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12 hrs ago | ThePittsburghChannel.com

Police: Man Pretended To Be Woman, Sexted 12-Year-Old

A Westmoreland County man is accused of pretending to be an 18-year-old woman and sending text messages to a 12-year-old girl, before propositioning the girl for sex.

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Related Topix: Smithton, PA, Armstrong County, PA

23 hrs ago | WPXI

Care Home Worker Accused Of Stealing Rings From Patients

A worker at a Westmoreland County home for Alzheimer's patients is accused of stealing rings off the fingers of three patients.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

PhillyBurbs.com

2 die in western Pa. head-on crash

Two people are dead from a head-on traffic crash in southwestern Pennsylvania. The Westmoreland County coroner's office says an elderly man was declared dead at the scene of Thursday afternoon's crash of a sport utility vehicle and a van on Route 130 in Penn Township.

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Related Topix: Penn, PA, Pittsburgh Metro

Kdka.com

Fireworks In Westmoreland County

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro

Wed Jul 01, 2009

ThePittsburghChannel.com

Police Credit Westmoreland Co. Dad In Capture Of Sex Predator

Police in Westmoreland County said the actions of a concerned father helped them catch an alleged sex offender.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

PittsburghLIVE.com

Westmoreland County Prison union president says he's been suspended

The president of the guards union at the Westmoreland County Prison said he has been suspended indefinitely because he advised corrections officers about what they should say to officials probing the alleged beating of an inmate last month.

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Related Topix: Prison, New Kensington, PA, State Prisons

ThePittsburghChannel.com

Murrysville Silver-Smuggler Couple Jailed

A husband and wife from Loyalhanna Township will do time for smuggling an estimated millions of dollars worth of scrap silver out of a Murrysville plant in their lunch boxes.

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Related Topix: Murrysville, PA, Pittsburgh Metro, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Mon Jun 29, 2009

ThePittsburghChannel

Unexpected Helping Hand For Jeannette Neighbors Facing Flood Cleanup

An act of kindness brought smiles to the faces of flood victims in Westmoreland County facing a hefty cleanup after last week's devastating flash flooding.

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Related Topix: Jeannette, PA, Weather, Family, Teenagers

Sun Jun 28, 2009

O-R Online

Trains, tragedy oten visit Westmoreland County town

It was a typical Mother's Day in the Chenault house in this tiny western Pennsylvania town.

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Related Topix: Breakfast, Life, Food, Sutersville, PA, Pittsburgh Metro

ThePittsburghChannel

Insult To Injury: Storms Flood Iron City In Brewery's Last Days

Damaged and flooded by record rainfall is not the way Iron City Brewing wanted to go out in Pittsburgh, but that's what the company is facing at its soon-to-be-former brewery.

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Related Topix: Weather, Pittsburgh Metro, Beer, Drink, Lawrenceville, PA

Sat Jun 27, 2009

PittsburghLIVE.com

Westmoreland County awards contract for paving of road

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. Westmoreland County commissioners awarded a $418,988 contract Thursday to Tresco Paving Corp.

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Related Topix: Irwin, PA, Herminie, PA, Pittsburgh Metro

Fri Jun 26, 2009

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BRIEF: Former Cambria coach to serve probation for indecency

A former basketball coach from Cambria County has been sentenced to 10 years of intensive probation for indecent assault charges and other offenses related to her interaction with a female player from Westmoreland County.

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Related Topix: Cambria County, PA, Ligonier, PA, Greensburg, PA

Thu Jun 25, 2009

WPXI

Police Investigating Series of Burglaries In Westmoreland County

State police issue a warning for businesses and clubs in Westmoreland County after a dozen of break-ins. The burglaries have been primarily at commercial buildings in Youngwood, New Stanton, East Huntingdon Township and Mount Pleasant Township.

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Related Topix: Youngwood, PA, New Stanton, PA, Mount Pleasant, PA

Kdka.com

Westmoreland County Teen Dies In Salem Accident

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, New Alexandria, PA

The Tribune-Democrat

NEW a " Phone cable theft disrupts service in Westmoreland County

State police are investigating the theft of copper telephone cable that disrupted phone and Internet service to about 1,800 Verizon customers for several hours.

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Related Topix: Greensburg, PA, Pittsburgh Metro

Wed Jun 24, 2009

PittsburghLIVE.com

Verona truck driver's death ruled an accident

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. The death of a truck driver from Verona in a crash on the Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass/Toll Route 66 in Westmoreland County has been ruled an accident, the Westmoreland County Coroner's Office said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Hutchinson, PA

WPXI

Westmoreland County Doctor, Patient Arrested On Prescription Drug Charges

A Westmoreland County doctor and his patient, who allegedly conspired to obtain pills by writing and passing scripts in the name of the patient's family members, were arrested Wednesday by agents from the attorney general's office.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Laughlintown, PA, Blairsville, PA, Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone (generic), Medicine, Medication

ThePittsburghChannel.com

Beer Can DNA Brings Arson Charge In Westmoreland Blaze

State police say they used DNA found on a discarded beer can to link a Connellsville man to a fire that caused $200,000 damage to an unoccupied house in Westmoreland County.

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Related Topix: Fire, Connellsville, PA

Tue Jun 23, 2009

ThePittsburghChannel

Salvation Army Ready To Help Westmoreland Co. Flood Victims

People who suffered damage from last week's storms in Jeannette, Westmoreland County, will be able to apply for assistance to the Salvation Army starting on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Jeannette, PA

Mon Jun 22, 2009

WPXI

Burglars Target Elderly Homeowners In Westmoreland County

Channel 11 News has learned about a possible scheme targeting senior citizens in Westmoreland County.

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Related Topix: Family, Elderly

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