave final approval of a site plan for the convenience store and gas station. Pat Avolio, director of development for Giant Eagle, said the supermarket chain wants to construct...

The Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Youngwood celebrates its 100th anniversary Saturday, and officials are hopeful the organization will be able to attract more members so there will be future celebrations. “We have very few new members with an all-volunteer Army. It’s difficult to maintain the members” as they...