Residents living near a hazardous waste landfill in Yukon could share in a tentative $275,000 class-action lawsuit settlement that claims their homes have been impacted by polluted dust and odors from the site since 2014. Payments from the proposed settlement with MAX Environmental Technologies Inc. — to those living in
A man wrapping up a day of hunting Friday in South Huntingdon was shot by another hunter, according to Travis Lau, communications director at the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Lau said the hunter was at his vehicle when he heard a gunshot and walked to an area off State Hill Road,
MAX Environmental Technologies has halted its plan to reapply for a permit to add a new hazardous waste landfill at its site near Yukon. The Upper St. Clair-based company is instead focusing on compliance issues federal regulatory officials identified following an inspection of the facility in March. A report issued
A Sewickley woman was acquitted of the felony charges she was facing the stemmed from a crash that injured a bicyclist along a South Huntingdon roadway two years ago. Kimberly Kustra, 47, was found not guilty of two felony counts of aggravated assault by vehicle. Prosecutors claimed Kustra was under
(Editor’s note: To mark Westmoreland County’s 250th birthday this year, we’ve come up with a list of 250 things — 10 things in 25 communities — that we consider to be important to the makeup of our area. This series will appear each week through December. If you have a