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Rest stop scammers plead guilty in Westmoreland

A group of seven men who robbed motorists at rest stops in 2023 pleaded guilty Monday. According to a press release from state Attorney General Dave Sunday, the men pleaded guilty to five counts of third-degree felony robbery, and a Westmoreland County judge sentenced them each to at least ...

One killed in 13-car pileup on interstate

A 13-car pileup on the flyover ramp from Interstate 79 to Interstate 70 killed one person Thursday evening. According to Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco, 64-year-old Jamie Doreen Wiles, of Wheeling, W. Va., was declared dead at the scene. The South Strabane Fire Department said in a ...

Washington man killed in motorcycle accident

A Washington man died Monday night after crashing his motorcycle on Interstate 79 in South Strabane Township. Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco identified the man as 21-year-old Nathan Scott Boyd. According to Warco, at about 8:15 p.m., Boyd was traveling south when he lost control of ...

Four-year-old boy from Ohio, mother killed in I-70 crash

The Washington County coroner has identified the mother and child who died in Sunday’s head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70. Killed was 25-year-old Aisha Trawally and 4-year-old Abdul-Salami Touray, both of Columbus, Ohio, according to Coroner Timothy Warco. State ...

Interstate 70 lane restrictions scheduled for Monday

A portion of Interstate 70 in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, will be restricted to a single lane on Monday. PennDOT announced Friday that I-70 East will be reduced to a single lane between the Smithton and Route 51 exits. The restriction will be in effect between 9 a.m. and 3 ...

I-79 reopens after crash

Interstate 79 southbound in North Strabane has reopened after being closed for about two hours earlier this afternoon when a vehicle crossed the median and went over an embankment. According to a Washington County 911 supervisor, a northbound vehicle went over the median into the southbound ...