New Castle News

Andrew R. Morgan, M.D., 37, Major, U.S. Army, considers New Castle, Pa., home. Morgan is a graduate of The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and earned doctorate in medicine from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.

A taxpayer service office will move from New Castle to Green Tree at the end of the month.

Out of approximately 6,000 applicants - the highest number of applicants in some time - NASA has finally chosen it's newest selection of astronauts for the first time in nearly four years.

State police say an unknown man tried to abduct a 6-year-old boy who was playing on a swing set in his western Pennsylvania yard.

A woman is under arrest in western Pennsylvania after police say she overdosed at the wheel of a car with her two children in the back seat.

A Pennsylvania couple has avoided jail time after pleading guilty to charges in Indiana for driving cross country with five of their children inside a moving truck's cargo area.

NEW CASTLE, Pa. - A woman has been ordered to stand trial in an accident that claimed the life of one western Pennsylvania police officer and injured another Twenty-six-year-old Kylee Barletto is charged in Lawrence County with manslaughter of a police officer, homicide by vehicle, fleeing and eluding police, reckless endangerment, aggravated ... (more)

Trey Ball's wait to find out which Major League Baseball team drafted him lasted less than an hour, when Commissioner Bud Selig announced that he had been taken by the Boston Red Sox.

The woman accused of leading police on a high-speed chase in Lawrence County last month that ended with the death of a police officer was back in court Thursday for a hearing.

According to court documents, on Jan. 5, 2010, Grove was involved in operation of a motor vehicle, which caused serious harm to another person.

Upstate Shredding , an Owego, N.Y.-based scrap metal recycling facility, has announced plans to install a new metal shredder and full downstream system at its new Ben Weitsman scrap yard in New Castle, Pa., by the first quarter of 2014, according to Adam Weitsman, president of the company.

Michael Heim is the chief engineer of Forever Broadcasting in New Castle, Pa. His stations have been using iPads for remote broadcasts.

Samuel JOHNS, welcome to my brick wall. Born 1875 in Llanelli, Wales, his father was Henry John.

The Towering Titan Organization will hold its annual golf outing and dinner Monday, July 29, 2013, at New Castle Country Club in New Castle.

Brittany Hethcox, a senior at New Castle High School, has signed a letter of intent to play tennis for Indiana University East starting with the 2013-14 school year.

A New Castle man is charged after allegedly setting his house on fire during a domestic dispute early Friday morning.

A man was critically injured Tuesday in New Castle by an explosion that happened while he opened an antique army ammunition box he picked up from his neighbors trash.

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Four Westminster College students were awarded master of education degrees at Commencement exercises May 19.

A trade organization called TechNet says the First State trails only Washington and Massachusetts when it comes to use, investment in and access to NEW CASTLE, Pa.