Paul Peirce stories, Page 20

State police in Belle Vernon are seeking information on a missing 73-year-old East Huntingdon woman who was last seen Tuesday. Trooper Robert Broadwater reported on social media that authorities are seeking Myrna Z. Montalvo, 73, of Ruffs Dale, who relatives say is endangered because she has a medical history of...

A 15-year-old Fayette County boy is charged as an adult in connection with a fatal stabbing Monday in rural Springhill Township. Christopher S. Gaydos Jr. of Smithton was ordered held without bond after his arraignment Tuesday on charges of criminal homicide, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in Fayette County Tuesday....

Residents in the rural Hempfield village of Hannastown helped direct state police to a man accused of forcing his way into a home Tuesday and initially refusing to leave before running away moments before officers arrived. Blake R. Quakenbush, 26, of Latrobe was arrested on charges of burglary, criminal trespass,...

Surveillance tapes from a convenience store and red paint on a car grille helped state police identify a woman they say was involved in a hit-and-run accident last month, according to court documents. Tamara J. Stoken, 46, of Irwin, was charged this week with careless driving, fleeing the scene of...

A Latrobe councilman and the patriarch of a city family involved in an ongoing dispute with the local fire department and its chief were arrested Tuesday by Westmoreland County detectives. Councilman Robert S. Forish, 58, and Fabian Giovannagelo, 65, were arraigned on charges of theft, theft by deception and misapplication...

A man and woman who say they were assaulted late Sunday in Scottdale drove about 5 miles to a Mt. Pleasant hospital for treatment with their alleged assailant clinging to the hood of the car, according to court papers. Scottdale police arrested Michael J. Overly, 21, of Everson, Fayette County,...

A Beaver County man is in the Westmoreland County Prison without bond after he was arrested on charges of breaking into a Penn Township home early Friday, according to court documents. Nicholas J. Wooddell, 30, of Aliquippa, was arraigned on charges of burglary, criminal trespass, and driving on a DUI...

State police are asking the public’s help identifying a man who they say bilked a Donegal Township convenience store out of $150. Troopers said the suspect entered the Coen Market along Route 31 near the Donegal interchange of the turnpike about 5:20 p.m. Saturday and conducted a scam, departing with...

At least one person was seriously injured Monday in a wrong-way crash that closed the westbound lanes of Route 22 at the intersection with Route 819 in Salem for two hours, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher. Multiple fire departments and state troopers were called to the scene near...

Multiple complaints this month over an influx of pedestrian and vehicle traffic at a Latrobe home resulted in the arrests of a couple Thursday by city police on charges of trafficking cocaine and heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia. William E. Schall, 34, and Bobbi Rae Ragazzini, 26, who live...

A former nurse at Excela Health Westmoreland hospital in Greensburg was arrested this week by the state Attorney General’s office on accusations of stealing prescription painkillers from patients over a five-month period in 2020, according to court papers. Joel M. Gazal, 34, of North Versailles, was arraigned on two counts...

A 26-year-old Jeannette man was ordered held in the county prison without bail after he was arrested by police following a domestic altercation with a woman in a Greensburg apartment, according to court documents. Orlando L. Morgan Jr. was arraigned on multiple criminal charges including simple assault and making terroristic...

A traffic stop along the Pennsylvania Turnpike near New Stanton this week resulted in the arrest of a man wanted for questioning in connection with the theft of two pickup trucks, according to court documents. After troopers stopped Allan J. Brady, 35, of Adrian, Mich., for speeding on the toll...

A section of Route 30 westbound outside of Ligonier reopened after 4 p.m. after it closed when a trailer hauling an oversized load pulled down utility wires onto the highway Wednesday morning. Ligonier Valley police reported the incident occurred west of Ligonier in Ligonier Township before noon, according to a...

A Philadelphia man was airlifted to a hospital with multiple injuries Saturday after crashing his pickup in Donegal as he was being pursued by state troopers along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, according to police reports. Sergio E. Rodriguez-Guzman, 21, was airlifted by medical helicopter to Conemaugh Hospital in Johnstown as a...

Multiple fire departments were called to the scene of a blaze at an abandoned home outside of Tarrs in East Huntingdon Monday afternoon, according to Westmoreland County dispatchers. The fire was reported before 2:30 p.m. at a vacant home in a remote location off of Johnny Love Road, the dispatcher...

State police used security video from a Hempfield casino to catch a motorcyclist who escaped arrest during a brief chase early Saturday that was called off when speeds reached 107 mph, according to court documents. Cameron S. Ulery, 25, of Melcroft, Fayette County, was arrested about 5 a.m. Saturday. It...

A Unity man is accused of twice firing a 9 mm handgun during a seven-hour standoff with state troopers after a domestic assault at his home last week, according to court documents. Gregory S. Dorough, 48, was arrested about 5 p.m. Friday inside his residence along Arnold Palmer Drive. He...

When Mt. Pleasant Mayor Jerry Lucia received a call recently from an area native inquiring whether the borough would like to team up with a state-of-the art health care lab as it launches a covid-19 community wellness testing program, he jumped at the chance. SDxLabs, a Pittsburgh-based diagnostics laboratory, will...

A Washington County man wanted on multiple arrest warrants, including charges of assaulting a Hempfield woman June 20, was arrested Thursday by state troopers who spotted him fleeing through a grocery store parking lot, according to court documents. Jack D. Jaffre, 44, who lists his current address as Washington, also...

Motorists who use Interstate 79 to travel north through Allegheny County will have to deal with traffic delays starting Friday and continuing through early Monday. The reason: A $43 million rehabilitation project starts on the Neville Island Bridge. PennDOT District 11 said the northbound lanes of the span will close...

Despite the Greater Parkview Church being honored as recipient of the YWCA of Westmoreland County’s prestigious President’s Award for its work in the community, the Greensburg church’s pastor, Bishop Carl Jones Sr., maintains “there’s still a lot of work we have to do.” Jones, who has led the diverse, non-denominational...

A woman died Thursday morning in a house fire in Etna. Etna Volunteer Fire Department Chief Greg Porter said the woman was in her 80s. Porter said her adult son was able to make it out of the duplex and was transported to a hospital for smoke inhalation. Multiple fire...