A Donora man has been charged with false reports after allegedly telling police a man pulled a knife on him during a November altercation at Sheetz in Rostraver Township. Charles Simon Lepley, 49, is ...

They were both nominated by Gov. Josh Shapiro to fill vacant positions. Westmoreland County’s newest row officer and a judge could be sworn in later this week after the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday ...

A former Monessen resident was sentenced in federal court to 20 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of production of material depicting the sexual expl...

They’re asking for monthly updates from center administrators. Westmoreland County’s juvenile detention center, plagued for more than two years by staffing and other issues, may be getting more oversi...

Spirit Airlines plans to resume daily flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity to Myrtle Beach, S.C., in May, an airport official said Tuesday. The daily flights from the county airport to...

By the MVI A West Mifflin man was sentenced in federal court to 200 months in jail for his conviction of violating federal firearms and narcotics trafficking laws, Acting United States Attorney Troy R...

The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership this week outlined a three-year strategic plan to revitalize the city’s Golden Triangle and realize a vision of a Downtown teeming with new residents and an array o...

Sox was euthanized due to chronic degeneration of the bones in her leg. The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium on Sunday announced the death of Sox, a 17-year-old female Masai giraffe. The giraffe had been eut...

A man was hospitalized after being attacked by a dog in Charleroi. WTAE reported that the incident happened Thursday around noon in the area of Fallowfield Avenue. The man required surgery for injurie...

• Dequann Tajzeh Spaddy, 30, of McKeesport was charged with two counts of recklessly endangering another person, two counts of simple assault, strangulation and unlawful restraint after an alleged inc...

A man was found asleep in his Red Dodge Ram 1500 in Smithton by Belle Vernon State Police in December. Ronald Robert Hazlett, 53, of Export, Pa., was charged with DUI, disorderly conduct, an expired v...

Mayor Ron Mozer would like to bring in Billy Price as the first performer. Monessen is considering holding concerts at the amphitheater in City Park. During Thursday’s work session, Mayor Ron Mozer me...

Some of them may wind up at the company’s New Stanton warehouse. Online retailer Amazon said Monday it will displace 432 of 500 workers at its Findlay sorting center in March as the company makes more...

Decreased funding and increased food prices led Southwestern Pa. Area Agency on Aging, Inc. to implement a waiting system for new requests. For the MVI Starting Wednesday, Southwestern PA Area Agency ...

Allegheny County Police are investigating after a man was found unresponsive in the middle of the road in McKeesport. It happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the 800 block of 5th Avenue. The man was ...

Superintendent Keith Konyk said the Elizabeth Forward School District has six or seven different logos and they want to narrow it down to just one. Members of the Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU) pre...

Despite the weather, township employees have been working hard for a successful start to the program. Despite the blast of frigid temperatures and snow, Rostraver Township’s new in-house refuse progra...

A Westmoreland County jury deliberated two hours before finding Jerry Francis Griest of Monessen not guilty. A Monessen man was acquitted of sexual assault charges on Wednesday. After nearly two hours...

Cleaning up after Monday’s heavy snowfall in Fallowfield Township were Noah Lehr, Blake Lehr, Tucker Scanlon and AJ Karelli. Submitted by Jessica Lehr

The search for a new director of Westmoreland County’s election bureau could begin in earnest this month as officials said Monday they want to have a new leadership team in place before the May primar...