Delmont News

A couple of extra places will be set at the Thanksgiving table this year in the Delmont home of Patty Pietropaoli and her daughter, Tricia.

Westmoreland County's four criminal court judges jail a lower percentage of sexual predators than their colleagues throughout Pennsylvania, according to an analysis of sentencing data by the Tribune-Review. Attorney General Tom Corbett drew attention to the Westmoreland bench when he complained that Judge Richard McCormick Jr.

Westmoreland County Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr. will move from criminal court to civil court in January.

A woman and Penneco, an oil and gas exploration company, teamed up to express their patriotism by painting a well on the woman's property the colors of the American flag.

These Veterans Day observances are scheduled: Delmont/Export/Murrysville * White Valley AMVETS Post 85, Delmont VFW Post 481, Delmont American Legion Post 247, Export American Legion Post 858 and Murrysville American Legion Post 711 will conduct these ceremonies on Saturday: - 10 a.m. at the Delmont Honor Roll - 10:30 a.m. at the Export American ...

Lance: To a flu-shot misfire in Westmoreland County. Mass-inoculation clinics against the H1N1 flu, which are being planned locally by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Westmoreland County Emergency Services Agency, certainly are noteworthy.

State Secretary of Public Welfare Estelle B. Richman commended Mental Health America of Westmoreland County during a speech Wednesday at the organization's 46th annual award and dinner meeting .

Until a couple of weeks ago, the days often were quiet in the Delmont Public Library.

Some of the unemployed yet upwardly-mobile get a sad face when they have to go back to work : Mr.

The Westmoreland County Food Bank is worried that it may come up short on turkey vouchers this year.

A Delmont woman is in the Westmoreland County Prison after police say she damaged a borough holding cell.

Rex Rutkoski can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4664. The "beefcake" might get all the attention, but the heart is the body part that really matters in "The Full Monty." There is no shortage of that, assure cast members of New Kensington Civic Theatre's first production of the new season.

Sharon Cassidy of North Braddock tells her sons -- Donny, 14, and Jacob, 13 -- to get right to their homework when they come home from their school day at Good Shepherd Catholic School.

In real life, a work of children's literature is spawned slowly. One of teacher Marcy Canterna's manuscripts has been in the "revision" stage for 13 years.

Maintaining vital services without raising taxes, transforming Pennsylvania into an energy leader, and lowering the cost of higher education are among state Auditor General Jack Wagner's top priorities, if elected governor.

Dominion Energy says it is moving ahead with a proposed $600 million project to pipe natural gas from fields in West Virginia to Delmont, Pa., about 25 miles east of Pittsburgh, as part of an effort to develop the Appalachian Basin gas reserves.

A walk home from the bus stop turned frightening for a 15-year-old Delmont area girl who used a textbook to fend off a man who attempted to abduct her Wednesday afternoon in the borough, police said.

An attempted abduction has put a local community on alert. The teenage victim fought back with her school books.

Police in Westmoreland County are investigating what they called an "aggressive attempted abduction" Wednesday.

When: Thursday through Oct. 17, with performances at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. this Sunday Admission: $16; $14 for senior citizens and students.