A Southmoreland High School graduate who worked in a Minnesota medical examiner’s office has been hired as the first full-time female deputy coroner in Westmoreland County — which first elected a coroner in 1774, according to historical records. Cara Shaffer, 30, was hired to fill the vacancy left by the
One person was killed in a crash Sunday afternoon in Derry Township, Westmoreland County. The Westmoreland County Coroner's office identified the vict.
A man operating a snow blower was struck and killed by a pickup truck Saturday morning, according to the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office. County Coroner Timothy Carson identified the victim as Brian P. Hyde, of East Huntingdon. Hyde, 49, was struck around 10 a.m. a Dodge Ram pickup traveling at