Herminie News

Frank Sever says he feels there is a definite need for a police force in Sewickley Township.

As an infantryman who fought in seven campaigns during World War II, including North Africa, Bob Rutter knew well the realities of facing an enemy in combat.

Tap-in fees for the Sewickley Township Municipal Sewage Authority's sewer project won't be collected from residents until close to the end of the $20.5 million program, the authority's chairman said Friday.

State police have issued a warning to Sewickley Township-area businesses about counterfeit $100 bills that are being circulated.

A landing zone for a medical helicopter was set up at the West Hempfield Elementary School on Sunday night, following a two-car crash reportedly involving several entrapped motorists.

The Botanical Society of Westmoreland County is planning several fall plant-identification field trips.

Amy Crawford can be reached via e-mail or at 724-850-2856. Hunter Sell appeared cautious at first, but soon he was exploring his new classroom, checking out a stack of picture books and bouncing on a large purple ball.

Wendel-Herminie Road in Hempfield will be closed to all but local traffic beginning today.

No one was injured Wednesday evening when two gunshots struck a car outside a Hempfield dental office, shattering the glass in the driver's-side door and the sunroof, state police said.

State police are seeking witnesses to the two-vehicle accident Saturday night in Hempfield Township that killed a Sewickley Township man.

A Herminie man died Saturday night when his motorcycle crashed into a car on Route 30 in Hempfield, Westmoreland County.

For Tammy Barton, a special education teacher in the Kiski Area School District, each autistic student is a puzzle to be solved.

The VFW Post 8518 in Rillton received several awards at a recent state convention in Green Tree, and at a district meeting at Post 92, in New Kensington, and Commander Leonard "Leo" Garzarelli couldn't be more proud.

Herminie, Mt. Pleasant, Ruffsdale, Scottdale, Smithton, Sutersville and West Newton appear to be quiet, bucolic communities separated by rolling farmland and joined by two-lane, rural roads.

Two accused associates of the Pagans motorcycle gang waived preliminary hearings yesterday and will stand trial with other members of an alleged racketeering ring that state police say was controlled by fugitive Raymond "Pete" Overly, head of the Greensburg chapter of the Pagans.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. Westmoreland County commissioners awarded a $418,988 contract Thursday to Tresco Paving Corp.

Anne Degre remembers being awoken on a flight to Slovenia about 30 years ago. It was her great uncle, Martin Serro, walking up and down the aisle playing the button accordion.

Two Westmoreland County men are in fair condition after a one-car accident Monday morning in Sewickley Township.

That was the theme of a message delivered Thursday night to about 75 people gathered at the Crabapple Park and Pool near Herminie.

Irwin police are accusing two men of giving them false statements about a dying woman they allegedly dropped off at the borough's fire department in February after a heroin injection.