West Newton News

A Rostraver man is lodged in the Westmoreland County Prison in lieu of $500,000 bond, after his arrest Saturday on charges that he attempted to kill his wife.

A state appeals court ruled Wednesday against a teacher's assistant who was fired in 2002 from her job in Westmoreland County.

Amy Crawford can be reached via e-mail or at 724-850-2856. A quick-thinking teenager may have saved Westmoreland County's last original covered bridge.

Amy Crawford can be reached via e-mail or at 724-850-2856. Westmoreland County's last original covered bridge, a nationally recognized historic structure that dates to 1850, was damaged in a fire Monday afternoon.

BoltTech Mannings Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of industrial bolting tools and resistant and induction heating equipment, is moving its corporate headquarters to North Versailles.

Three former lunch ladies with the Woodland Hills School District filed a federal lawsuit this week, claiming they were fired due to their ages and overblown allegations of stealing leftover chicken nuggets.

SUTERSVILLE, Pa. - It was a typical Mother's Day in the Chenault house in this tiny western Pennsylvania town.

Chuck Brittain can be reached via e-mail or at 724-834-1151. A house fire in South Huntingdon Monday caused heavy damage and destroyed two cars, but no one was hurt.

Join Bike Pittsburgh and partners in this city-wide initiative to encourage commuters to ditch their cars and ride their bikes at least once a week.

Beautiful gardens filled with flowers and vegetation are being planted around Connellsville.

WEST NEWTON, Pa. - A Nebraska company hopes to build a natural gas fueled power plant in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Norwin school directors approved $1.26 million in contracts Monday night for the renovation of the district's adminstration building.

A 19-year-old West Newton man has been charged with statutory rape for assaulting a teenage girl in early May.

Chris Buckley can be reached via e-mail or at 724-684-2642. The West Newton Veterans of Foreign Wars post has its share of members who served during the Vietnam War.

As Bob Denitti recovered in his West Newton home from a series of infections that nearly killed him, he had no idea he had been replaced at Westmoreland County Community College.

Two Westmoreland County men are in fair condition after a one-car accident Monday morning in Sewickley Township.

Two Belle Vernon men have been charged with burglaries at three North Belle Vernon businesses on May 5. Anthony P. Garofalo, 31, of 1115 Henry St., and Nicholas J. Norelli, 31, of 389 Gallitin Road, were charged by North Belle Vernon police with multiple counts of burglary, criminal conspiracy, theft and receiving stolen property in separate ...

A man told residents along Van Meter Road in Rostraver on Tuesday that he believed he was God and a family's pet dog was the devil.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2009-05-19 May 19--Clarence Copeland will get up this morning and vote.

Viewers have been calling the Channe 11 hot line asking if ads touting free cell phones are legitimate.