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An Indiana woman is charged with public drunkenness after she was found lying on the roadway Wednesday night. Indiana Borough Police dispatched officers to the 400 block of Gompers Avenue and found the woman, identified as 40-year-old Angela Ways, lying in the middle of the road. Police determined she was intoxicated to the point where she was a danger to herself and others. After getting her off the road, she was cited on a charge of public drunkenness and released from the scene to a sober individual. A citation was filed with District Judge Tony Sottile’s office.

Two registered nurses who are accused of taking and sharing photos and making recordings of Westmoreland Hospital patients without their permission are prohibited from holding caretaking jobs. District Judge Chris Flanigan made that part of the conditions of the $40,000 unsecured bail she set Thursday for Peter Castellano, 36, of...

BELL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — 9/27/24 UPDATE:. A spokesperson for the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County said operations are back online at the George R. Sweeney Water Treatment Plant. They said a variable frequency drive caught fire but they have backup motors and pumps in the event of something like...

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — More than a year after a man was found dead along an Indiana County road, a Johnstown man pleaded guilty to killing him. Justin Green, 42, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in Cambria County court Wednesday, according to our media partners at the Tribune-Democrat. Green faces a sentence of 14 to 28 […]

EAST HUNTINGDON, Pa. (KDKA) — Lucky, the dog that was stolen from an 87-year-old Pittsburgh-area man, is still missing, though police said he has been spotted on surveillance footage with the suspect.Willard Martz told police that after he parked in a handicap spot at the Tractor Supply in East Huntingdon on Monday morning, someone walked up to him and stole his keys from his pants pocket. Investigators said the suspect hopped into Martz's car and drove off, taking the 10-year-old Airedale-terrier mix with him.  According to court paperwork, surveillance video at the Walmart in Dunbar Township showed the suspect, Kenneth...

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Two men have been arrested for their roles in the August stabbing at the Galleria Mall in Johnstown. Roger Allen Jr., 43, of Ebensburg has been charged with stabbing a man and Alexander Forsythe Jr., 59, of Johnstown is facing charges for his role as an accomplice, according to a […]

An alleged affair between a corrections officer and an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Pine Grove in White Township has led to a felony count of institutional sexual assault and misdemeanor counts of official oppression and obstruction of the administration of law against the officer, an Indiana-area woman.

Jalisa Lashae Hawkins, 35, from Duquesne, Pennsylvania, was found guilty by a jury today of possessing heroin and fentanyl with the intent to distribute them, as announced by U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld. The conviction followed an investigation where officers were monitoring a Clarksburg residence due to reports of drug-related activities....

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Donegal Township residents are still upset with supervisors that laid off the township road crew. Supervisors Jim Bauer and Ed Shingle would not respond to resident inquiries about what plans are in place to replace the road crew especially now that winter is only weeks away. Shingle did state at the end of the meeting to a reporter that the road crew was merely laid off and could be called back into service. Otherwise, no other plans were announced. Related to the layoffs, Ed Marson got into an altercation with Shingle at the layoff meeting when he asked Shingle about a project at his house Shingle agreed to have completed. According to Marson, Shingle tried to exit the conversation aggressively, running into Marson’s wife. Supervisor Chairman Jim Bauer stood up for Shingle stating that it was Marson’s wife that initiated the contact. Former Supervisor Douglas Teagarden requested that the board of supervisors resign immediately. He intimated that supervisors may not be forthcoming on all pertinent information. Bauer stated that the request is a regular occurrence. Supervisors did pass a resolution indicating that residents that are on the local water and sewage service are to register with the township to receive push notifications regarding township emergencies. Supervisors had no answer to a question of what residents were to do should they opt not to receive the push notifications. Supervisors will meet on October 15 for their agenda meeting.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Country music star Luke Bryan is bringing his Farm Tour to Smithton Borough in Westmoreland County on Saturday. Bryan will perform at the Cunningham Family farm at 355 Fitz Henry Road in Smithton at 6 p.m. It will be the final stop on his Farm Tour after he held shows in North Carolina, Kentucky and Ohio. Bryan, who is known for hits like "Country Girl," "One Margarita" and "That's My Kind of Night," is set to bring out other acts, including Tucker Wetmore and Conner Smith. Joyce Cunningham said her family farm is preparing for about 20,000...

Statements made by a 3-year-old boy who claimed he was assaulted by his grandfather two years ago in Vandergrift can be used in the court case against the grandfather, a judge ruled Thursday. Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio rejected a defense bid to end the case against Timothy...

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Police have released new details about the investigation into a Johnstown man who is accused of murdering a woman on Sept. 19. Douglas Yonker, 57, was arraigned on Friday, Sept. 20 for homicide charges after police arrived at a home on K Street for a report of gunshots, according to […]

WHITE TOWNSHIP, Pa. (EYT) — Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect involved in an incident of criminal mischief that occurred in White Township last month. The incident took place on August 21, 2024, around 10:00 p.m. Authorities are seeking to identify...

SOMERSET ― A 26-year-old mother was found guilty last week of two counts of endangering the welfare of children, first-degree misdemeanors, in a nonjury trial before President Judge Scott Bittner. Catherine Wolfrays was accused of locking her two young children, ages 7 and 8, in their room unsupervised for up to 12 hours....

The 5-foot-7, 189-pound senior rushed for 211 yards and two touchdowns as the Panthers defeated Gateway, 36-34, last Friday. He has rushed for 783 yards and seven touchdowns this season. The Panthers host Kiski Area on Friday night in a key Class 5A Big East Conference clash. Players to watch.

Pennsylvania State Police have released photos of Poolesville resident Kenneth Crider, who is wanted for robbery, theft, and receiving stolen property following an incident in East Huntingdon on Monday afternoon, Sept 23. Prosecutors say that the victim advised police that he was walking into the Tractor Supply store when Crider...

Nearly four years after he was arrested as the alleged triggerman in the shooting death of an Indiana University of Pennsylvania student in an off-campus student housing complex, Terrion Gates, 22, of Johnstown, is on trial in Indiana County Court of Common Pleas. Gates is charged with criminal homicide and...

A sentencing hearing is scheduled today for a man charged with rear-ending a state police cruiser and becoming aggressive with troopers. 41-year-old David Paul Dilts, Jr. of Penn Run pleaded guilty to DUI-Controlled Substance, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest on August 19th in Indiana County Court. The charges were filed in connection with an incident on Airport Road near Spearman Road in Cherryhill Township on February 24th. Police say he was driving a Ford F-150 east on Airport Road and rear-ended the state police cruiser resulting in moderate damage to the car and disabling damage to the truck.

It’s been almost a year since a North Versailles police officer and his K9 were shot, and the violence that took place is still unsettling for the police chief.