Westmoreland County News

A 12-year-old girl who was hit by a hit-and-run driver over the weekend will have to spend the next several weeks in a wheelchair.

Firefighters said they pulled the victim, Doreen Labor, from the Grable Lane home while battling the blaze.

Authorities have released the name of a woman who perished in a fire in her western Pennsylvania home after calling for help with an emergency alert button.

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Kelsey Riker, Amity Township, has won a full four-year scholarship worth $113,000 to Seton Hill University, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, through the school's Seton Scholars Program.

A former Westmoreland County man who was freed from prison in fall after 25 years when a federal judge said he was wrongfully convicted of a 1977 double murder will be allowed to live on his own in Florida until his retrial.

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It took almost 54 years, but Pennsylvania state Trooper Stephen R. Gyurke, who was killed in the line of duty, now has a bridge named after him.

Professor Byron Kohut helps hundreds of low-income adults land coveted jobs in the booming shale-gas industry in Pennsylvania.

Some non-smokers will have to join smokers outside one western Pennsylvania county courthouse - if they want to huff and puff on electronic cigarettes that emit water vapor.

Westmoreland County personal care home Juniper Village at Huntingdon Ridge has passed a state Department of Public Welfare inspection deficiency-free, the facility announced on Wednesday.

With the aid of a $6 million federal stimulus grant, Powerex launched a major expansion project at its plant in Youngwood, Westmoreland County.

The 2012 Kecksburg Old Fashioned Days & UFO Festival will be held July 28th and 29th, at the fire department festival grounds in Kecksburg, PA, located in Mount Pleasant Township.

State police are investigating the theft of nearly $2,000 worth of cash and equipment from a vehicle in Westmoreland County.

Police confirmed that one person is dead after a one-vehicle rollover. Police were called at 8:38 a.m. regarding an accident in the 2500 block of Route 981 in Westmoreland County.

Erica Clayton Wright , public affairs manager, Kennametal Inc., was appointed to Gov.

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There's going to be a lot of roadwork going on in the Plum-Oakmont and surrounding areas next week.

We travel through nearly 300 years of history as we explore how Squirrel Hill developed into one of the most well-known neighborhoods within the city of Pittsburgh.