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An Allegheny County man allegedly had items used for manufacturing methamphetamine in a Greensburg parking lot where he was dropped off Saturday by a Connellsville woman, according to police. Michael Allen Horning, 47, of Ross Township, is being held in the Westmoreland County Prison on $75,000 bail. The woman told...

A large public art project is in the works for Jeannette. But where the work will be displayed has not been decided. The Westmoreland Museum of American Art is planning a public meeting Tuesday to discuss ideas for the piece. “There’s definitely an energy happening in downtown Jeannette,” said Anne...

Unity Township’s planning commission approved a final site plan for a proposed GetGo convenience store at Route 30 and Giffin Drive. But the board this week put a hold on plans for a new Sheetz store a short distance to the east, after the township’s planning staff and solicitor said...

In 1949, a group formed with the idea of working with conservation-minded organizations, companies and residents to protect Westmoreland County’s abundant natural resources. Seventy years later, the Westmoreland Conservation District and its partners have had a hand in improving the water quality in hundreds of miles of streams, returning forests...

A Youngwood man will serve up to three years in prison for robbing a motorist. Chance D. Goodlin, 20, pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbery and attempted robbery in connection with the May 3, 2018, incident in Youngwood. Police said Goodlin jumped in front of a vehicle as the female driver...

Trials for the father and a cousin of the Harrison man accused in the fatal shooting death two years ago of New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw were postponed until December. Westmoreland County prosecutors said Tuesday a scheduling conflict made it impossible to try the case against Gregory Baucum Jr....

New Stanton’s first new hotel in about 20 years will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. The 84-room Hampton Inn on Bair Boulevard opened in July but will officially mark the occasion with local officials and representatives from the Westmoreland County Chamber of Commerce at its 11 a.m. grand opening. The...

Three Jeannette residents are being held in the Westmoreland County Prison without bail, with state agents accusing them of involvement in a local drug distribution network. Nathan C. Woods, 34, Kathleen Marie Monahan, 30, and Brandon J. Brown, 29, are charged with corrupt organizations, drug possession, conspiracy and criminal use...

A North Belle Vernon man was ordered held in the Westmoreland County Prison on $200,000 bail on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography. Gabriel J. Gamble, 34, was arrested by borough police Friday on those charges and criminal use of a communication device after a week-long investigation by...

Calling all hags, harpies, harridans, beldames and crones. Time is running out to register for this year’s Ligonier Witches Bike Brigade. About 1,200 witches are expected for the Oct. 27 event, and fewer than 100 passes remain, says founder Pam Goodman. The annual women-only event kicks off with a dance...

The Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office said a Hempfield man was killed in a crash along Route 30 in Ligonier Township Tuesday morning. Jason R. Zollinger, 38, died when the bicycle he was riding eastbound on Route 30 was struck by car at about 9:15 a.m. The coroner’s office did not...

A waterline broke in West Newton Monday night, disrupting service to some customers in the borough. The waterline break was reported at 7:10 p.m. on Vine Street, according to a Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety supervisor. Jeff Grasmeder, who lives near the waterline break on Vine Street, said late...

Greensburg’s Stage Right! theater company set a new Guinness World Record for fastest theatrical production. The company, which also operates a school for the performing arts, received an email Friday confirming that it successfully set a new world record by staging a production of “Children of Eden” — from auditions...

A judge told a 31-year-old Greensburg man who pleaded guilty Monday to sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl last year that he didn’t want to hear any excuses for the crime. “Judge, I was hallucinating for three days. I was taking methamphetamine and crack cocaine … I didn’t know what I...

A couple was arrested for allegedly breaking into a Sewickley Township home and stealing three guns, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Shawn Michael Davison, 32, of West Newton and his girlfriend Melissa Sue Henderson, 39, of Greensburg allegedly broke into the Highland Avenue home through a side window and took...

Derry police arrested a man who allegedly dressed up like a police officer to search for an escaped convict. Matthew Joseph James, 19, of Derry, is charged with impersonating a public servant, flight to avoid apprehension and loitering at night. Police started investigating when an officer’s wife told her husband...

The Westmoreland County Prison wants to offer medication-assisted treatment to inmates dealing with opioid addiction but needs a way to pay for the program. Warden John Walton told the county jail board on Monday that a quote from BayMark Health Services of Lewisville, Texas, was about double what the county...

The owner of a former pet grooming boutique charged with more than 200 counts of animal cruelty avoided a possible 98-year jail sentence Monday by accepting a plea deal that will give her two years probation and require her to pay $5,000 in restitution to a humane organization. Alexsandria Klochak,...