West Newton News

On April 21 in the Youghiogheny Ball Room in West Newton, Pa., Mt. Sinai Baptist Church held their Second Annual Men & Women of Favor Fashion Show and Scholarship Fundraiser.

A Powerball ticket worth $2 million from the April 25 drawing was sold at a Westmoreland County Giant Eagle, lottery officials announced Thursday.

William S. Zirkle is The Times-Sun editor and can be reached at 724-872-6800 or via e-mail. The school board this week approved starting full-day kindergarten by a 6-3 vote.

The state's highway budget has been slashed so drastically that PennDOT expects to award $99 million on new road and bridge contracts in Westmoreland and Fayette counties this year, down from $210 million two years ago, officials said on Thursday.

The following is a partial list of criminal cases handled by judges in the most recent term of Westmoreland County criminal court.