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Police involved in standoff with suspect following Monessen shooting

Monessen police were involved in a standoff with a shooting suspect Friday morning. According to an emailed statement from a spokesperson for the Westmoreland County district attorneyĢƵ office, the incident began about 4:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of Leeds Avenue. The district attorneyĢƵ ...

Mon Valley residents speak out against landfill permit request

Westmoreland Sanitary LandfillĢƵ request to discharge treated waste into the Monongahela River was met with opposition during a hearing Thursday at Rostraver Central Fire Department social hall. Twenty people spoke out against the state Department of Environmental Resources granting a ...

EQT sues Union Township over ‘unlawful’ permitting fees on pipelines

Two EQT Corp. affiliates are suing Union Township and its five supervisors in federal court, claiming the municipality and local officials attempted to extort the natural gas producer into paying exorbitant fees while trying to secure permits to drill. Attorneys for EQT Production Co. and EQM ...

Monessen man accused of leading state police on high-speed chase

A Monessen man is accused of leading state police on a high-speed chase Monday night before crashing into another car in Rostraver Township. State police said Nikolas David Friedline was speeding while driving east on Interstate 70 near the Charleroi/Allenport exit in Speers Borough shortly ...