West Brownsville News

Brownsville police are reporting an armed man has barricaded himself inside a West Brownsville home.

Southwest Regional police are seeking a suspect in the assault of a Brownsville man inside a tavern.

An elderly woman in Washington County was robbed at gunpoint yesterday by an assailant who broke into her West Brownsville home, state police said.

A West Brownsville woman was robbed at gunpoint when a man rushed into her home Monday in what state police called a home invasion.

This article has been read 1329 times. A woman who was critically injured in a motorcycle crash almost 15 months ago in West Brownsville has died.

The following is a list of defendants charged with a first offense of driving under the influence in Westmoreland County criminal court.

Wayne Davison of Brownsville was cited for public drunkenness after he was allegedly discovered riding a tricycle down the middle of Pittsburgh Road at 2:08 a.m. Sunday, West Brownsville police said.

Shawn David Abel, 40, of Smithfield was charged with simple assault after he struck two unidentified people in their heads during an altercation in Springhill Township at 12:30 a.m. Thursday, state police said.

The Albert Gallatin Service Center of the Salvation Army is providing a lifeline to those in need.

The 2008 Give-A-Christmas fund continues to climb as Herald-Standard readers sent in $1,602 Wednesday, bringing the total to $7,476. "I'm so thrilled.

More and more Herald-Standard readers are donating to the 2008 Give-A-Christmas campaign, bringing in $1,025 Monday.