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Westminster College students participated in activities coordinated through Westminster's Drinko Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning as part of the ninth annual National Make-a-Difference Day Oct.

Police in a western Pennsylvania city have dropped charges against a man who was arrested with seven others last month on charges they set 12 arson fires in the last two years.

Plum Mustangs AT Gateway Gators on Friday, November 6th at 7:30pm Penn Hills Indians AT Upper St.

NEW CASTLE, Pa.- Former Naval Judge Advocate General and New Caste-based attorney Joshua Lamancusa is Lawrence County's next District Attorney. Voters elected the Democrat on Tuesday giving him more than 58% of the votes.

Only 42% were cast for Republican candidate and local attorney George Freed.

The unofficial results reported by the Lawrence County Elections Bureau based on 100% of Lawrence County's precincts counted:

JOSHUA LAMANCUSA (D)- 10,068...58%

GEORGE FREED (R)- 7,266...41.89%

Lamancusa will take office in January replacing current District Attorney John Bongivengo.

Lamancusa defeated Bongivengo in May's Democratic Primary Election.

Pennsylvania has a new law that's supposed to protect consumers from questionable contractors.

NEW CASTLE, Pa. a ' Parents who are looking for help dealing with Children and Youth Services and other family-related agencies have the opportunity to receive it.

Pat Toomey believes he fits right in with most Pennsylvanians. When he ran against Sen.

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A 20-year-old New Castle man died early Thursday of a gunshot wound. Antonio McKnight was shot Wednesday evening at 733 Altman Road in the Harbor Heights housing projects.

NEW CASTLE, Pa.- Eight New Castle residents face a long list of charges connecting them to a series of arsons that have plagued the city for two years. Investigators say all eight suspects know each other, but did not carry out the arsons as a group. VIDEO COVERAGE AT www.wcn247.com Police Chief Tom Sansone tells WCN 24/7's Adam Plyler that many of the fires were set by two or three of those arrested at a time. They also are looking into a connection to the theft of copper pipes from buildings that were torched. New Castle Police, State Police and federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested the eight overnight. They also say three of the suspects have confessed. The arrests solve dozens of fires that have burned vacant buildings and homes all over New Castle-- but many hit East Side neighborhoods. Two suspects were teenagers and their names were not released. The other six facing charges are: 23-year old Ruben Suarez 23-year old Steven Sheridan 21-year old Mark Quear 20-Year old Stephen Threats 20-year old Darrell Rice, Jr. 24-year old Rachelle Lombardo

Share + Oct 27, 2009 11:59 pm US/Eastern Many people in a New Castle neighborhood are sleeping easier after authorities arrested eight alleged arsonists.

Police have issued arrest warrants for six adults and two juveniles for arson-related charges in the western Pennsylvania city of New Castle which has been plagued by fire.

Six young adults and two juveniles were taken into custody Tuesday in New Castle, a city that has seen dozens of confirmed arsons in vacant structures since early 2008.

Police in the western Pennsylvania city of New Castle are expected to announce developments in their investigation into more than 50 arsons.

State police at Butler are looking for Shawn Aaron Hobel, 27, of Ellwood City, Lawrence County, in connection with a robbery in Butler County.

Road rage overcame a driver who got cut off by another, prompting a confrontation.

Warren County officials were surprised by the lack of local bids for the county's Bike/Hike Trail improvement project.

On Friday, October 16, the Royal Place Restaurant and South Park Boxing Club presented 'October-Fist,' a night of amateur boxing.

Bob and Joann Marshall will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner party hosted by their family in Columbus.