Rich Cholodofsky

The warden at Westmoreland County prison, hired two years ago, has been temporarily removed from duty pending an ongoing review of operations.

Commissioners confirmed Monday that Steve Pelesky was placed on leave by the county's prison board.

The lawyer for a Fayette County man accused in a 2022 fatal car crash in North Huntingdon said Tuesday following a pretrial hearing that the vehicular homicide case against her client should not be prosecuted.

A Derry Township man was ruled incompetent to stand trial on charges he brutally killed a pet cat earlier this year.

Thomas G. Stanko continued to maintain his innocence Wednesday as he appeals a jury's guilty verdict and subsequent life prison sentence in the first-degree murder of Cassandra Gross.

Proposed legislation to tighten the monitoring of sexual predators released from Torrance State Hospital into the local community is expected to be introduced this fall, according to a state lawmaker.

Prosecutors seek to present evidence to bolster child abuse claims against a Greensburg Salem School District special education teacher and two classroom aides charged with the mistreatment of autistic children

Sentencing has been delayed for a Delmont mother convicted in the torture murder of her adopted son.

Andy Jenereaux still does not know what led to his twin brother Randy's fatal shooting in 2021 as they ate nachos, drank a beer and watched a hockey game while sitting at the Woodpecker's Pub and Grub bar in Upper Burrell.

A high blood alcohol content for a Lower Burrell man accused of a fatal 2021 bar shooting may not have prevented him from forming an intent to kill, a forensic pathologist testified Wednesday in Westmoreland County court.