list This is a data file meant to be read by an RSS reader. See http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/rss/index.html for more information. Westmoreland County News http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/westmoreland/index.html en-us Copyright 2009, Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc ThePittsburghChannel.com 60 http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/money/21694079/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21694079 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1123/21694286.jpg A Westmoreland County mother who fell victim to theft warns others who may fall victim without even knowing it. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:46:59 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21683130/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21683130 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1121/21683512.jpg A 10-year-old boy was shot in the leg on a Westmoreland County street Friday afternoon. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:50:50 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21680015/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21680015 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1101/21490163.jpg A Westmoreland County police chief is upset with how local children's services agents handled the situation after a mother and young son were killed by a train. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:02:51 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21673071/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21673071 The Irwin Borough Police Department said a missing 88-year-old woman has been located. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:41:20 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21672607/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21672607 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1120/21673567.jpg A car accident in Westmoreland County Friday morning has claimed the life of one person. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:52:58 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21670363/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21670363 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1120/21670457.jpg Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:19:56 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21665009/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21665009 A Blairsville man died after he was crushed Wednesday night by a car that fell on him in his grandmother's driveway in Jeannette. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:58:37 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21662832/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21662832 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1120/21670092.jpg State police have been searching for three men who allegedly beat a homeless man with poles and clubs as he slept in a tent in a wooded area of Westmoreland County. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:11:33 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21652442/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21652442 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1118/21652647.jpg A 27-year-old man is accused of giving a $100 counterfeit bill to a 15-year-old girl selling Hempfield High School band hoagies. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:31:07 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21651892/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21651892 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1118/21656984.jpg Family members wore shirts to remember a car crash victim as they attended the preliminary hearing for Ashley Stumpf, who's accused of causing the fatal wreck while high on heroin. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:54:38 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21626189/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21626189 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1116/21629030.jpg State police in Greensburg said two people in their 20s are behind a violent attack in Donegal Township that left the victim with a punctured lung. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:29:41 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21632009/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21632009 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1116/21632136.jpg It played out more like a scene from a daytime soap opera, but a hospital scuffle with police led to one woman being shocked with a Taser outside a Westmoreland County hospital emergency room. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:49:38 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21628930/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21628930 Emergency crews say a family of three is safe after their boat capsized on a lake about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:18:43 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21617564/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21617564 A tree falls on a person Saturday in Washington Township, Westmoreland County. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:25:57 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21616560/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21616560 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1114/21616605.jpg A man struck a woman in the chest with a hatchet, injuring her, state police say. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:53:24 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21616766/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21616766 Thieves steal an estimated $12,500 worth of appliances, electronics, tools and other items -- including a 1.75 carat diamond ring and gold bracelets -- from a storage facility in Westmoreland County late last month. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:35:08 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21615381/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21615381 A person is hospitalized after a crash in Irwin, Westmoreland County. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:21:01 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21605132/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21605132 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1113/21610476.jpg Police in Westmoreland County arrested a man on suspicion of driving drunk while he was behind the wheel of a lawn tractor near Route 66 in Export. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:59:20 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21604152/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21604152 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1113/21604128.jpg State police in Westmoreland County are asking for the public's help to find a runaway teen. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:27:55 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21590820/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21590820 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1112/21593475.jpg At least eight fire companies were called to a strip mall fire in Rostraver Township. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:03:52 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21599843/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21599843 Seven Springs Mountain Resort has signed a 10-year lease to operate the dormant state-owned ski area in Westmoreland County's Laurel Mountain State Park. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:18:15 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21589208/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21589208 NASA said it can find no records mentioning an unidentified object that may have landed in Kecksburg, Westmoreland County. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:59:33 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21589320/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21589320 Community members gathered at the VFW in Greensburg on Wednesday afternoon to honor the veterans of the Battle of the Bulge. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:28:45 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21574958/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21574958 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1110/21577403.jpg A Greensburg retiree got quite a surprise on Tuesday thanks to a well-known sweepstakes. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:42:22 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21476376/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21476376 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2007/1119/14642765.jpg The estranged husband of 84 Lumber magnate Joe Hardy's ex-wife could spend nearly two years behind bars for stealing millions of dollars worth of jewelry from her huge home in Rostraver, Westmoreland County. Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:31:39 EST