Adamsburg News

Richard Gazarik can be reached via e-mail or at 724-830-6292. Firefighters responding to a house fire in Hempfield had to rely on sirens to alert them instead of pagers because of a malfunction in one of Westmoreland County's radio communication towers.

Jun 2, 2009 7:57 pm US/Eastern Reporting Trina Orlando HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP A Westmoreland County woman was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital after she was shocked by a live wire outside of her home.

Two people were hospitalized this afternoon after they were shocked by a downed power line in West Hempfield, Westmoreland County.

The Hempfield Area School Board scrapped a plan Monday night to award a bus contract to First Student after listening to complaints from a competitor that his proposal was cheaper than First Student's. Directors voted to ask seven firms to submit new proposals so directors can make a decision at next Monday's meeting, when they are expected to vote ...

Richard Gazarik can be reached via e-mail or at 724-830-6292. Hempfield has an identity crisis.

Firefighters in Westmoreland County are battling a fire in Adamsburg. The fire started around 6:40 a.m. on Monday.

A man was flown by emergency medical helicopter after a one-vehicle accident Friday night in Hempfield.

A 4-year-old girl was honored this week for reporting an out-of-control brush fire that crept perilously close to her house.

Adamsburg residents may see police officers from nearby Manor patrolling their streets soon.

Hempfield Area School District could save nearly $2.5 million -- the equivalent of nearly 5 mills in taxes -- if it hired private companies to bus students and maintain property instead of using its own ...

Arona's Scott and Amy Pavsek were preparing for their empty-nest years. "We just bought a house next door in November for our kids to live in, and we began remodeling their old bedrooms," said Scott Pavsek, 53, ...