Derry News

When a 15-year-old boy was killed by a train in Derry in July, Mayor Susan Bortz thought that people would stop walking across those railroad tracks that split town.

Lance: To Derry Borough's fatal "shortcut." The deaths of Sheila Singer, 37, and her son, John, 2, struck by a freight train while crossing railroad tracks, is a profound loss at a site where such senseless tragedies have become far too frequent.

In reference to the tragic event that occurred in Derry on Oct. 30 : For too long, this community has struggled with its legacy as a railroad town.

After five years of planning and fundraising, the amphitheater/art center at Derry Area School District is nearly complete.

A memorial marks the short-cut where Sheila Singer and her son, John, died Friday.

Leaders in Derry Borough met Monday night to discuss safety changes at the Chestnut Street railroad crossing.

A Latrobe woman was under the influence of heroin when she lost control of her car, crashed into a pickup truck in Derry Township, and killed two passengers on Sept.

The following items were discussed or acted upon by the Derry Township supervisors during their regular business meeting on Monday evening: Derry Township Solicitor Jeffery Snook informed the supervisors of the status of the Derry Heights project.

The mother and child killed yesterday when they were struck by a train in Derry have been identified as Sheila Singer, 37, and 2-year-old John Smart.

Share + Oct 31, 2009 9:25 pm US/Eastern A funeral service has been set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at the City Church of Connellsville DERRY BOROUGH 1 of 1 One day after the accident, friends of Sheila Singer placed a wreath near the railroad tracks where she and her son were killed in Derry Borough.

A 37-year-old woman and her 2-year-old son in a stroller were killed Friday after they were struck by a freight train while crossing railroad tracks in Derry Borough, authorities said.

Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a woman and her 2-year-old son were struck and killed by a train while trying to cross the tracks.

Derry lawyer Larry Burns was ordered Friday by Westmoreland County Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr.

A 37-year-old woman and her 2-year-old son in a stroller were struck by a train and killed in Derry Borough, Westmoreland County, while crossing tracks late Friday afternoon.

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Democrat Vincent DeCario is facing a challenge from Republican Harvey Piper in Tuesday's election for Derry Township supervisor.

In the future, mental health services in Westmoreland County will be geared to treating people within the community rather than in hospitals.

A 20-year-old Bradenville man is being held in Westmoreland County Prison on $50,000 bond after his arrest Sunday on charges of indecently assaulting a Derry teenager.

A proposal for bringing an outpatient methadone clinic for treatment of drug addiction to a non-residential area of town has passed muster with the borough planning commission but got mixed reactions at Tuesday's borough council meeting and ultimately was tabled by the latter panel.

A three-dimensional map of the Marcellus Shale underneath eastern Westmoreland County, including Keystone State Park, will be produced in the coming months to help two drilling companies locate the best spots for gas wells.