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Police: Driver in fatal I-70 crash was driving 118 mph

State police say a Fayette City man was driving 118 mph moments before he crashed into the rear of an Allenport woman’s car on Interstate 70 in Westmoreland County earlier this year, killing her after her car burst into flames. Jacob M. Posey, 22, was charged Friday with felony homicide by ...

DEP to fix borehole in Millers Run in Cecil

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is going to start work in the next couple of weeks on closing a borehole that opened in June in Millers Run in Cecil Township. The borehole – a deep, narrow hole made in the ground – has resulted in the stream losing water. ...

Woman injured in Washington fire expected to make full recovery

The woman who was flown for medical treatment after being rescued from a Saturday house fire in Washington is expected to make a full recovery. “The breathing tube has been taken out,” city Fire Chief Chris Richer said Monday. The woman, described as legally blind and disabled, was ...

Avella School Board president drowns while vacationing in Florida

Corey McConn, president of the Avella School Board, died Friday as a result of a drowning accident while vacationing in Bradenton, Fla. According to the school district website, the Cross Creek Township resident had served the board for 22 years. Emanuel A. Paris IV, the board’s vice ...

A woman’s place is in the auto shop

One of those moments in life when you are at your most vulnerable is when you are stranded alongside the road. As other cars and trucks go roaring by, you are stuck. Going nowhere. A tire is flat or the gas tank is empty, or the battery has given up the ghost. Most of us would feel a rush of ...