Joe Napsha | Tribune-Review
Conemaugh Generating Station in Indiana County, located across the Conemaugh River from New Florence in Westmoreland County.
Joe Napsha | Tribune-Review
Conemaugh Generating Station in Indiana County, located across the Conemaugh River from New Florence in Westmoreland County.
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State police charged a 21-year-old Blairsville man with driving under the influence of alcohol after, they say, he crashed and abandoned a car Jan. 21 in Derry Township.
When a person walking along Torrance Road noticed a damaged white Kia sedan sitting along the Conemaugh River bank the next morning, multiple fire departments from both counties, river rescue units and police departments were dispatched to search the area.
Trooper Gregory Frank said initial responders found no operator but did locate footprints in the snow leading back up to the rural road. Frank said troopers, working with Blairsville police Chief Michael Allman, later identified the woman who owned the car, but she reported her boyfriend, Mitchell Lee Hillis of Blairsville, had been driving it.
State police have released new information on a driver-less vehicle found in the Conemaugh River on Friday morning. Police say they have identified a .
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Jan 22, 2021 9:28 AM
First responders in Indiana and Westmoreland Counties were called out earlier this morning for a water rescue in the Conemaugh River.
Initial reports show that a car was found partially in the Conemaugh River on the Westmoreland County side across from the river trail and just southeast of Wyotech Park. No one was found in the car when rescue squads got there. Multiple crews are on the scene, including Blairsville and Black Lick fire crews, who were dispatched by Westmoreland County 911 around 9:00 this morning.
This is a developing story, and as soon as we have more information, we will pass it along to you.
Mary Ann Thomas | Tribune-Review
About the creeks
Loyalhanna Creek is a 50-mile tributary of the Kiskiminetas River, originating from Laurel Ridge just north of Donegal.
It flows north-by-northeast along the southeastern side of Chestnut Ridge before passing through Latrobe and Loyalhanna Lake before joining with the Conemaugh River to form the Kiskiminetas River at Saltsburg.
Its name is said to be derived from the Delaware Native American language meaning middle stream.
Buffalo Creek stretches about 34 miles between eastern Butler County and Freeport at its confluence with the Allegheny River.
The creek is beloved by birders and anglers alike: The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission designated a section of the Buffalo Creek as a site for Best Fishing Waters for Stocked Trout.