Westmoreland County News

A 34-year-old Jeannette man has been jailed after police said he led them on a high-speed chase through central Westmoreland County early Friday after attempting to rob a woman.

It's been 20 years in the making, but Westmoreland County Republicans finally had their day in Tuesday's general election.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 1:06 pm US/Eastern JEANETTE 1 of 1 Ralph Anderson is facing charges of theft, robbery, fleeing and eluding, aggravated assault on a police officer, driving under the influence and numerous traffic violations.

Thieves have been ripping off tires, rims and scrap metal from a car dealership on Route 30 in Westmoreland County, and the fed-up owner installed a security system to catch them in the act.

Westmoreland County leaders said almost $2 million in federal economic stimulus funds will go to help prevent homelessness in the county.

Pet Friends, Inc of Irwin and the Human Society of Westmoreland County are sponsoring a 'Cash Bash' to raise funds for the animals of both shelters.

Westmoreland County's incoming clerk of courts, Bryan Kline, will be the first Republican sworn into a countywide row office in more than five decades.

Share + Nov 5, 2009 7:06 am US/Eastern HEMPFIELD, Pa. Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a man was killed when a mobile home he was preparing to move fell on him.

A Westmoreland County man was killed today when the mobile home he was trying to move shifted and pinned him to the ground.

A very low voter turnout was reported after Election Day Tuesday in the Pittsburgh area.

The co-leader of a Detroit drug gang arrested earlier this year during an attempt to expand into Western Pennsylvania pleaded guilty Tuesday to racketeering and drug distribution.

Police in Westmoreland County said someone stole seven brand-new flat screen televisions from a nursing home in Hempfield Township.

A Latrobe woman was under the influence of heroin when she lost control of her car, crashed into a pickup truck in Derry Township, and killed two passengers on Sept.

The Westmoreland County coroner's office has identified the mother and son killed in yesterday's pedestrian-train accident in Derry Borough.

Until a couple of weeks ago, the days often were quiet in the Delmont Public Library.

A mother and her baby were killed today in Derry Borough when the woman attempted to cross a set of railroad tracks with a baby stroller and was struck by an oncoming freight train.

Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a woman and her 2-year-old son were struck and killed by a train while trying to cross the tracks.

The Westmoreland County Coroner's office was summoned Friday to Derry to investigate the death of at least one pedestrian at a railroad crossing.

Two Penn State fraternities and two students face misdemeanor charges in connection with the death of a Westmoreland County freshman found dead on campus after a night of drinking.

A western Pennsylvania couple is suing Seven Springs Mountain Resort claiming they were humiliated when the husband was allegedly roughed up by security at a Halloween party.