Rich Cholodofsky

Residents of Allegheny and Westmoreland counties could be hurt by a move to halt the federal funding stream to state and local governments, especially

A Westmoreland County judge said Wednesday the New Year's Eve road rage killing three years ago of a Rostraver woman was “one of the most callous, senseless, arrogant cold-blooded killings with malice” that he has seen.

A Greensburg man was ordered to serve up to 40 years in prison for the rape of a child.

The lawyer for a Murrysville woman who, along with her mother, is accused of taking more than $4 million of a relative's inheritance, told a Westmoreland County judge the case against his client has no factual basis.

Anthony Hairston, 29, was sentenced for the Jan. 1, 2022, killing of Holly Vadella in Rostraver Township.

Westmoreland County prosecutors contend a long simmering period of discord between a New Florence woman and her mother provided a motive for her killing in late 2023.

Bill Mohler can see hard times coming. Co-owner of Sendell Volkswagen, east of Greensburg, Mohler said President Trump’s expected 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada will have a dramatic impact on his business. “It will mean the price of cars and parts could go up 25%,” Mohler said

An Arnold teenager who has been in jail for the last three years as he awaited trial for the attempted murder of five people in 2021 pleaded guilty Monday to lesser charges.

Westmoreland County’s newest row officer and a judge could be sworn later this week after the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday confirmed both nominations from Gov. Josh Shapiro to fill the vacancies. Republican Jon Wian, 43, of Delmont, takes over the Register of Wills, the office where wills, estates, adoptions and

State police officers testified Tuesday they believed a New Alexandria man was under the influence of drugs when he refused to comply with troopers responding to call two years ago of a man wandering through yards in a Unity neighborhood. Westmoreland prosecutors contend Denton Kapf, 48, resisted arrest on Jan.