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GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — A remodeling project is closing the Chick-fil-A in Greensburg for two months.The last day it'll be open before work begins is July 28, and renovations will take place in August and September.Chick-fil-A said it is adding new features and improving the design.

West Deer police accused a Vandergrift man of sexually assaulting a girl several times a week over a six-year period starting when she was 6. Justin Michael Jahoda, 36, of Georgia Avenue was charged with a dozen felony counts that include aggravated indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor, indecent assault, endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors. He also was charged with misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure and child endangerment.

A Vandergrift motorcyclist was seriously injured and flown by medical helicopter to a Johnstown hospital Tuesday after colliding with a truck along Route 30 in Ligonier Township. The crash occurred around 4:30 p.m. along the highway stretch of Route 30 between Laughlintown and the Laurel Mountain Summit, east of Ligonier...

Six teenagers now are charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a man Sunday in New Kensington. Of the six, one is in custody, according to a statement Wednesday morning from Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli. Charges were filed against five of the six teens late Tuesday evening.

PITTSBURGH — A Tarentum man is facing aggravated assault charges after allegedly headbutting and punching a nurse. According to police paperwork, Pittsburgh EMS took 22-year-old Dakota Guerre to the emergency room at Allegheny General Hospital. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Guerre had been reportedly...

The estate of an Easton man who died in an August 2020 crash with a train in Cheswick is suing Norfolk Southern for $50 million, alleging the company’s negligence resulted in the man’s death. Brittney Brown, an administrator of David Nezekiah Howell’s estate, filed the lawsuit June 8...

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Plans for a second passenger train in Johnstown were announced this week with hopes to raise passenger numbers to a level not seen in decades. A second daily round-trip passenger train will be coming to Johnstown, which will require rail lines in Johnstown and Portage to be upgraded to make it possible for freight and passenger trains to switch tracks, according to the Johnstown Area Heritage Association.

Calls to “stop the violence” and “put the guns down” rang out Wednesday evening through the heart of New Kensington as dozens of residents participated in a rally, three days after a fatal shooting. The Rev. David Trent of Chosen Generations Ministries led the group of...

Plum Borough School District has accepted more than $230,000 worth of athletic equipment and supplies donated by alumnus Pat McAfee. “Pat has been a tremendous friend to our athletic programs, both on and off the playing surface,” according to a statement issued by the district. “His willingness to remain connected to his alma mater and the student-athletes he cares so much for is deeply appreciated.”

Kenneth Huston, the president of the local NAACP East chapter, is accused of stealing from the organization. Huston turned himself in at district court in Monroeville Tuesday. The president of the local NAACP chapter is accused of stealing from the organization. Allegheny County investigators say he took nearly $194,000 from...

Saturday night promises to be a hot time in New Kensington. Nearly 50 businesses and a baker’s dozen of entertainers — including fire dancers — are scheduled to participate in New Ken’s Sizzling Summer Night, a first-time event running from 4 to 8 p.m. on Fifth Avenue between Eighth and 11th streets.

Advance Auto Parts, a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider and entitlement sponsor of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series (NAAPWS), is offering race fans free grandstand admission to the Advance My Track Challenge celebration night at historic Jennerstown Speedway on July 9. Last week's resultsFleegle, Kostelnik sweep Double Down...

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AJ Flick has been on a tear this season at Lernerville Speedway, and that hasn’t happened by chance. A year after going winless, Flick and his team went to work over the winter to make improvements, and they seemed to have figured out the right combination. Flick, an Apollo...

Fire authorities confirm to us that fireworks are what caused a house fire last night in Cambria County. Upper Yoder Fire Chief Tim Reitz says the blaze on the 400 block of Clearfield Street broke out just after 9:30. He says fireworks ignited a bush in the front yard and...

Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — Is 1 a.m. too late for firework shows?. While the Fourth of July firework shows are now in the past, what is still present is a growing concern surrounding firework activity in Johnstown. We spoke with community members who are in favor of a new...

Export Mayor Joe Zaccagnini had to break a 3-3 tie vote Tuesday night as council approved a $5 hike in local sewage rates, passing along a roughly 8% rate hike by the Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority that goes into effect in August. “We have to pass on the cost...

Most Lower Burrell residents know all too well the snapped trees, downed power lines and other destruction caused by a June 22 microburst. American flags lining Leechburg Road also took a hit during the storm as high winds, ranging from 58 mph to 65 mph, according to the National Weather Service, ripped some from their poles and broke some of the flagpoles.

Cleanup continues at Prospect Cemetery in Brackenridge after a late-June storm caused up to $10,000 in damage. “We had a real mess here,” said Cindy Homburg, cemetery president. “It was a ton of damage.”. She estimated at least $6,000 in tree damage from the June 22 storm, which...

Plum Borough School Board announces the appointment of Melanie Rush as Plum Senior High School assistant principal. Rush joins the district with more than 19 years of experience as a classroom teacher with Trinity Area School District, and she served as an interim assistant principal there during the 2018-19 school year.