Crabtree News

A Westmoreland County teen died Wednesday as a result of injuries sustained in a head-on collision in Salem, state police said.

A revised summer program offered to children by Latrobe-Unity-Youngstown Parks & Recreation Commission involves a cost hike.

Helen M. Dumnick of Millville died on Monday, June 8, 2009, at South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center.

For many years, David and Billie Friedland journeyed to Rehoboth Beach and Ocean City, Md., for summer fun and nurtured dreams of eventually calling that popular tourist area home.

Fire companies from throughout Westmoreland County battled a blaze at a self-storage complex in New Alexandria just after noon today.

Dawn Law is a stringer for the Tribune-Review. Rotary International members from the French region of Alsace Franche-Comte lunched Wednesday at the Four Points by Sheraton near Greensburg, pausing just long enough during a whirlwind tour of the area to say "bonjour" to their local counterparts.

Paul Paterra can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6220. Despite the support of the mayor and some residents, Export likely will not have its own police officer anytime soon.

Tim Krieger, the new state representative in the 57th District, will open two new district offices.

Penn Township lawyer J. Eric Barchiesi announced this week he will be a candidate for one of two openings next year on Westmoreland County's Court of Common Pleas.

Westmoreland County prosecutors will appeal a lenient sentence given earlier this month to a convicted sex offender who was granted work-release despite protests from the victim.

Andrew Haile felt his knee pop during the first period of his match on Nov. 16, but he wrestled through it.

Export Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to hire a part-time police officer, using $28,000 from the borough's sewage fund.

Export is looking at increasing its police coverage by hiring a part-time officer.

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