Vandergrift News

A new community "parklet" in Hyde Park will add another boat launch for small watercraft along the Kiski River.

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

The funnel cakes, fudge and merchandise all lure festival goers. For the vendors who staff summer festivals and fairs around the region, the nomadic business life holds appeal.

Shortly after the arrival of a vast majority of newborns, a special christening event is held in the baby's honor.

Natural gas drilling will resume this week in an area where a methane gas leak occurred in May.

For vendors two of the greatest things about Heritage Days are the people and the hometown atmosphere.

The first half of 2008 has proved to be a deadly period for motorists in Westmoreland County.

Homeowners in East Vandergrift fear the reopening of a nearby gas drilling operation will lead to more methane gas leaking in their neighborhood.

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Monday, according to jail records: * Curtis Eugene Askins, 43, of Kent, by District Judge Michael Gerheim, on charges of aggravated assault, ...

A crash in Armstrong County killed one person Monday night. It happened along Dime Road in Parks Township just after 6 p.m. Police said 43-year-old Susan Lynn Miller of Vandergrift lost control of her car and ...

A borough resident on Friday pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh to theft from a business in a foreign trade zone, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Operations will resume at the gas well that started the methane gas leak in an East Vandergrift neighborhood last month.

Three people were flown by medical helicopters to Pittsburgh hospitals after a head-on collision along Green Tree Road at 6:11 p.m. Tuesday.

Some charges were dropped Monday against a man held in a drug bust last month. Varick L. Benson, 18, of Quay Street, East Vandergrift, had been charged with having crack and heroin, possessing drugs with intent ...

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Monday and Tuesday, according to jail records: * David Eugene Wells III, 22, of Rural Valley RD1, by the court, on a bench warrant for failure ...

A Vandergrift man was sentenced Wednesday to nearly two years in jail for providing beer for an underage drinking party that resulted in the death of a teen-aged girl earlier this year.

Two people were killed in an accident involving a tractor-trailer in Lower Burrell.

Police tell KDKA Becky Lee Horne, 24, of Vandergrift, was driving east on Route 366 when she apparently crossed the center line and crashed into the semi.

Both Horne and the driver of the truck, Thomas Keith Nale, 51, of Knox, were killed.

The tractor trailer was hauling coal ash which spilled on the road. HAZMAT crews were called to the scene as a precaution, but no hazardous situation occurred.

A Westmoreland County man has been sentenced to six to 23 months in jail for providing beer at a party where a 16-year-old drank herself to death.

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

The following people were committed to the Armstrong County Jail on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to jail records: * Leroy Galen Bowser, 25, of 635 Cherry St., Worthington, by the probation office, on a ...