This is a data file meant to be read by an RSS reader. See http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/rss/index.html for more information. Westmoreland County News http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/westmoreland/index.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland en-us Copyright 2009, Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc ThePittsburghChannel.com 60 http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18441770/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0108/18441991.jpg It was a story that only got worse as time went on -- a Latrobe hospital resident killed by his former girlfriend pregnant with his child. Once the woman fled to her native Canada and gave birth to a baby boy, Zachary, she eventually drowned the child herself. Thu, 8 Jan 2009 19:07:55 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18429768/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2007/0827/13987421.jpg Funeral services were held Wednesday for a Circleville, Westmoreland County, firefighter who died following a battle with leukemia last week. Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:29:57 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18429616/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0107/18432608.jpg Police have charged a Westmoreland County bus driver they said sexually molested six mentally disabled female passengers over a three-year period. Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:59:57 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18417615/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland A man accused in nine armed bank robberies pleads guilty to federal charges. Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:05:04 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18405642/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2007/0827/13987421.jpg A Circleville volunteer firefighter has died following a battle with leukemia. Sat, 3 Jan 2009 18:39:54 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18400729/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1027/17817013.jpg The state is putting Pennsylvania communities on notice -- there's less money to go around because of previous prices at the pump and that means local roads will suffer. Fri, 2 Jan 2009 18:19:45 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/entertainment/18399248/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/0102/18398574.jpg Brad Fenell, a Westmoreland County man, gets married on an MTV show in New York's Times Square on New Year's Day. Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:19:16 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18392491/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland Weather may have contributed to a head-on collision on Route 30 in Westmoreland County. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:56:30 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18389387/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1231/18391308.jpg Firefighters are battling a blaze at a group home for mentally challenged people in Latrobe. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:40:43 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18377539/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1229/18377608.jpg The cost of gasoline may be going down, but the cost of driving the Pennsylvania Turnpike has gone up. Mon, 5 Jan 2009 08:50:04 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18380150/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1230/18384508.jpg An early-morning car crash kills Jason Pravlik and Taffeda Finch and closes part of Route 66 in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:05:05 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/money/18388810/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland Macy's acknowledges that some shoppers who paid with a debit card on the weekend before Christmas were charged twice. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:59:09 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18380704/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1230/18382472.jpg Police gather at a Trafford church to remember North Huntingdon K-9 Hisso, a police dog that had to be put down in Westmoreland County. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:01:48 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18380172/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1230/18380129.jpg A police standoff with an armed man took place Tuesday morning in Monessen, Westmoreland County. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:08:08 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18378689/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland A man cutting down a tree in Westmoreland County dies after another tree struck him. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:41:18 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18371148/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1229/18371539.jpg Flames and smoke forced and evacuation at First United Methodist Church in Murrysville on Sunday morning. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:21:27 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18362728/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1226/18362725.jpg Suffering skin injuries from a diaper that likely hadn't been changed in a month, a Greensburg child is taken to West Penn Hospital's burn unit in Pittsburgh for treatment. Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:01:10 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/food/18363492/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland Atria's Restaurant and Tavern was open again on Friday, more than a month after a gasoline leak behind the building on Route 22 forced dozens of businesses to temporarily close in Murrysville. Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:53:59 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18358958/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1226/18358939.jpg A crash in Westmoreland County sends four people to area hospitals. Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:49:24 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18357689/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1225/18358261.jpg A fire broke out at a house in Murrysville, Westmoreland County, on Christmas morning. Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:22:58 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/holidays/18355030/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1224/18355404.jpg Most families would be content with just one Christmas tree. But two Westmoreland County homeowners filled their home with 50 Tannenbaums, pulling out all the stops to raise money for a local museum. Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:23:53 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/video/18355098/index.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1224/18355099.jpg Across Pittsburgh and surrounding counties the wet weather hampered travel and dampened basements on Christmas Eve. Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:30:27 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18346650/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1223/18348510.jpg A Westmoreland County bear hunter accused of attacking and killing another hunter has been released on bail. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:53:43 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18338258/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1223/18339984.jpg A Westmoreland County family has a new home for the holidays thanks to volunteers from Habitat for Humanity and State Farm Insurance. Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:57:05 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18337664/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=westmoreland true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/1222/18339099.jpg Kicked and slammed to the ground by her owner, shattering her back leg, doctors weren't sure if Callie the pit bull would ever walk again in January. Fast forward to almost a year later, Callie, now known as Abby by her new owner, is healthy and entirely healed. Watch Ari Hait's Report Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:55:41 EST