Belle Vernon News

Oct 7, 2008 10:04 pm US/Eastern Reporting Stephanie Watson Ten law enforcement agencies descended on eight local communities with warrants ready to round up those involved in the sale of illegal drugs.

The furlough of a Westmoreland County Prison inmate just minutes after he took a suicide leap was not enough to avert a $554,000 medical bill.

Authorities are seeking answers in a shooting incident in Donora Friday afternoon that hospitalized three area men.

The state's smoking ban, which took effect Sept. 11, permits private membership clubs to allow smoking provided the officers voted to approve the practice.

The Uniontown Area School district is battling back against school bullies. Lafayette and Ben Franklin schools recently kicked off the official start of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, an evidence-based ...

Rhonda Dunlap is disgusted by what vandals did to her Water Street home and now she wants to fight back.

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Punchline has toured Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom and 44 of the Lower 48 states.

The following is a partial list of criminal cases handled by judges in the most recent term of Westmoreland County criminal court.

I have always had faith in the people of the Mid-Mon Valley. But the events of the past week have also given me cause to be proud of the Valley, too.

Two area men, both in their 80s, have been found after they were reported missing by state police.

It was in the newspaper that there will be no tax increase for Belle Vernon Area this year.

A Fayette County coroner's jury recommended Wednesday that police pursue criminal charges against a Brownsville couple whose baby died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

A Belle Vernon man who had been fighting with his brother turned on a Southwest Regional Police officer Sunday night, threatening him with a knife, police said.

Keep an eye on ... Friday, September 12, 2008 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette North Allegheny at Upper St.

Two men are being charged in connection with a burglary in Belle Vernon. Southwest Regional Police said warrants were issued for Joseph Charles Douglas, 30, of 7 Edinborough Drive, Rostraver, and Joshua ...

Homeowners already pinched by high food and gas prices have grown increasingly anxious about staying warm this winter.

Two area men are lodged in the Washington County Jail after allegedly being caught stealing scrap metal from a business in South Strabane Township.

A Monessen man faces extensive charges after he stole a computer and led police on a wild chase by vehicle, on foot and on a bicycle early Monday morning, state police said.

The Winskie family believes that God works in mysterious ways. They moved this week from Mississippi to Monessen - strictly on faith.