Ronnie Lynn, a 4-year-old, was airlifted to the hospital on July 6 after accidentally shooting himself with a handgun at his house on Gaudio Drive in Rostraver Township.
A Westmoreland County detective testified Wednesday that a Philadelphia man paid $65,000 to have a business associate shot and killed last November in the parking lot of a Rostraver strip mall. Prosecutors contend Keven Van Lam, 57, ordered and financed the hit on a man who he paid about $800,000
Westmoreland County Commissioners are expected to award grants to three municipalities this week with money from the national opioid abuse settlements. North Huntingdon is slated to receive nearly $105,000, while Rostraver and Lower Burrell will each receive $62,832 to operate drug prevention and education programs through municipal police departments. The
Rostraver Police are investigating a stabbing that was reported Thursday morning. A 36-year-old man was taken by medical helicopter to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery, according to police. The incident was reported just after 7 a.m. in the parking lot of Tri-County Plaza. Police said the man