Derry News Archives

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.

Two candidates who managed to secure both the Republican and Democratic nominations for Magisterial District Judge spoke briefly Wednesday night during the Mifflin County Farm Bureau's Measure the Candidates event at Indian Valley High School.

Amy Crawford can be reached via e-mail or at 724-850-2856. Four students in the Derry Area School District have H1N1 swine flu, according to a letter sent to parents Monday.

The borough expects to hold the line on taxes in 2010, as it did this year, according to council members.

Derry Area School District took a big step Thursday in its planned project to renovate and expand Grandview Elementary School - and at a lower cost than anticipated.

A Derry Township woman pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that she helped her friend evade police capture after he set fire to a local landmark.

For the second time in 15 days, Donegal American Legion Post 941 was targeted by burglars Monday.

Fargere Ge'rard and Lavigne Alain were shopping early Wednesday morning for the perfect car.

State police are investigating a crash Tuesday in which the owner of a Latrobe auto repair business died after his motorcycle collided with a car in Derry Township.

Several Westmoreland County VFW and American Legion halls have been targeted by burglars in the past 10 days.

An upswing in crime in Indiana County prompted a state police roundup of dozens of so-called midlevel drug dealers.

Irv Tantlinger recalled Sunday how his late father, Leroy Tantlinger, mortgaged the family home as a means of founding the Fairfield fire department.

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Authorities in central Pennsylvania say a gray fox that attacked two residents and confronted two others has tested positive for rabies.

Derry Township police investigated four cases of residents being confronted or attacked by a gray fox on Wednesday.