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A serial arsonist is believed to be on the loose along Derry Ridge in Westmoreland County, a forest fire specialist with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry said Friday. A remote fire Thursday in Derry Township where police and military helicopters were called in to direct...

An organization of retired entrepreneurs will present two free workshops on business-related topics this month at the Norwin Public Library on Caruthers Lane in Irwin. Westmoreland SCORE — Service Corps of Retired Executives — will present “Small Business Basics” from 5-7:30 p.m. April 15 for those wanting to start their...

Almost 50 years after the last official pitch was thrown, a Pleasant Unity baseball field has new life breathed into it. Located behind the Pleasant Unity Volunteer Fire Department, what was once a grassy spot where kids occasionally threw a ball around, is now a functioning baseball field with an...

More than 3,500 Westmoreland County and family history books will soon be available to the public again at the former Zion Church in Hempfield. The Paul Miller Ruff Library in the former church is scheduled to reopen after being closed for seven months to reorganize the books, said Thomas Harrold,...

A Youngwood man faces up to 114 years in prison because he was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting two teenage girls in 2016. Westmoreland County jurors deliberated about an hour before finding Darell Deisean Walker, 23, guilty of multiple counts of sexual assault and other related offenses. They found him...

In a continued effort to boost tourism, Westmoreland County leaders plan to spend more than a half-million dollars this year to improve parks. Commissioners on Thursday approved an annual tourism plan to spend the nearly $862,000 generated by additional hotel taxes imposed on daily room rentals. Construction of the first...

The transportation-themed Lincoln Highway Experience museum in Unity played host Thursday to a group of special visitors: Members of the Pennsylvania House Tourism and Recreational Development Committee, who are on a tour of Laurel Highlands attractions. The committee leaders, Republican Chairman David Millard, of Bloomsburg, and Democratic Chairman Mark Longietti,...

A 32-year-old Derry woman was arraigned Thursday on child pornography charges after state police alleged her cellphone contained videos of her in sexually explicit positions with a 4-year-old boy. Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Department deputies located Tiffany M. Beeman at a drug rehabilitation facility in Greensburg, where she was arrested. Troopers...

Westmoreland County agreed Thursday to pay nearly $75,000 in state and federal fines imposed after a resident was injured last year at the county-owned nursing home. Those fines were issued following a state inspection last May at Westmoreland Manor, which revealed a nurse’s aide improperly attempted to lift a patient...

A 51-year-old Export man was arraigned Thursday on charges of delivering a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a co-worker in December. Kelly R. Frank was charged with drug delivery resulting in death and possession with intent to deliver before Murrysville District Judge Charles Conway. He was ordered held...

Murrysville officials this week moved to keep a massage parlor from potentially reopening after its owner was charged as part of a yearlong investigation into prostitution and other alleged crimes. A statewide grand jury last month alleged that young Asian women working at five parlors in Monroeville and Murrysville were...

A North Huntingdon woman’s challenge over what constitutes a family when it comes to renters in single-family homes will have to take her cause up with township commissioners. The zoning hearing board cannot offer an “advisory opinion” on an interpretation of the zoning ordinance’s definition of a family, George Butler,...

A Mt. Pleasant Township man who wanted to attend the KISS Farewell Tour concert Saturday at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh said goodbye to $375 in an online ticket scam, according to state police. The victim, who was not identified, bought three tickets for $125 each through someone who posted...

The public and the Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce will get a preview of what’s in store at area attractions this summer during the chamber’s annual tourism breakfast on Wednesday. The event begins at 7:45 a.m. at the Loyalhanna Watershed Association’s bank barn, off Route 30 on the western outskirts...

State police have determined that a fire at a vacant home in Jeannette Tuesday afternoon was intentionally set. Firefighters were called to 133 N. Third St. just before 1 p.m. and found heavy fire in the back of the second floor that had moved into the attic, fire Chief Bill...

Nate Long never thought he would be active in CrossFit, let alone own a gym or compete in a worldwide competition. But, four years ago, the now 28-year-old picked up a barbell and started on his CrossFit journey — a path that has led him to faith and a better...

A 19-year-old woman testified Wednesday she was twice raped by a Youngwood man and his girlfriend, who just two weeks prior had given birth to the couple’s first child. She told jurors that the baby slept in a nearby bed in the same motel room where Sarah Vrabel quieted her...

The Brandywine Conservancy’s Penguin Court Preserve in Ligonier Township’s Laughlintown neighborhood is offering discounted applications to train 15 Pennsylvania Certified Master Naturalists. Applications are available for the fall 2019 course, which will train citizen volunteers in natural history. The discounted rate for the training is $325, which then increases to...

Sheetz Inc. wants to sell beer at one of its stores located across the street from a Norwin elementary school. The Altoona-based convenience store chain submitted plans to the North Huntingdon planning commission for expanding its convenience store at the corner of Carpenter Lane and Route 30 to provide seating...

Pennsylvania officials deny that the state continues to withhold union dues for three Greensburg-based state employees who are challenging their union membership in federal court. State officials, including Gov. Tom Wolf, Secretary of Labor & Industry W. Gerard Oleksiak and Chief Accounting Officer Anna Maria Kiehl, denied the allegations contained...

The Hempfield Area School District received a clean bill of health from the state auditor general’s office, according to a performance audit report released Wednesday. The audit, which reviewed how the district uses state funds and subsidies for areas including transportation, educating nonresident students and meeting bus driver requirements, found...

A Salem Township woman is accused of child endangerment after police said two boys found her not breathing after she apparently overdosed on drugs. Alicia Marie Gregg, 33, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the Jan. 6 incident. Troopers and paramedics were called to her Story Road home at 2...