A North Huntingdon woman is suing UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, claiming doctors performed unnecessary surgery on her son and staff concocted criminal allegations against her when she complained about the boy’s treatment. The woman, Dawn Lewandowski, was found not guilty of disorderly conduct and harassment Monday in...

NEW STANTON, Pa. — A Greensburg man pleaded guilty Monday to trying to hire someone to murder his sister. Peter Cute was arrested in April after he tried to hire an undercover detective to commit the murder. >> Greensburg man accused of trying to hire person to kill his...

Oct. 30—Andy Davis may want to consider a standing airline reservation for Nashville each fall. For each of the past four years, the Mt. Pleasant resident has headed south to accept one — or more — Josie Independent Music Awards. The Josies are the country's largest independent music awards ceremony, given out each year in Nashville, and Davis has been a regular winner. In fact, Davis has been ...

DERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A crash was reported on Wood Road in Derry Township Wednesday afternoon. It was reported at the intersection with Waltonville Road around 2:15 p.m. Emergency crews are responding to the scene. Multiple injuries have been reported but have not been confirmed by WGAL at this...

9-Franklin Regional (7-3) at 8-North Hills (8-2) Last week’s results: Franklin Regional 29, Armstrong 26; North Hills 10, Central Valley 7. Winner plays: At 1-Pine-Richland (8-1) 7 p.m. next Friday in quarterfinals. Franklin Regional finished third in the Big East Conference but has dropped two of its last three...

GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — Former President Bill Clinton visited Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday to drum up support for Vice President Kamala Harris, stopping in McKeesport and Greensburg.People were lined up several hours before the event on the University of Pittsburgh's Greensburg campus. The venue had seating for about 150 people, though many more jammed in to see and hear the 78-year-old former president. Clinton has gone on record as telling the Harris campaign that he wanted to concentrate his efforts on the smaller towns as opposed to the larger urban areas. In the past, Clinton has said that one of the...

PENN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced it will be holding an Open House Plans Display meeting for the state Route 130 Interchange Project in Westmoreland County. In a statement Tuesday, the PA Turnpike Commission said the new interchange, located near PA Turnpike Milepost 63 between the...

A Monessen woman was ordered on Wednesday to serve two years on probation for what police said was assault against an unborn child. Brooke Linn, 18, was charged last month with one felony count of aggravated assault of an unborn child, simple assault and reckless endangerment in connection to an incident on Sept. 10 in which a woman who was five months pregnant said she was kicked in the stomach following an altercation.

BRADDOCK, Pa. (KDKA) - A local school board is calling on one of its members to resign. The Woodland Hills School District's school board voted to remove Darnika Reed from her school board committees and kick her off the district's technology network. They said Reed broke board policies by posting internal emails to her Facebook page earlier this month. "The board made a statement tonight that they will not condone any breach of confidential information by any sole board member," Superintendent Dr. Daniel Castagna said.In those Facebook posts, Reed said she made the decision to post them because she was concerned about using...

The Mt. Pleasant and Freeport football teams are no strangers to one other. The Vikings and Yellowjackets met as nonconference foes the past two seasons and as members of the same conference as recently as 2019. The teams again will be back together on the same field Friday evening in...

Yesterday afternoon, a barn on the 200 block of Trees Mills Road in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, was reduced to ashes as a blaze took hold and rapidly engulfed the entire structure. According to a WPXI report, the incident was reported around 12:45 p.m., and by the time emergency services arrived, the site was already a raging inferno.

A man and a woman were found dead inside of a burning car in Greene County over the weekend. Pennsylvania State Police said troopers were called to Beagle Club Road in Morgan Township on Oct. 26 at 7 a.m. for a report of a vehicle fire. The fire department put...

If you’ve wanted to travel down to the Caribbean but haven’t been able to, there’s a food truck traveling across southwestern Pennsylvania and north central West Virginia bringing the flavorful Puerto Rican cuisine to the limelight.

The bridge that carries the eastbound lanes of Route 30 over the Loyalhanna Creek in Ligonier Township is due for a roughly $2 million upgrade next year, including deck repairs and drainage improvements. Near the western edge of Westmoreland County, PennDOT is also set to replace a foot bridge that...

A Saltsburg man will serve up to five years in prison for causing a fatal crash four years ago in Derry Township. Martin J. McKnight, 47, pleaded guilty this week to a felony charge of vehicular homicide for his role in a two-vehicle crash on Sept. 15, 2020. Police said...

Domestic violence wraps its tendrils around parts of life that most people don’t consider unless they have been touched by it. There are things like doctor appointments. How can you go for a routine visit if you might have to explain bruises? What about work? It can be hard to hold down a job if a controlling partner makes frequent calls or shows up aggressively.

Latrobe has expanded its police force to 16 officers with the hiring of Patrolman Andrew Ong. The 11-year veteran of law enforcement was recognized for a lifesaving rescue during his previous stint with the Blairsville Police Department. Ong, who was sworn in at Latrobe council’s Monday meeting, is credited with...

A Turtle Creek man already charged with shooting a Monroeville police officer multiple times in January was indicted in federal court on Tuesday, charged with robbing seven businesses at gunpoint over the course of a year. Jamal Brooks, 32, is named in an 18-count indictment handed up in U.S. District...

Terri Wolfinger didn’t hold back when asked about safety issues on her Hempfield street. She says cars and trucks routinely speed down Fosterville Road, residents can’t walk or bicycle along the street and motorists come close to rear-ending vehicles pulling out of driveways. Wolfinger said she’s yelled at drivers to slow down.

GREENSBURG, Pa. — Just eight days ago, Westmoreland County Election Director Greg McCloskey told Channel 11 his office had processed about 1,800 in-person absentee ballots. As of Tuesday afternoon, that number has jumped. “We have taken over 6,000 ballots across the counter of people voting in person just in...