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/news/19966213/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19966213 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1105/17912740.jpg Four Westmoreland County Prison employees were terminated after allegations that a prisoner was taken out of his cell and beaten. Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:02:59 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19939100/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19939100 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0703/19939406.jpg A Westmoreland County man is accused of sending sexual text messages to a 12-year-old girl. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:17:47 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19933922/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19933922 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0702/19933308.jpg Police are investigating the death of a 78-year-old man at a North Side high rise Thursday. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:50:41 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19930305/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19930305 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0703/19934749.jpg A head-on car crash killed a Jeannette couple Thursday afternoon in Penn Township, Westmoreland County. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:29:30 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19927377/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19927377 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2001/1008/1007598.jpg Police in Westmoreland County said a homecare worker stole jewelry from patients in a Hempfield Township nursing home. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:50:41 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19928375/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19928375 A new law requiring home improvement contractors in Pennsylvania to register with the state attorney general's office is in effect. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:40:22 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19915567/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19915567 Police in Westmoreland County said the actions of a concerned father helped them catch an alleged sex offender. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:04:07 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19914286/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19914286 Police are searching for three masked teens who burst into a southwestern Pennsylvania convenience store, but were content to steal only several bags of potato chips and bottles of soda. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:13:24 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/entertainment/3399807/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:3399807 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1008/17662730.jpg Get info about Fourth of July fireworks, food and fun in the city of Pittsburgh and surrounding counties -- and of course, the annual Three Rivers Regatta. Sat, 4 Jul 2009 20:07:21 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/money/19889838/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19889838 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0415/19191890.jpg Pennsylvania's new fiscal year began Wednesday without an approved budget in place. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:27:07 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19903941/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19903941 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/0328/15736272.jpg A Seton Hill University student will serve five to 23 months in jail for grabbing a police officer's Taser gun and shooting her with it while she was trying to arrest him. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:14:39 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19904122/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19904122 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:33:51 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/weather/19854347/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19854347 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0618/19783856.jpg Federal emergency management officials were in Turtle Creek and Jeannette, surveying the damage from last week's flooding and severe storms. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:56:18 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19867763/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19867763 An attorney representing four former students and the parent of a fifth is suing a Catholic high school in Westmoreland County, saying minority students have experienced various types of discrimination. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:45:04 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/weather/19858985/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19858985 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0625/19862142.jpg An act of kindness brought smiles to the faces of flood victims in Jeannette, Westmoreland County, facing a hefty cleanup after last week's devastating flash flooding. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:08:03 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19858143/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19858143 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0625/19854317.jpg Police are asking for help in tracking down two men who conned a 79-year-old Westmoreland County woman into paying for bogus roof repairs at her Unity Township home. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:23:26 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19849258/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19849258 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0625/19851540.jpg 18-year-old Rachel Parker, who recently graduated from Greensburg Salem High School in Westmoreland County, dies in a head-on car crash. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:28:24 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19849460/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19849460 A blown tire caused a driver to lose control of his truck and flip over a hillside off Route 66 in Delmont, Westmoreland County. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:27:59 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19845256/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19845256 State police are investigating the theft of copper telephone cable in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, that disrupted phone and Internet service to Verizon customers for several hours. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:14:47 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19845476/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19845476 State police say they used DNA on a discarded beer can to link a Connellsville man to an arson that caused $200,000 damage to an unoccupied house in East Huntingdon, Westmoreland County. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:35:33 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19838544/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19838544 Mr. Mike's Pub and Pizza on Route 30 in Irwin, Westmoreland County, was cited by state police for allegedly violating Pennsylvania's smoking law, the Clean Indoor Air Act. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:37:49 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19833378/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19833378 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0514/19465179.jpg A judge has found a New Alexandria councilman not guilty of punching a stroke victim. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:26:39 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19826973/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19826973 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0622/19827092.jpg What started as a 3-foot gap at the Norwin Hills Shopping Center has grown to a 15-foot gaping sinkhole in the middle of the parking lot in North Huntingdon. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:42:27 EDT http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/19798072/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:19798072 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0619/19799974.jpg A head-on crash on Route 22 in Westmoreland County killed two people Friday. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:34:07 EDT