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This article has been read 189 times. A Jeannette couple was killed Thursday in a head-on traffic crash in Penn Township, Westmoreland County.

A head-on car crash killed a Jeannette couple Thursday afternoon in Penn Township, Westmoreland County.

A former worker at a Hempfield Township home for Alzheimer's patients has been charged with literally stealing the rings off the fingers of three women while caring for them.

Patty Marquis summed up succinctly what she and neighbors in Jeannette hoped would result from Thursday's visit from state and federal emergency management agency officials.

Federal officials will canvass Westmoreland and Allegheny counties today to assess damage to determine the state's eligibility for disaster relief related to last week's severe thunderstorms and flooding, state and county officials said Wednesday.

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are in Turtle Creek and Jeannette on Thursday, and they will survey the damage from last week's severe storms and flooding.

Bob Stiles can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6622. Two people who were charged with receiving stolen property and drug offenses after police raided a Hempfield home last month reached tentative plea agreements with prosecutors Thursday, according to their attorneys.

An act of kindness brought smiles to the faces of flood victims in Westmoreland County facing a hefty cleanup after last week's devastating flash flooding.

A group of teenagers said they were taken aback by the extent of damage they saw in Jeannette on Wednesday, one week after it was ravaged by flooding caused by powerful thunderstorms.

Paul Paterra can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6220. Some Jeannette residents, still cleaning their homes damaged in last week's flooding, got a boost Tuesday from the Salvation Army.

People who suffered damage from last week's storms in Jeannette, Westmoreland County, will be able to apply for assistance to the Salvation Army starting on Tuesday.

Paul Paterra can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-6220. Property owners in the Jeannette School District will be spared a tax hike for the 2009-10 fiscal year.

Jun 20, 2009 1:50 pm US/Eastern JEANNETTE Flash flooding has been a big concern for many local residents during the recent severe weather.

The National Weather Service called off a flash flood warning Saturday for most of Western Pennsylvania.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. The Salvation Army branch in Jeannette will be offering flood assistance beginning Tuesday.

Chastity White knows her savior only as "Tony." He is the man, she said, who pushed her toward a utility pole to cling to as high waters and a strong current rushed through Jeannette during a heavy downpour Wednesday night.

Wednesday night's storms wipe out a fruit and vegetable stand in Jeannette. The Route 130 Fruit Market had been around for 45 years.

Susan Potts enjoys her job as secretary for the Penn Township Police Department, saying the people she works with are "wonderful." But she calls the six months spent working in a Jeannette bridal shop 20 years ago her "dream job." Potts, 57, of Penn, loved helping brides find their perfect gown.

A Jeannette man is accused of abandoning 38 cats in a house after he and his wife separated.

Residents in one Jeannette, Westmoreland County, neighborhood discovered 40 cats dead or in desperate need of care after their owner abandoned them.