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The Westmoreland County Prison Board on Thursday promoted a longtime staffer to serve as the facility’s new deputy warden for security. The board hired Robert Fagan to the position previously held by the jail’s new warden, who was hired in February. Fagan, 46, of South Huntingdon, was initially hired in
A state inspection of the Westmoreland County Prison found inmate restraints were improperly tracked by staff, keys and security access devices were insufficiently inventoried and cells had sanitary and maintenance issues. State inspectors who toured the facility in Hempfield on Aug. 1 found seven deficiencies, according to a report obtained
The county job fair at Westmoreland Mall was a big success, officials said. More than 40 applications were received for 50-plus vacant jobs in county government, according to Sam Miller, associate director of the human resources department. “It seems to have been a successful event,” Miller said. The goal of
An Arnold man died Tuesday after being arrested on drug charges the previous day. Khalies Khorhid Lewis, 39, died Tuesday afternoon at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office said. Although an autopsy has been completed, no information on the cause or manner of Lewis’ death was available Wednesday as the case remains under investigation, the coroner said. Lewis was arrested Monday during a drug sting in New Kensington. Lewis was taken sometime after his arrest to Westmoreland Hospital from the county jail. A hospital spokesman said he wa...