Arona News

Workers are straightening and smoothing the Pennsylvania Turnpike between Irwin and New Stanton during the next two years as part of a statewide effort to rehabilitate the 60-year-old highway and bring it to modern interstate standards.

Two men, both in their 20s, died in one-car accidents in Hempfield, one early this morning and the other last evening.

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

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

An Arona woman faces theft and other charges after being accused of withholding an estimated $44,000 from The Great Escape, which has locations in Penn and Hempfield townships.

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, ...

A Westmoreland County family was forced out of their home by fire. Flames sparked just after 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the house on Main Street in Arona Borough.

Arona is appealing a state Department of Environmental Protection order regarding a potential sewage collection system in the small borough.

New Stanton is filled with motels and restaurants catering to motorists and truckers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

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