Haley Daugherty stories, Page 33
Downtown Latrobe gets tropical with Flamingo Bingo
Downtown Latrobe will be pretty in pink Wednesday for Flamingo Bingo Shop Hop Night. Festivities will start at 4 p.m. in the Latrobe Parklet located at the corner of Main and Ligonier Streets. Emily Pasqualino, founder of Latrobe Shop Hop Nights, will be DJing, leaning on Caribbean and reggae music...
After 4-hour standoff, SWAT clears Homewood house, but suspect wasn’t inside
Pittsburgh police responded to a SWAT situation in the Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood Monday night. According to a social media post by Pittsburgh Public Safety, SWAT, paramedics and fire teams are in the 7300 block of Stranahan Street after receiving reports of a man believed to be barricaded inside a...
AGiRepair to host Big Brothers Big Sisters tech and science camp
Members of AGiRepair of Greensburg will be hosting a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) camp in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region. From 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Friday, children involved in the program will be participating in different activities that align with...
Business owner regroups after Scottdale fire
A Scottdale business owner was at a loss for words Tuesday after a fire damaged his automotive business the night before. “I’m just feeling a little lost right now,” said John Hyatt, owner of Keystone Autoworx LLC. “This isn’t just a job for me. I have everything in this (business).”...
Scottdale car dealership catches fire
First responders headed to Keystone Autoworx LLC in Scottdale after receiving reports of a fire just before 8 p.m. Westmoreland 911 said fire crews asked West Penn Power to cut off power in the area while battling the flames. Multiple surrounding streets were closed while the blaze was knocked down....
Plan to convert former New Derry elementary school into treatment center brings opposition
A Uniontown-based drug and alcohol treatment provider’s rumored plan to convert the former elementary school in New Derry into a rehabilitation facility has received a wave of backlash from residents and public officials. Westmoreland Commissioners even approved a resolution Thursday to oppose the project. Residents and township officials say Angel’s...
Latrobe Police Department opens applications for Youth Appreciation Day
Latrobe Police Department will be hosting a Youth Appreciation Day for children in kindergarten through seventh grade on Aug. 3. The day will start off at 10 a.m. at the Latrobe Art Center where children will paint rocks with officers and art center staff. They will then be taken to...
Westmoreland will be asked for $4M for airport project
The Arnold Palmer Regional Airport terminal expansion is projected to cost $22 million, and after figuring in expected contributions from the federal and state governments, officials are asking Westmoreland County to put $4 million towards the project. The Westmoreland County Airport Authority board this week approved making a formal request...
Ligonier Valley Library annual Historical Photography Show runs through Sept. 12
The Ligonier Valley Library’s annual Historical Photography Show kicks off Tuesday. This year’s show is titled “Faces of Ligonier Valley: Veterans of Vietnam and the Cold War.” The event is slated to run from Tuesday through Sept. 12 in the Pennsylvania Room and Hallway. Photographs of men and women who...
Bon Journey to headline annual Harvest Market Dinner at Loyalhanna Watershed Association Farm
The annual Harvest Market Dinner and Dance sponsored by the Ligonier Country Market and Loyalhanna Watershed Association is set for Aug. 12. The event will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on market grounds at the Loyalhanna Watershed Association Farm, just off West Main Street, Springer Road in Ligonier...
Derry Agricultural Fair goes on without chickens
The Derry Agricultural Fair has kicked off festivities for another year, but is missing some of its feathered friends. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has banned poultry and eggs from fairs across the state for another year because of high numbers of bird flu cases in the state. The ban...
Priest retires after serving for 35 years at South Greensburg church
The Rev. John Nosal, archpriest of St. Michael’s Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church, thought moving to South Greensburg was too good to be true. “I’ve lived in Greensburg virtually half of my life and when we first moved here, after about a month, I said to myself, ‘now what’s going to...
Second annual Westmoreland motorcycle ride benefits nonprofit Amanda’s Heart Foundation
Cavitt Street in Trafford was filled with sounds of laughter and the roar of motorcycles as guests prepared for the second annual Amanda’s Heart Foundation motorcycle charity run. Riders gathered in front of the Trafford American Legion Riders Post 331 and greeted each other. Each participant was welcomed either by...
Man dies in Derry Township crash
A West Virginia man died Friday night when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed in Derry Township, authorities said. Richard John Muth, 28, of Clarksburg, W.Va., was traveling east on Torrance Road about 8:30 p.m. when he lost control of vehicle while going around a curve, according to...
Body discovered in the Monongahela River identified
A body discovered in the Monongahela River on Wednesday morning has been identified. Dive teams pulled the body of Raheem Buchanan, 39, from the river about 7:30 a.m. near the Mon Wharf. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Buchanan on Saturday morning. The office did not immediately announce where...
Person injured in East Vandergrift fire
One person was injured when a fire broke out in an East Vandergrift home early Saturday morning, authorities said. The fire started about 6:40 a.m. in a home on Elm Street, according to Westmoreland 911. The fire was extinguished by about 7:50 a.m. Fire companies from Vandergrift, East Vandergrift and...
Jeannette EMS shuts down after 63 years
Jeannette EMS announced that the ambulance service was shutting down Monday night after 63 years. The department ceased operations at 7 p.m., citing poor reimbursement rates from insurance companies, according to a Facebook post on the service’s page. The post added that Jeannette EMS is “sadly not the first service...
Despite weather, labor challenges, sweet corn is still king for area farmers
Greg Forejt Jr., owner and operator of Windy Heights Farm in East Huntingdon, was determined to get an early jump on sweet corn season this year. He and his team began in the early spring by planting about 140,000 seeds in a greenhouse on his property. As the stalks began...
Latrobe’s Miss 4th of July 2023: Volunteer, scholar, performer
Seventeen-year-old Piper Anke has a busy schedule. With work as a volunteer, shows to perform and awards to accept, it’s no small feat that the Derry Area student was able to compete in this year’s Latrobe’s Miss 4th of July pageant, let alone take home the crown. Anke is well-known...
Hempfield board adopts budget with 2.3 mill tax hike
Property owners in the Hempfield Area School District will be paying more in real estate taxes after board members adopted a 2023-24 budget by a 6-2 vote. The budget includes about $106.9 million in expenditures, which amounts to a 2.3 mill property tax increase. The increase will help close a...
Pa. antlerless deer licenses soon available in stores, online
Change is in the air this Pennsylvania hunting season. Hunters in the state soon will be able to buy their 2023-24 antlerless deer licenses wherever hunting licenses are sold. The new process will go into effect at 8 a.m. Monday when sales begin for general hunting and furtaker licenses. Hunters...
Fayette County Courthouse struck by bullet, judge’s chair hit
The Fayette County Courthouse was placed on lockdown Thursday after shots were fired and a bullet struck the building. Officials said a bullet went through a window and struck a judge’s chair while she was sitting in it. She was not injured, and there no reports of other injuries. The...
Greater Latrobe school board approves tax hike
Property owners in the Greater Latrobe School District will be paying more real estate taxes in the upcoming year after the school board adopted a 2023-24 budget with a 3 mill tax hike. The budget includes about $64.2 million in expenditures. The tax increase, approved in a 5-4 vote, will...
2024 enrollment open for Seton Hill Child Services Inc.
Seton Hill Child Services Inc. has opened enrollment for 2024. The center offers programs for children from infants to 12 years old. For families with low income, federal and state funded programs such as Head Start, Early Head Start and Pre-K Counts are offered through the facility. School age before...
Tickets available for Veterans Anything With Wheels Show
The Veterans Anything With Wheels Shows is scheduled for June 25 at Cooperstown Event Center in Latrobe. A $10 ticket to the event includes food, drinks, vendors, a 50/50 raffle, a Chinese auction and a Pin-Up contest. There will be a car competition with 30 classes. Festivities will start at...
