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The county is part of the Southwest Pennsylvania region of the state. [a] Formed from, successively, Lancaster, Northumberland, and later Bedford counties, Westmoreland County was founded on February 26, 1773, and was the first county in the colony of Pennsylvania whose entire territorial boundary was located west of the Allegheny Mountains.
The Mammoth Mine disaster or Frick Mine explosion occurred on January 27, 1891 just after 9:00 AM in the Mammoth No. 1 mine in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. [1] Newspapers reported [2] that firedamp was ignited by a miner's oil lamp, resulting in the deaths of 109 men and boys.
The Darr Mine blast was the third major mine disaster in December 1907 (which would become the deadliest mine fatality month in US history); it followed Yolande mine in Alabama explosion on December 16, [7] the Monongah Mining disaster in West Virginia on December 6 that killed 362 miners and the Naomi Mine explosion on December 1 that killed ...
In 2023, there was a monthly average of 10,491 births, or 350 daily, and 11,531 deaths monthly, or 384 daily, according to figures provided by Ruhland. The department expects fewer than 3,000 ...
New cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania fell below 5,000 for the most recent reporting week. Check out the community levels map. COVID cases, deaths and hospitalizations in PA continue to fall. 4 ...
The Morewood massacre was an armed labor-union conflict in Morewood, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County, ... In Southwestern Pennsylvania’s coke region, strikes ...
Nov. 7—Republicans will retain control of the Westmoreland County board of commissioners. Incumbents Sean Kertes and Doug Chew were reelected Tuesday to second terms in office and will continue ...
3 locations in western Pennsylvania: April 28, 2000: 5: Racially-motivated murder spree. 2000 Wilkinsburg shooting: Wilkinsburg: March 1, 2000: 3: Single gunman kills three people. 1998 Parker Middle School dance shooting: Edinboro: April 24, 1998: 1: Teenaged shooter killed a teacher. Murder of Mario Riccobene: Philadelphia: January 28, 1993: ...