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The National Road Heritage Corridor has cancelled plans to create a special “Sunday Supper in the Park” on May 19 in Washington, the organization said Wednesday. “Unforeseen challenges” forced the organization to cancel the special fundraising dinner on May 19 at Washington Park, said Donna Holdorf, executive director of the...

Multiple fire departments responded to a fire at a house in Derry Borough late Wednesday night. The fire was reported at about 11:55 p.m. at 111 Walters St., according to Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety. Initial dispatches from the scene said that the occupants of the house escaped the...

The Pittsburgh area unemployment rate dipped slightly to 3.9% in March, the lowest level since 1976, when the region’s steel industry still was vibrant. The jobless rate, adjusted for seasonal factors, dropped 0.1 of a percentage point in March, and was down from 4.4% a year ago, according to the...

A North Huntingdon man who recently celebrated one year in remission from lymphoma is raising money for research into fighting blood cancer. Charles Colletti, 53, a business development manager for Touch of Color Flooring, is among a group of 12 candidates — six men and six women — competing for...

The state has honored three Bushy Run Battlefield volunteers for their contributions of time and talent at the historic colonial battlefield along Route 993 in Penn Township. The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission recognized Emily Liska, John Harris and Nick Sopko during the annual Volunteer of the Year ceremony Saturday...

As a young man, Michael G. Christoff was an FBI special agent in Pensacola, Fla., and Mobile, Ala. The former South Greensburg and Unity resident had risen from being a personal secretary to one of the FBI assistant directors during the reign of legendary Director J. Edgar Hoover to a...

Robert Juliano moved a step closer to owning the Cafe Supreme restaurant in Irwin after reaching a tentative agreement with Irwin Borough to pay more than $11,000 in delinquent garbage bills that had piled up from the restaurant’s previous owner. Juliano paid Irwin council $3,000 toward the unpaid garbage bills...

North Huntingdon employees driving on township business have to pull off the highway and stop their vehicle if they want to make or take a call or text on their cellphone. Township commissioners recently approved the policy on a 3-2 vote with commissioners Brian Blasko, Darryl Bertani and Zachary Haigis...

With the monarch butterfly losing its habitat, a Norwin High School student wants to create a butterfly garden at the high school for the insects as they migrate from Mexico. “This could be a safe place for them,” junior Emily Jumba told Norwin School Board recently. She hopes to create...

The state attorney general won a round in federal court Wednesday in his ongoing battle to modify the soon-to-expire consent decree that gives numerous Highmark Inc. clients access to UPMC without paying higher out-of-network fees. U.S. Judge John E. Jones granted Attorney General Joshua Shapiro’s motion to dismiss UPMC’s complaint...

West Penn Power plans to spend $43 million this year to trim and remove trees that could pose problems for power lines in an effort to minimize outages across its 24-county service area. Six contractors for the Greensburg-based utility company have trimmed more than 600 circuit miles of electric lines...

Residents can get rid of old or unwanted prescription drugs at collection points set up Saturday by the North Huntingdon and Penn Township police departments as part of the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. North Huntingdon police will have a collection bin at the police station at the Town...

Pennsylvania is ranked No. 1 in the country in one craft beer category — production. The state’s 354 breweries produced more than 3.7 million barrels of craft beer last year, more than in any other state in the nation, according to statistics compiled by the Colorado-based Brewers Association, a national...

Norwin’s music program has joined 623 school music programs across the United States, as well as five others in Westmoreland County, to be designated as one of the 2019 Best Communities for Music Education. Norwin has a robust musical program with more than 20 musical ensembles involved in more than...

Penn Township is seeking a replacement for Commissioner Grant Pence, who recently resigned from the board. Pence’s resignation was accepted at the April 17 meeting. Pence, who could not be reached for comment, has more than two years remaining on the four-year term he won in November 2017. Pence represented...

A benefit concert and raffle for the families of a 3-year-old Irwin girl battling leukemia and a 13-year-old Liberty Borough boy being treated for cancer is planned for April 27. Conrad’s Concert 8 will be held 7 p.m. to midnight at Zander’s Sports Bar/Palmieri’s Restaurant, 951 Old Frankstown Road, Plum....

North Huntingdon Township has sued its own zoning hearing board and a Greensburg developer, seeking to overturn the board’s decision granting a permit to place a billboard along Route 30, just east of the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Irwin interchange. In a suit filed in Westmoreland County, the township wants a judge...

Students who want to pursue a nursing career this fall semester can apply for one of three scholarships worth a total of $96,800 to attend either the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg or Westmoreland County Community College. Redstone Highlands, which offers a variety of living options for senior citizens at facilities in...

In an attempt to slow down motorists driving around three of its elementary schools, Norwin will spend $6,200 to install eight speed bumps at those schools this summer. The school board on April 15 awarded Brant’s Asphalt LLC of Hempfield the contract to install four speed bumps at Stewartsville Elementary...

When Renee Cappetta died last July, Trafford not only lost the person who owned and operated the popular Parente’s Ristorante, but the borough lost a big booster. “She did so much for the town. She did all the light-up nights and did the festivals. She gave so much for town,...

Penn Township has a $1.45 million loan offer on the table to reduce flooding in the Harrison Park and Hyland Road areas. Officials have yet to decide if they want it. Township leaders have roughly six months to decide whether they want to accept the loan, township manager Alex Graziani...

The North Huntingdon Police Department has two new lieutenants and three new sergeants. Sgts. Gregory Arendas and Jay McCurdy were promoted to the rank of lieutenant by the township commissioners Wednesday. Officers Nicholas Dreistadt, William Kauffman and Justin Wardman were promoted to sergeant. Arendas and McCurdy were the only two...

Those who love fishing and competing against other anglers can participate in the free fishing derby planned for Mammoth Park Lake, off Route 982, Mt. Pleasant Township, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 28. Registration will be conducted at Pavilion 12 at the park. All those who enter the...

A variety of vendors will sell their wares at the open air Bushy Run Market, which is planned this spring and summer for the Bushy Run Battlefield along Route 993 in Penn Township. The Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society Inc. is sponsoring the market, which will operate the first Saturday...

Robert Juliano moved a step closer to owning the Cafe Supreme restaurant in Irwin after reaching a tentative agreement with Irwin Borough to pay more than $11,000 in delinquent garbage bills that had piled up from the restaurant’s previous owner. Last week, Juliano proposed to Irwin council he would pay...