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The number of new confirmed covid cases in the Penn-Trafford-Jeannette area climbed in the last seven days after several weeks of steady declines. There were 28 new cases in the seven-day period ending March 9 — up from 16 the week prior, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of...

When Doug Kelly was hired as the boys basketball coach at Penn-Trafford, one thing he and his staff focused on was team defense. It was a big reason why the team won its first playoff game in 20 years. The Warriors defeated North Hills, 63-50, in a WPIAL Class 6A...

Chalfant William Becker sold property at 178 Brighton St. to James and Carol Tessauro for $150,000. Estate of John Boyce sold property at 220 Highland Ave. to PGH Holding LLC for $45,000. Churchill William Dipaolo sold property at 3766 E. Rural Court to Emily Rybinski for $157,000. Delmont Eric Seabury...

Ten times Butler’s Devin Carney had taken a shot from behind the arc Friday night and nine of them had missed. In fact, a potential winner at the end of regulation bounced hard off the rim. “One thing about my crew,” Butler coach Matt Clement said, “is they put the...

A good lifeguard is hard to find, which is why Greensburg’s recreation department is offering free lifeguard certification courses as a new recruitment tool. “We had a difficult time in general getting kids to apply for the jobs,” said Trudy Ivory, former recreation facilities manager for the city. Ivory retired...

Here’s a look at Friday’s WPIAL basketball playoff games involving Westmoreland County teams: Boys Class 6A Quarterfinals 6-Pine-Richland (12-5) at 3-Hempfield (12-5) 6 p.m. Friday Coaches: Bob Petcash, Pine-Richland; Bill Swan, Hempfield Winner plays: Winner of 7-North Allegheny (16-6) at 2-Fox Chapel (19-2), 6 p.m. Tuesday in semifinals About Pine-Richland:...

A Penn Township man peacefully surrendered to police Thursday after a state police special response team took action to end a standoff that began a night earlier, authorities said. James Kassimatis, 51, came out of his Center Street house in Harrison City around 2 p.m., township police Chief John Otto...

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner has identified the victim of a fatal shooting in Trafford early on Thursday morning. Anthony Michael Raymond, 27, of Pittsburgh was found by Trafford police suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the 500 block of Fifth Street Extension shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday, according the...

Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...

Baldwin girls basketball coach Jamal Woodson sounded like he was at the podium at an awards show when senior forward Meghan Dryburgh’s name came up in a postgame interview. He went all Golden Globes after he and his team celebrated with a small group of fans Wednesday night. And the...

Westmoreland County’s Republican leaders on Wednesday demanded Pennsylvania Department of Health officials increase the supply of covid-19 vaccines to the county. In a letter sent to Alison Beam, the state’s acting secretary of health, Commissioners Sean Kertes and Doug Chew called for ‘immediate and substantial adjustments” to the distribution of...

The number of new confirmed covid cases in the Penn-Trafford-Jeannette area dropped a bit over the last week, with 16 new cases in the seven-day period ending March 2 — down from 16 the week prior, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Since the pandemic began in...

Chalfant Federal National Mortgage Assn. sold property at 314 Highland Ave. to Jonathan Dietz for $154,900. Bridgett Bothell sold property at 1010 Pin Oak Court to Maciej Skrzypczak for $98,000. Delmont Shawn Kelley sold property at 23 W Pine St. to Shawn Kelley and Traci Peters for $1 (state deed...

Juniors will have the option to return to Penn-Trafford High School five days a week starting Wednesday. Students can opt to learn remotely or continue attending two days a week, as they’ve been doing since the start of the school year, according to district officials. A survey of juniors revealed...

Here’s a look at Wednesday’s WPIAL basketball playoff games involving Westmoreland County teams: Girls First round Class 6A 9-Baldwin (8-7) at 8-Penn-Trafford (10-6) 6 p.m. Wednesday Coaches: Jamal Woodson, Baldwin; John Giannikas, Penn-Trafford Winner plays: At 1-North Allegheny (19-1), noon Saturday About Baldwin: After a rash of early-season postponements, the...

An event next month will honor those 76,000 American and Filipino soldiers who endured a 65-mile forced march in the Philippines as prisoners of the Japanese during World War II. The Norwin Air Force Junior ROTC cadets are sponsoring a 14-mile walk or run along the Westmoreland Heritage Trail between...

Here’s a look at Tuesday’s WPIAL basketball playoff games involving Westmoreland County teams: Boys First round Class 6A 14-Baldwin (6-12) at 3-Hempfield (11-5) 6 p.m. Tuesday Coaches: Jeff Ackermann, Baldwin; Bill Swan, Hempfield Winner plays: Winner of 11-Peters Township (6-8) at 6-Pine-Richland (11-5), 6 p.m. Friday About Baldwin: Baldwin, under...

Westmoreland County Transit will provide free rides on its buses and paratransit vehicles to local covid-19 vaccine clinics. Anyone with a scheduled appointment to receive the vaccine is eligible for the service Mondays through Saturdays in the service area, including Westmoreland County and Downtown Pittsburgh. “We wanted to eliminate a...

Penn-Trafford is known for playing close basketball games and competing with some of the best in the WPIAL. Franklin Regional has a similar reputation for playing anybody, anytime. So, when the teams met Wednesday night, the last thing they wanted to hear was that they weren’t playing for anything. That...

A historic firearms show typically held in Penn Township in late January has been pushed to April due to the covid-19 pandemic. “With this covid, it’s been pretty difficult,” said Bill Vance, manager of the Bushy Run Historic Arms Show. “We usually have the show in late January but, because...

The number of new confirmed covid cases in the Penn-Trafford-Jeannette area dropped by about a third this week, with 19 new cases in the seven-day period ending Feb. 23 — down from 30 the week prior — according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Since the pandemic began...