Scottdale News

A Scottdale man has been charged with attempted homicide after, police said, he tried running down his mother's husband with his van.

A Scottdale man has pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge and faces a maximum 20-year prison term when he is sentenced in September.

Four guards were fired Monday by the Westmoreland County Prison Board and two resigned in the wake of an investigation into the alleged beating of an inmate last month.

Farmers Market vouchers will be available from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the Scottdale Volunteer Firemen's Social Hall, 405 Porter Ave.

Dr. William D. Levinson receives the Citizen of the Month Award for June from Mt.

The state has failed to adopt a 2009-10 spending plan. The current fiscal year ends tonight.

Offering a variety of engaging activities has been a successful formula for more than 10 years at the Center on the Hill senior center.

Rachel R. Basinger can be reached at rbasinger@tribweb.com or 724-626-3536. The Scottdale Area Historical Society is hoping to showcase the Loucks Home on Chestnut Street to the public with a series of catered dinners throughout the summer.

SCOTTDALE, Pa.: Tossing away your empties can bring more trouble than a ticket for littering.

DNA material obtained from a beer can at the scene of an East Huntingdon arson fire in March led to charges filed Monday against a Connellsville man.

For more information, telephone 724-396-1987. If you have ever wondered if your child could be the next Dakota Fanning, the Geyer Performing Arts Center in Scottdale may have the answer.

Connellsville broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the sixth inning on its way to a 4-0 victory over host Farmington in Fayette Legion action.

"Thump, Quack, Moo" by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin will be presented at 6 tonight by Stage Right! at the Scottdale Public Library, 106 Spring St.

Rick Stouffer can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7853. For Chrysler LLC dealer Doug Graft, the last four weeks have required placing 32 years of memories in a box and looking ahead.

Mary Pickels can be reached via e-mail or at 724-836-5401. A Scottdale man convicted of traveling to Uniontown to have sex with a teenage girl he met online, only to discover she was an undercover police officer, will serve two to four years in a state prison.

It's that time of the year again. The summer lunch programs will begin on Monday, offering free lunches to individuals 18 years old and younger.

A bank was robbed Wednesday morning in Scottdale, Westmoreland County. Scottdale Bank and Trust Co.

Rachel R. Basinger can be reached at rbasinger@tribweb.com or 724-626-3536. A show that was almost dropped "on the cutting room floor" is again on the schedule.

A Scottdale woman has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing a former Fayette County probation officer of knocking her down a stairwell during a search of her house.

A Scottdale man accused of traveling to Uniontown to have sex with a teenage girl he met online, only to discover the girl was an undercover police officer, has been convicted of sexual assault charges.