Melcroft News

Share + Dec 23, 2009 12:03 am US/Eastern CLINTON A pair of thieves allegedly bought food and cigarettes with checks stolen from a Fayette County church.

A recent graduate of the Western Pennsylvania School of Taxidermy in Punxsutawney, Adam White will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at his gallery of different animal mounts at 1577 Indian Creek Valley Road in Melcroft.

A Westmoreland County judge said Wednesday that any settlement awarded to a man who lost an arm in a vehicle accident would have to be reduced by more than $300,000. Judge Richard McCormick said during oral arguments that because of a Superior Court decision made Sept.

The chief medical examiner for Maryland testified Friday that a Fayette County murder victim already would have been dead from heart problems before a state prison secretary repeatedly shot Thomas Lesniak in his brother's bar.

Westmoreland County could spend thousands of dollars this year to house juvenile detainees while the county's detention center is being renovated.

A Melcroft man who lost his arm in an automobile accident is accusing Greensburg Hose No.

Mark Hofmann can be reached at mhofmann@tribweb.com or 724-626-3539. A Dunbar man was arraigned on charges he took money from a local hockey team fundraiser through lottery tickets.