New Stanton News

After reports of a "large number" of commercial burglaries in recent weeks, state police are urging Westmoreland County business and club owners and employees to take precautions to protect their work sites.

State police in Greensburg are warning businesses and clubs about a large number of commercial burglaries which have taken place since the beginning of June.

State police issue a warning for businesses and clubs in Westmoreland County after a dozen of break-ins. The burglaries have been primarily at commercial buildings in Youngwood, New Stanton, East Huntingdon Township and Mount Pleasant Township.

Chris Buckley can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2642. A new project to improve or extend rail service nearly a mile into the Amcel 2 Center in Rostraver Township could begin soon.

Workers are straightening and smoothing the Pennsylvania Turnpike between Irwin and New Stanton during the next two years as part of a statewide effort to rehabilitate the 60-year-old highway and bring it to modern interstate standards.

This year might be the last for Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center's Construction Camp -- an opportunity for middle-school students to learn about Pennsylvania's construction jobs.

A 28-year-old Fayette County man who fled from state police Tuesday at the New Stanton turnpike exit was jailed this week on multiple charges, including escape, fleeing and eluding and possession of a small amount of heroin.

A burglar broke into a Pizza Hut location in New Stanton, ransacking the restaurant and stealing its safe.

Two New Jersey men pulled over for speeding on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Mt. Pleasant Township last week are in the Westmoreland County Prison facing charges of drug possession.

A safe with an undisclosed amount of money was taken from the Pizza Hut in New Stanton, state police at Greensburg said.

A jittery driver led to the discovery of a cache of heroin and the arrest of three Fayette County residents at the New Stanton turnpike interchange Monday.

Two people were killed and one was injured in a crash early Saturday morning on Route 51, just outside of Uniontown.

As Westinghouse Electric Co. begins its relocation this weekend to Cranberry from Monroeville, hundreds of workers are readying for longer commutes, including turnpike tolls.

State police found an item of women's jewelry Saturday in a parking lot at the New Stanton interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Donations to YWCA PA Workwear must be interview-appropriate, clean, contemporary and on hangers with sizes pinned to the garments.

State police are seeking a man and woman accused of stealing dessert items and cash early Friday from at New Stanton restaurant.

A Hempfield man who found an apparent burglar attempting to enter his residence early Sunday morning had a few words of advice to offer Monday.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike 's newly rebuilt and expanded New Stanton Service Plaza opened Monday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

A plea bargain is pending for a former New Stanton firefighter for the charged with arson.

Police cars lined Fourth Street in Youngwood and a helicopter circled overhead Monday night as investigators gathered evidence and interviewed neighbors after a man was shot at approximately 9 p.m. Residents gathered outside as state troopers stretched crime scene tape from a residence beside the Youngwood Laundromat to a utility pole in front of ...