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A quarter of Westmoreland County’s 16 district courts will see a new judge in 2022. Eleven candidates are seeking four contested seats on the local courts seeking to replace three retiring judges and fill one seat left vacant by a resignation. Judicial candidates are permitted to cross-file and all will ....
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Westmoreland County officials acknowledged that more than 190 incorrect mail-in ballots were issued to voters in Mt. Pleasant Township. Ballots issued to voters in four precincts Ridgeview, Mammoth, United and Westmoreland Homestead erroneously omitted the race for district judge to replace Michael Mahady, who will retire at the end of his current six-year term, according to a news released issued Friday evening. Voters in those precincts were placed in a judicial district that no longer exists after it was eliminated last year as part of a judicial restructuring. ....
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. State troopers used hotel receipts, cell phone records and a tip from police in Ohio during a 15-month investigation to arrest two demolition workers from Youngstown, Ohio, on Wednesday in connection with the theft of a piece of heavy equipment from a dump site in Unity. Nicholas S. Kaczmark, 44, and Brian J. Rose, 38, were arraigned on charges of criminal conspiracy, theft and receiving stolen property in connection with the Jan. 9 theft of a $54,000 Takeuchi Trackloader from a dump at Frye Farm and East High Acres roads. ....
Four of five district judge seats up for grabs in 2021 will have contested primaries in May. Meanwhile, just one countywide race the Republican primary for the clerk of courts office will be contested this spring. Barring candidate challenges, the May 18 primary ballots appear set. The deadline to file nominating petitions expired Tuesday. Elections Bureau Director JoAnn Sebastiani released the names of candidates for county offices after the deadline. A full list of candidates, including those seeking municipal offices and school district seats, could be released today, she said. There will be contested primaries in four district judge races where no incumbents are seeking reelection. ....
A ninth former client of a Latrobe mental health therapist awaiting trial for rape and multiple sexual assault-related charges has accused him of sexually harassing her during counseling sessions about three years ago, according to Latrobe police. Police filed a new harassment charge this week against Gregory P. Miscik, 59, ....