Derry News

When filmmaker Kurt Kuenne arrived at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, in March, his hope of making a difference in Canada's bail laws faded.

A Westmoreland County police chief is upset with how local children's services agents handled the situation after a mother and young son were killed by a train.

A 23-year-old Derry Township man told state police that he thought he was fending off a burglar when he swung a hatchet at a person trying to enter his mobile home early Thursday.

Decades after George McCurdy lost part of his hearing in World War II, he was burned while rescuing a fellow worker in a plant explosion.

Derry Borough Police Chief Randy Glick has responded to many traumatic calls. But after witnessing the deaths of a mother and son on railroad tracks in Derry -- after he shouted a warning of an oncoming train -- Glick decided something needed to be done.

ASSAULT: Derry Township police are investigating an assault in the parking lot of Giant Food Stores, 1250 Cocoa Ave., Friday.

Police are accusing a Derry man of using a hatchet to attack a woman. State police said Brian Maybury, 23, swung a hatchet at the victim and severely injured her.

A Derry man is accused of hitting a woman in the chest with a hatchet, state police said.

Sealed bids are being accepted for the watercraft and food/refreshment concessions at Keystone State Park in Derry Township.

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"Who rode the bus to school today?" Esther Ulery asked. The Grandview Elementary fourth-graders raised their hands.

State police have filed charges against three men who allegedly burglarized a Derry Township residence, taking nearly $8,000 in cash and jewelry.

Danielle Jackson and Christopher Thorn, both 32, wed on August 29, 2009. They now reside in Ross Township.

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.