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Latrobe interfaith service group sees growth in clients, volunteers during pandemicVideo
Latrobe-based Laurel Faith in Action is seeing increased demand for its free services to older residents during the covid-19 pandemic. Fortunately, it’s also increased its network of volunteers. “This pandemic has really made us more busy,” said Taylor Kilmer, the organization’s marketing director. “We are getting an influx of people...
Special antlerless deer hunting permits available in 2 Westmoreland townships near where CWD found
Special hunting permits for an area of Westmoreland County are on sale in an effort to help the Pennsylvania Game Commission slow the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer. Hunters can use the Deer Management Assistance Program permit in Fairfield and St. Clair townships in the northeastern corner...
Greensburg Salem cites limited space in ruling out full-time return to classrooms
Eighty percent of the 889 Greensburg Salem parents who responded to a recent district survey said they want their children to spend part of each week receiving in-person lessons from their teachers, once classes resume Aug. 26. The remainder said they would opt for full-time remote learning from home amid...
Brain surgery helps Kittanning toddler become seizure freeVideo
Breane DeComo Kotyk was waiting to hear her daughter cry for the first time. Nothing. Not a sound. Little Khaleesia wasn’t breathing. The umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck. She was lifeless and blue. It took doctors at West Penn Hospital in Bloomfield 18 minutes to resuscitate her. The...
The Stroller, July 31, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Did your neighbor call and check on you, or bring a face mask or groceries? The Stroller wants to recognize those around us who are performing small acts of kindness for others during this stressful time. Send a short, one-paragraph note highlighting someone and how they helped you, your family...
Pa. Game Commission adopts new plan in effort to curb chronic wasting disease
Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are hoping a new plan to manage the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) will prevent it from infecting more deer in Westmoreland County and elsewhere in Southwestern Pennsylvania. About 300 square miles of the northeastern corner of the county is part of a management area...
Suspect, 17, sought in the slaying of another teen in Uniontown
A homeless teenager accused in the shooting death of a 16-year-old Uniontown boy Wednesday night went to particular house in order to fight the victim, according to Uniontown police. An arrest warrant has been issued for Jaden Christopher Shaw, 17, who is listed as homeless in court papers but also...
Allegheny Valley SB approves safety plan but not phased-in or full return to school
Allegheny Valley School Board on Tuesday approved its Health Safety Plan for the upcoming school year, but is still debating how students will return to school. The district is considering whether to open school buildings to its more than 900 students at the same time or to have a portion...
Penn-Trafford Community Band plays on during pandemic, new shows planned
Despite the covid-19 pandemic, the Penn Trafford Community Band is rehearsing again and planning at least four concerts for August and September, while following social distancing guidelines, the band manager said. The 65-member community band will play concerts at nursing homes and assisted living facilities, including one in Fox Chapel,...
Norwin OKs hybrid reopening, delays start to Aug. 31
Norwin students will start the school year Aug. 31 by returning to their classrooms two days a week and then three days at home receiving remote instruction. School officials say the plan is flexible to accommodate full-time, in-school learning or total online, depending on changes in the coronavirus pandemic. The...
Upper Burrell considers safety tax to help fire department
The Upper Burrell Township supervisors plan to discuss a 3-mill tax increase for a new safety tax primarily benefiting the township’s sole fire department during their meeting on Wednesday. If the 3-mill tax is approved, the average homeowner with a home assessed at about $21,000 would pay $63 a year...
Pence draws crowd at Cops for Trump event in GreensburgVideo
Applause and cheers filled South Main Street in Greensburg Thursday as Vice President Mike Pence touted a pro-police stance during a campaign event in a parking lot next to the city police station. He promised the 400 or so people in attendance that President Trump and the rest of the...
With world record-holder injured, field opens up for Adios at the Meadows
Despite the absence of one of harness racing’s fastest and most decorated horses, Saturday’s $375,000 Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids at the Meadows in Washington is shaping up to be a competitive race. Papi Rob Hanover was the likely favorite after setting a world record (1:47.1) for 3-year-old...
Riverview students to start 1st 9 weeks of new school year online
Riverview School District students will spend their first nine weeks of the new school year learning online. It’s part of the reopening plan school board members unanimously approved Monday night. Incoming Superintendent Neil English said the administration has heard from parents, staff and Allegheny County health officials the past two...
Crash injures 3, ties up traffic on Highland Park Bridge for over 2 hours
The Highland Park Bridge reopened to traffic in both directions shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday following a one-vehicle crash. At least three people were transported for treatment, according to an Allegheny County 911 supervisor. The wreck, on the O’Hara side of the bridge was reported at about 4:30 p.m. The...
Burrell School District to vote on plan to reopen schools with virtual option
The Burrell School Board plans to vote Tuesday to reopen all schools when classes resume next month while providing an option for students to attend classes online from home. “It’s the closest thing to being there,” board President Tricia Shank said of the virtual option. Students can switch up between...
Severance agreement for New Ken-Arnold superintendent approved sight unseen
New Kensington-Arnold School Board approved a severance agreement with the district’s departing superintendent without having a finished document in writing, according to several members of the school board. During a meeting Tuesday where the board accepted John Pallone’s resignation effective Friday, board member John DeAntonio asked when the board would...
Police: Man shot, woman, child unharmed in Pittsburgh’s Arlington neighborhood
A man was critically wounded after he was shot several times Thursday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Arlington neighborhood, police said. The man was the passenger in a vehicle driven by a woman. A child was also in the vehicle when someone shot at them at about 1 p.m. in the 2200...
Quaker Valley outlines options for students to return to classesVideo
The Quaker Valley School District has developed a return-to-school plan for the start of classes later this month that calls for both online and in-person instruction depending on the status of the coronavirus pandemic. “Our goal has been to open in-person,” Superintendent Tammy Andreyko said during the July 28 school...
2 Pittsburgh motorcycle officers hurt in crash during Pence’s travel to Greensburg
Two Pittsburgh police motorcycle officers who were part of the security detail for Vice President Mike Pence’s Thursday visit to Greensburg were hurt in a crash on Route 837 in White Oak, Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. The officers are with the Special Deployment Division and were part...
Highlands approves return plan; parents asked to complete surveys
The Highlands School District will use a hybrid approach with students learning both in school and remotely when the upcoming school year starts Aug. 27. Under the plan, approved by the school board this week, students will be divided into two groups, with one attending classes in person on Mondays...
Worst economic quarter impacts Western Pa. professionals
No one has seen numbers as bad as these. Shoulders slumped in America on Thursday as news broke that the U.S. economy shrank at a disastrous 33% annual rate during the April-June quarter, the worst quarterly drop in history. The previous worst quarterly plunge was a 10% drop in 1958....
Greensburg family stands their ground for Black Lives Matter
Travis Spence knows a little something about policing, having served as an officer in California. Still, Spence, along with his wife and kids, were the lone voices in protest in the immediate area as Vice President Mike Pence spoke to a crowd packed into a parking lot next to Greensburg...
Mutual Aid Ambulance Service expands coverage area for 2nd time this year
For the second time this year, Mutual Aid Ambulance Service is expanding into new territory. The Greensburg-based company is now the exclusive provider of emergency medical services for the 44 square miles of Bullskin in Fayette County. Bullskin supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to implement the changes to the area that...
Voice of Westmoreland holds ‘Rally for Black Lives’ in Greensburg’s St. Clair ParkVideo
While Vice President Mike Pence was attending a “Cops for Trump” rally in downtown Greensburg, a half-mile away in St. Clair Park, city resident Arlena Williams was describing the fear she felt recently watching her son get pulled over by police right near her front door. “Our fears are not...
