From Norvelt to Nowhere is a book that begins in the shadow of nuclear annihilation, during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. The first few paragraphs also disclose that nine elderly women in the town ...

Norvelt will celebrate its 85th anniversary this year and the Westmoreland Homesteads-Norvelt Historical Society is planning a community picnic to mark the occasion. “We usually get about 85-90 former ...

When word began circulating in the early 1930s that the government was creating a 250-lot New Deal community in Westmoreland County, some politicians and members of the region’s upper crust couldn’t ...

NORVELT, Pa. — Officials unveiled a new fire station in Westmoreland County. The Norvelt Volunteer Fire Department got an upgraded station on Mount Pleasant Road. The previous station was so small ...

Twelve-year-old “Jack Gantos,” (part autobiographical, part fictional) is grounded. Jack gets in trouble easily, and his chronic nosebleeds mark the spot(s). His hometown, Norvelt, Pa., was federally ...

NEW YORK (AP) - This year’s winners of the top prizes in children’s literature were honored for stories of resilience over the most everyday troubles: a boy grounded by his parents, a dog that loses ...

It was Halloween afternoon and I was swinging hand over hand like an escaped chimpanzee across the lattice of open attic rafters in Miss Volker's rickety wooden garage. She was circling directly below ...

MOUNT PLEASANT (KDKA) -- State police need your help to identify two people who started a fire at the Norvelt Golf Course in Westmoreland County. Police released photos Tuesday of two young men ...

From Norvelt to Nowhere is a book that begins in the shadow of nuclear annihilation, during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. The first few paragraphs also disclose that nine elderly women in the town ...

This year's winners of the top prizes in children's literature were honored for stories of resilience over the most everyday troubles: a boy grounded by his parents, a dog that loses its favorite toy.

This year’s winners of the top prizes in children’s literature were honored for stories of resilience over the most everyday troubles: a boy grounded by his parents, a dog that loses its favorite toy.