A woman who was found dead in her cell at the Westmoreland County Prison in October died from asphyxiation due to hanging, according to a ruling from the county coroner’s office. Amber Knepshield’s ...

Westmoreland County’s Republican delegation used a news conference Thursday to assure residents the county is no place for undocumented immigrants in trouble with the law. The county prison board ...

Westmoreland County’s new warden, on the job for less than a month, has been given an $11,000 raise. Commissioners and Controller Jeffrey Balzer, acting as the county’s salary board this week, ...

Overtime has paid off in a big way for some Westmoreland County workers. A TribLive analysis of overtime paid to county employees in 2025 found that for some, working additional hours has more than ...

A Westmoreland County man was sentenced to state prison for abusing a dog so badly that it was paralyzed. On Wednesday, a judge sentenced Zachary Hixson of Mount Pleasant to up to 60 months in prison, ...

EAST HUNTINGDON, Pa. — A man who was shot during an exchange of gunfire with state troopers in Westmoreland County has been sentenced to decades in prison. Information shared by Westmoreland County ...

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