The weeklong event takes place in Mt. Pleasant Township. By PATRICK VARINE Trib Total Media On a sun-drenched afternoon early this week, it was relatively quiet at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds. The hu...

The event is set for 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 21 at the PennWest California Convocation Center. By the MVI Penn Highlands Connellsville and Penn Highlands Mon Valley invite the community to attend an All-Sta...

Bail was denied for Emmanuel Houghton, who is considered to be a threat to public safety. A 19-year-old man who was involved in a long police standoff Wednesday in Monongahela has been charged with mu...

A McKeesport man is in custody following a pursuit that began in Beltzhoover and ended on Banksville Road in Pittsburgh, according to Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin M. Kraus. A deputy attempted to ini...

A woman pleaded guilty to lesser charges Wednesday in a case brought after she was accused of running over her boyfriend with a car at a Hempfield home last year. Cassidy Christi Colbert, 30, of East ...

• Mark Stadterman, 64, of Yukon was charged with intent to possess a controlled substance after an alleged incident Aug. 1, court records state. A preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge...

Single-lane restrictions on Interstate 70 eastbound and westbound are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in Rostraver Township. PennDOT District 12 said restrictions will be in place on Exit 49 (Smithto...

A Duquesne woman is accused of pointing a gun and a taser at two McKeesport residents after an ongoing issue turned violent. Katlyn Sands, 31, of Duquesne was charged with two counts of terroristic th...

A McKeesport man is accused of terrorizing a property owner when his daughter refused to leave after she was evicted from her residence. Marcus Carswell, 54, of McKeesport was charged with persons not...

Western Pennsylvania’s landmark amusement and water parks — Kennywood in West Mifflin, Sandcastle Water Park in West Homestead and Idlewild & Soak Zone in Ligonier Township — may be up for sale as par...

Monessen police are investigating an armed robbery over the weekend at Eastgate Sunoco. Police said they were informed by Westmoreland County 911 around 3:47 a.m. Saturday that an employee had reporte...

The Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium is expanding its advocacy efforts within the disabled community, while also delving into the history of people of color with disabilit...

Erica Carmen, 37, listed as homeless, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, resisting arrest, defiant trespasser and public trespasser after an alleged incident Thursday at a McKeesport S...

It was requested by West Leechburg residents, who claim that current tax rates aren’t equitable throughout the county. Westmoreland commissioners on Thursday conceded the county’s property assessments...

A Belle Vernon resident entered a guilty plea in federal court on charges of bank robbery and attempted bank robbery. U.S. Attorney Eric G. Olshan said Dylan Adams, 29, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S...

The exhibit of local artwork will be on display through Saturday. Local kids have been busy creating art this summer at the Rostraver Public Library and their masterpieces will get a grand debut at an...

Editor’s note: Ralph Stone has been writing about an imaginary family from Omaha, Neb., touring a futuristic, fictional Mon Valley on a summer vacation. their two-day Following stay at Monessen’s ethn...

Attendees are urged to wear red, white & blue to honor Team USA. Epiphany of Our Lord Parish in Monessen will celebrate Team USA at this year’s festival, which will be taking place at the same time as...

A Monessen man is accused by state police of connecting a Youngwood woman to a dose of drugs last year that proved to be fatal. Troopers said James M. Cillo Jr., 31, met with Jennifer Vukovich on Marc...

A man is behind bars after state police said he repeatedly beat a dog in South Huntingdon and recorded videos of the abuse. Zachary Robert Hixson, 30, is charged with neglect and two counts of aggrava...