On Thursday, April 25 at 3:53 p.m., the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office was notified by the Hillsboro Police Department that their officers were pursuing a red 2005 Ford F150, traveling north on U.S. 62 toward Fayette County.
The excessive rain that accompanied the storm Thursday night and Friday morning, coupled with melting snow, flooded several roads in Westmoreland County and the region. Firefighters rescued motorists from vehicles caught in high water on the New Stanton-Ruffs Dale Road near the village of Hunker and on Hillis Street in
About 2,600 First Energy customers in Allegheny County and 20,800 in Washington County were without power Friday morning as a winter storm moving through Southwestern Pennsylvania transitioned from freezing rain and sleet to snow. An additional 2,100 Duquesne Light customers also were in the dark, the utility reported at 9