West Newton News

Westmoreland County has hired two companies to collect delinquent parking fines and court costs accrued over the years, including more than $20,000 by parking scofflaws in Monessen.

A few years ago, members of the Scottdale Historical Society found themselves owners of the Loucks House, a vacant but historic building.

Hempfield Township * Vehicle theft, blue 1996 Toyota RAV4 owned by Chuck Wong taken from Peking Garden, Eastgate Plaza.

“In my opinion, I recommend this district start trying to build a fund balance of between $1 million and $1.5 million”

Thursday was a night of many losses and few gains for the Yough School District. via Pittsburgh Tribune

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

“Your passion will sell the program to everyone”

Connellsville is poised to experience a renaissance in economic development, tourism, its historic heritage, its natural gifts, its small-town feel and the arts. via Connellsville and Fayette County News

Lake Erie: Katie Plants, 7, of West Newton landed a 7-pound steelhead in a small tributary near Misery Bay fishing with her father last Friday. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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

Gerald Louis Szakal Jr. won't be convicted for allegedly stealing jewelry in Rostraver Township because his mother refused to testify against him Monday. via Http

West Newton police are trying to locate a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run Thursday in the parking lot of Rite Aid. via Pittsburgh Tribune

A head-on collision in Westmoreland County sent four people to Pittsburgh hospitals, with one critically injured. via Pittsburgh Tribune

“The loss of such a man as John L. Dawson amounts to a national calamity.”

Railroad news in the fall of 1903 included the opening of one track from West Leechburg to Hyde Park as a new, improved route for the former West Penn Railroad, by that time part of the Pennsylvania. via PittsburghLIVE.com

These Veterans Day observances have been scheduled: Herminie: Today, the Yough School District will present a program honoring honoring veterans at H.W. Good Elementary, 1464 Herminie-West Newton Road. via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

“We're still looking for input.”

South Huntingdon supervisors plan to discuss a possible curfew ordinance at their Nov. via Pittsburgh Tribune

Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 7418 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, will host an "Evening Open House" at 5:30-9:30 p.m. There will be admission counselors and financial aid advice available and there will ... via New Pittsburgh Courier Online

“Dessert is your last memory of a meal”

Matthew Porco believes in the concentrated flavors of unpretentious food prepared with basic techniques done right. via Pittsburgh Tribune

“We had been searching diligently for Mr. Ucman and were able to make telephone contact with him last week, and he promised to turn himself in here at the station Monday at an agreed-upon time, which he did”

A preliminary hearing is scheduled Monday for a Rostraver man accused of stealing an estimated $5 million worth of his estranged wife's jewelry last month. via PittsburghLIVE.com

A 23-year-old Herminie man was charged this week with homicide by vehicle and driving under the influence in connection with a Jan. via PittsburghLIVE.com

The Pleasant Valley School District may soon outsource its cafeteria services for the first time in its history. via The Morning Call

Washington County Health Center administrator Alvin W. Allison Jr. has notified the Washington County commissioners of his intention to resign, effective next month. via O-R Online