Grapeville News

The following is a list of defendants charged with a first offense of driving under the influence in Westmoreland County criminal court.

The Westmoreland County Food Bank is beginning a campaign to end hunger in the county, and it will start the effort in Jeannette, where it hopes to discover a "template" that can be duplicated elsewhere.

GREENSBURG, Pa. - Albert J. Arduini, 79, of Bethel Park and Greensburg, Pa., died peacefully surrounded by his family June 12, 2008.

Charges were dismissed Thursday against a Pittsburgh man accused of stabbing his father in the back.

“I've always done fundraisers whether it be for my son's baseball team or different organizations in Grapeville”

Randi Minerva went to Jeannette Fire Department Capt. Joe Matijevic for fundraising help two years ago. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“We had been drinking all day and I knew there was no way he'd be able to drive home”

A North Huntingdon man will stand trial on charges he killed a pedestrian walking along Route 30 last week in an early-morning hit-and-run crash. via PittsburghLIVE.com

A Hempfield man is in Westmoreland County Prison, charged with stabbing his father in the back earlier this week. via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Budget-balancing act: Greensburg Salem School District directors are staring down the barrel at a 4.3 percent increase in next year's budget over this year's spending plan. via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

“I didn't think anything more of it until I was getting ready for work, tuned in the news on the radio and heard about the accident”

A good Samaritan who tipped state police after a hit-and-run crash killed a pedestrian in Hempfield early Monday gave investigators the boost they needed to apprehend a suspect within 25 hours, state police ... via Pittsburgh Tribune

State police have charged a North Huntingdon man in the Monday morning Route 30 hit-and-run death of a Westmoreland County teenager. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

State police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash early Monday in which the driver struck an 18-year-old man who was walking west while pushing his bike on Route 30 in Hempfield. via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The following is a list of defendants charged with a first offense of driving under the influence in Westmoreland County criminal court. via Pittsburgh Tribune

A 36-year-old Hempfield man is accused of firing a shot from a rifle that grazed a neighbor during an argument over the weekend. via PittsburghLIVE.com

A shooting in Westmoreland County sent one person to the hospital. The gunfire started around 10:30 p.m. Sunday at a home on Saddler's Crossing Road just outside Grapeville. via WPXI

“Personally, I don't see anything earth-shattering about it”

A consultant with 40 years of firefighting experience has recommended that Hempfield consolidate some or all of its 12 volunteer fire departments to help the township deal with issues related to funding, ... via PittsburghLIVE.com

The following is a partial list of criminal cases handled by judges in the most recent term of Westmoreland County criminal court. via Pittsburgh Tribune

Nearly 300 customers were without gas and water service in Grapeville, Westmoreland County, Sunday morning. via ThePittsburghChannel

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

On the "Watch List": &#149 Norfolk Southern Railroad. County, municipal and private groups want to create a pedestrian walkway from Seton Hill Drive, through an underground passage at The Train Station and into ... via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

“That's a long time to go without gas, for not only myself being in business, but a lot of people in this community don't got gas and it's getting pretty cold out.”

Heat has been restored to hundreds of homes in Westmoreland County after about 300 homes in the town of Grapeville lost water and gas service on Sunday. via WPXI

The last few residents forced out of their Westmoreland County homes by a gas line break are returning home. via The York Daily Record