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The Westmoreland County Coroner has released the identity of a motorcyclist killed in Washington Township Monday afternoon.

Several candidates for contested races in the May primary are facing challenges to be removed from the ballot because of perceived flaws in their nominating petitions. Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge Jim Silvis will hear the challenges at 11 a.m. Friday in the cases. Silvis is hearing the cases because

“Minor car accident” is one of those terms everyone has heard and yet is difficult to quantify. The Pennsylvania Insurance Department doesn’t have a measure for what makes a crash minor or major. An insurance company only deals in monetary amounts. There is no sliding scale. And so, when Westmoreland

The Westmoreland County coroner said a 29-year-old man was lying on the train tracks in East Huntingdon Township late Tuesday when he was hit and killed by a train.

Overshadowed by the the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid crisis continues in the U.S and southwestern Pennsylvania. Stress, isolation, limited access to resources, and job losses are all factors that could be attributing to the rising rates of substance abuse and overdoses during the coronavirus epidemic, local experts said. Last year, 12 people died from accidental overdoses in Greene County, while nearly 100 people died in Washington County in 2020, according to Coroner Tim Warco. “It’s very much a concern,” said Cheryl Andrews, executive director of the Washington County Drug a...