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Almost a year after Ray Shetler Jr. was found not guilty of homicide in the shooting death of Saint Clair Township Police Officer Lloyd Reed, Westmoreland County Judge Megan Bilik-DeFazio has ordered ...

State police say another phone scam has cropped up, and this one hits close to home for them; the caller claims to represent a state police charity that benefits widows of slain police officers. The s...

A man was arrested for passing counterfeit bills in White Township last Friday afternoon, and state police have issued a warning to local businesses to be on the alert for more phony money. Police are...

It's only the beginning of the month, but two of the state police "Five Most Wanted" fugitives for February have now been apprehended. Police report that 44-year-old Joseph John Benko of Clymer was ta...

Fair warning today from the state police: "Operation Yellow Jacket" is back. State police will partner with PennDOT today and tomorrow for a traffic enforcement effort on Indiana County highways. Stat...

A Derry man who was involved in a collision with a motorcycle last fall has now been charged with driving under the influence after lab results revealed metabolites which indicate that he was under th...

After a gas well lost pressure last month at the Beaver Run Reservoir, CNX Resources has suspended fracking operations at the well and the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County asked the IUP stud...

It's down to business for the state legislature in Harrisburg today, with a busy schedule. That means the first committee meetings for new State Representative Jim Struzzi. Two of the committees of wh...

A Shelocta woman ended up in the Armstrong County Jail Saturday night after a shooting at a home along Hemlock Road in South Ben Township. State police were dispatched to a report of shots fired just ...

State police have identified the two men killed in a murder-suicide over the weekend in Apollo. It happened in the early morning hours on Saturday at a home in the 500 block of Terrace Avenue. Police ...