Lawrence County News

Emergency crews last night rescued four people after their canoe tipped over in the Beaver River in Taylor, Lawrence County, authorities said.

New Castle native Gary Mitchell was in a very different place just five or six years ago.

Chris Togneri can be reached via e-mail or at 412-380-5632. Christopher Brown got a cell phone call telling him to go home because "something had happened." When he arrived at his family's farmhouse in New Galilee that morning of Feb.

A hearing was held Thursday to decide whether evidence should be allowed in the trial for an 11-year-old Lawrence County boy accused of shooting his father's pregnant girlfriend in the head while she slept.

Dr. Daniel J. and Stefanie Bell put their house in Lawrence County on the market Sunday.

Must Use Cell Phone To Reach 911? Dial 724-656-4940 For Now POSTED: 12:44 am EDT June 30, 2009 UPDATED: 12:45 am EDT June 30, 2009 Lawrence County emergency officials reported sporadic outages of 911 service to cell phones.

A raft overturned in the Beaver River on Saturday, dumping four people into the water.

Jun 26, 2009 11:40 pm US/Eastern Reporting Ralph Iannotti ELLWOOD CITY In Lawrence County, police are searching for suspects after a home invasion earlier this week in Ellwood City.

Lawrence County 911 said a New Castle business was consumed by flames Tuesday afternoon.

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A Lawrence County fire chief saved a sleeping young couple and their three dogs after their house caught on fire early this morning.

A Lawrence County fire chief rescued two people from a burning home. The flames began inside a small garage next to a home in New Beaver Borough in Lawrence County and then spread to the home.

A Lawrence County fire chief saved a family from a burning home Wednesday morning, county dispatch workers said.

Amy Jo Labi-Carando talks trash better than just about anyone. Now, after 20 years of leading the charge to "reduce, reuse, recycle," the first director of Lawrence County's Recycling and Solid Waste Department is retiring.

NEW CASTLE, Pa. a ' They want their neighborhood back. They want to take it back from the blight a ' the high grass, the falling porch awnings, and especially the abandoned houses that stand open to drug addicts, prostitution and squatters.

Blighted properties in the City of Erie; foreclosed homes in Union City Borough and Corry City; and abandoned and functionally obsolete homes in Lawrence County will be turned into more than 200 units of affordable housing with the award today of more than $28 million in federal economic recovery funds, Governor Edward G. Rendell said today.

A New Castle man has been acquitted of homicide and all other charges in Lawrence County Court.

Tim Puko can be reached via e-mail or at 412-391-8650. Animals dying, county fair-goers getting sick, small-town hospitals getting inundated with patients - Lawrence County will see a little of each this week, though all of it will be staged.

A man was thrown from his motorcycle when his bike collided with a mini-van. Emergency crews assisted Daniel "Joe" Weisz Jr.

A New Castle man has been acquitted of homicide and all other charges in Lawrence County Court.