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Pa. woman charged with texting before fatal crash

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:34 -0400

NEW CASTLE, Pennsylvania - A western Pennsylvania woman has been charged with text-messaging while driving in connection with a crash earlier this month that killed a former volunteer fire chief.

Pa. man charged with 4th DUI hits police cruiser

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:35:18 -0400

NEW CASTLE, Pennsylvania - Police say a western Pennsylvania man charged with his fourth drunken driving offense was fleeing police when he smashed into a police cruiser belong to a township where another officer was killed in a similar crash earlier this month.

Man injured in western Pa. domestic shooting dies

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:29:05 -0400

HILLSVILLE, Pennsylvania - State police say a western Pennsylvania man injured in a shooting stemming from a domestic dispute has died of his injuries.

Western Pa. woman jailed in officer's fatal crash

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:13:40 -0400

NEW CASTLE, Pennsylvania - A 26-year-old western Pennsylvania woman has been jailed at least until her preliminary hearing on charges that she crashed into a police cruiser, killing one officer and injuring another, while running from a traffic stop earlier this month.

Hearing stayed for boy, 15, accused in killing

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:45:11 -0400

NEW CASTLE, Pennsylvania - A detention hearing has been delayed indefinitely for a 15-year-old western Pennsylvania boy who was just 11 when he was charged in the shotgun killing of his father's pregnant fiancee and her unborn child in February 2009.

Western Pa. man dead, woman wounded in 'domestic'

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:26:13 -0400

HILLSVILLE, Pennsylvania - State police say a western Pennsylvania man is dead and a woman has been wounded in a late-night shooting that stemmed from a domestic dispute.