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A Westmoreland County man is facing charges after police served a drug task force search warrant at this home.
Mandie Reusch said she wanted to apologize for what she wrote to her former boyfriend just before he took his own life in 2021. Reusch, 38, of South Greensburg pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge of aiding suicide related to a series of what police described as demeaning and bullying messages. In those messages, she urged the father of her child to kill himself to enable her to receive child support payments.
A jury this week awarded $7.1 million in damages to a Jeannette man, saying doctors’ and nurses’ negligence at Westmoreland Hospital led to the amputation of his left leg. Following a seven-day trial in Westmoreland County, a jury found in favor of Shane D. Steiner and his wife in a medical malpractice lawsuit in which they claimed he received faulty care following a heart attack in 2021.
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A man who has been charged in several robberies throughout the area received his sentence for a crime that happened in Westmoreland County in 2024.
A woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars in jewelry from residents of the nursing home has admitted to the crime.
A retired Ukrainian Catholic priest will be allowed to move back to Florida to await trial in Westmoreland County on charges he misappropriated nearly $740,000 in church funds. Common Pleas Court Judge Tim Krieger on Monday modified bail for Gregory A. Madeya, who was charged this summer with 10 felony...
A new airline is getting ready to take off at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe, and preparations are already underway.
Continuing coal mining operations in the Donegal area could have a long-term negative impact on the residents’ supply of well water, the stability of their homes and the quality of the streams — particularly if problems arise once mining ceases, a group of residents told state environmental regulators Tuesday.
A Jeannette woman who welcomed her first child in June is using social media to spread awareness and support other women who have experienced pregnancy loss.
Allegheny County police are investigating the death of a man who supposedly collapsed during a traffic stop in Glassport.
Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity and Rep. Eric Nelson (R-57) announced that $76,960.42 in unclaimed property was returned following Nelson’s Veterans Picnic at Youngwood Area Park and Pool in Westmoreland County. The Youngwood Sportsman Association received $75,549.49. Picnic attendees received the remaining $1,410.93. Treasury holds more than $5 billion in...
A family is upset after a video circulating in Monongahela appears to show an on-duty police officer using a homophobic slur while speaking to a group of teenagers.
Anthony Mohamed is accused of setting a New Kensington duplex fire that sent six people, including three juveniles, to the hospital. The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office listed charges including attempted homicide and arson. A preliminary hearing was postponed after Mohamed fired his public defender, according to TribLIVE.com. The...
The Elizabeth Township Police Department is renewing an urgent request for the public’s help finding two missing teenagers who have been gone for more than three days.
In the games in which it was tested this season, Belle Vernon (10-1) has shown a penchant for perking up after halftime. Dare anyone call the Leopards a second-half football team?. “That’s what we have been,” coach Scott Bryer said. The evidence started showing up early in the...
In a statement, glassware manufacturer Anchor Hocking announced that a Mon Valley-based company has purchased a portion of its former Charleroi Corelle glass plant.
One person was taken to the hospital after a shooting in McKeesport on Sunday night, with police taping off a black car in a parking lot near the Shop-N-Save on 5th Avenue as the investigation got underway. The identities of both the suspect and the victim remain unknown. The shooting...
Vanderbilt University confirmed an “active cybersecurity incident” on Monday, November 9, and told users to shut down university devices as the BYOD ransomware group listed the school on its leak site. The group claims it holds more than one million Social Security numbers and has taken over the university’s data center.
The city of Jeannette is moving forward with plans to demolish 16 properties in an effort to eliminate local blight.
