Laughlintown News

Lance: To thugs with guns. A Laughlintown bank robbery, enabled in part by a diversion -- gunfire outside a Ligonier discount store a few miles away -- is strikingly similar to an April episode in New ...

Ligonier officials revealed the borough's new Shade Tree Commission logo Thursday and voted to change an ordinance that would raise parking fines.

A Westmoreland County bank was closed today after a violent armed robbery on Wednesday morning.

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Aug 6, 2008 1:25 pm US/Eastern LAUGHLINTOWN Authorities say they are searching for suspects after a robbery at a bank and an incident that could be related at a nearby store today in Westmoreland County.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008; Page C02 GETTING THERE: Ligonier is about 200 miles from the Beltway via Interstate 70 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, I-76 . STAYING THERE: Ramada Inn Historic Ligonier is within ...

Police in Westmoreland County are searching for armed men who held up a bank in Ligonier Township this morning after first creating a diversion two miles away by shooting at a Dollar General store.

Temporary roadblocks will be set up this weekend as more than 100 bicyclists participating in the Tour of Pennsylvania, a 420-mile race across Pennsylvania, pedal through Somerset and Westmoreland counties.

In 1994, Dave Purnell told his soon-to-be wife, Cindy, they simply had to visit an attraction just 20 minutes from her hometown of Lewisville, Ohio.

Terry Coyne learned how to patch old plaster by working on her 1797 log house, which was once owned by a plasterer.

“We're interested in building the society's membership, particularly with anyone who would want to become a docent”

Jim Koontz terms his style as "telling history with a smile." "That can involve letting people in on how catch phrases they've always heard actually came to be," said Koontz, the recently appointed innkeeper at ... via Leader-Times

“How many people does she have to kill to stop her from getting behind the wheel?”

Northern York County Regional police officers Dan Gulnac, center, and Jeff Sierotowicz take Julianne Fetrow into custody on DUI-homicide charges. via The York Daily Record

“We supply everything from stringing material to clasps”

After successfully operating a sheet metal business with her husband, Linda Pence of Irwin has gone into what could be considered a more feminine line of work -- running a bead shop. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“It doesn't take days or weeks”

We have 1001 guests online Indiana County and much of Pennsylvania have entered the spring wildfire season, and a forest fire specialist with state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources today ... via Indiana Gazette Online

The bodies of a man and woman were found during the weekend at Forbes State Forest in Lincoln Township. via The Tribune-Democrat

“Based upon the investigation of this crash, (Horton) was recently charged with the following violations through the office of Magisterial District Judge Wendy Mellott”

Nine months after a minor motor vehicle crash in Todd Township, Fulton County, a Chambersburg man faces eight charges at the conclusion of Pennsylvania State Police's investigation. via Chambersburg Public Opinion

“It's going to be a very transportation-based neighborhood.”

Thursday was a beautiful day to put on a sweater and visit the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, and not just because of the weather. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“You want to see (cleanup projects) done sooner, but they're continuing to make progress.”

Pennsylvania's 2008 "River of the Year" is far from a model watershed. But perfection isn't the point of the annual designation. via PittsburghLIVE.com

The Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's decision to pull the plug on six road improvement projects is wrong. via WGAL

“That man ... that man is the one”

Ten years after he was brutally assaulted in Hempfield, the owner of a now-defunct Chinese restaurant had a clear memory of one of his three assailants. via The Valley Herald