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Consent order updates eliminate 4M gallons of water flow during Franklin rainstorms
Just under three years ago, the Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority delivered a model to state environmental officials mapping out the flow of sewage through its 330-mile system. It was among the mandatory goals in a 2019 consent order entered into by FTMSA as well as its client communities, with...
Franklin Regional opens Panther’s Den, consolidates merchandise under 1 vendor
Franklin Regional officials and Unity Printing held a grand opening Friday for The Panther’s Den, a brick-and-mortar store inside Unity’s Fancy Fox Embroidery & Silkscreen in Murrysville. The shop and its attendant website will be the exclusive home to merchandise using logos the school district created and trademarked. The school...
Hikers, bikers travel twisty new North Huntingdon trail
About 40 people went back and forth Sunday afternoon along a trail up a steep hillside in North Huntingdon’s Braddock’s Trail Park. Hikers and mountain bikers were following the painted orange trail blazed from across the parking lot of the park on Robbins Station Road and up the 1¼-mile Switchboard...
Westmoreland happenings: spaghetti dinners, kolaci sale, children’s grief program, more
Fundraisers • An Election Day spaghetti dinner will be from 4 to 7 p.m. or until sold out Nov. 5 at Asbury United Methodist Church, 20 Dunbar St., Uniontown. Menu: spaghetti, homemade meatballs. salad, bread and dessert. Cost: $12; children’s portion, $7. Dine in or takeout. Proceeds will benefit church...
Democrats once dominated Westmoreland County. Here’s how Republicans won over the region
Bill Bretz had few options to further his political interests while a senior majoring in political science at Saint Vincent College. It was 1993. He was a Republican. “My professor told me that if I wanted to do anything in politics, I would have to change my party registration,” said...
Franklin Regional Athletic Association competitive cheer team off to a hot start
The Franklin Regional Athletic Association isn’t wasting time in building on its first successful year with a cheerleading squad. This year they added a competitive cheer team, and its members just brought home a first-place finish in the 12U division at the HACC Cheer Fest, held Oct. 27 in Hempfield....
Derry Township bridge rated in ‘poor’ condition, slated for PennDOT deck repairs
A bridge that is rated in “poor” condition is scheduled for repairs next year near the northern Derry Township community of Torrance. PennDOT said plans for fixing the bridge that carries Torrance Road over McGee Run are nearing completion, with bids for the project to be let in December. According...
Westmoreland GOP leaders skip unity rally days after parade float depicted political violence
There was a unity rally planned for political party leaders in Westmoreland County Friday, but only one side came to the event. The noon observance was planned late Thursday after an entry in Mt. Pleasant’s Halloween parade this week depicted political violence. Organized by Westmoreland County Democrats and Mt. Pleasant...
Southwest Greensburg voters to consider repeal of 1-mill library tax upheld in 2022 referendum
Southwest Greensburg residents on Tuesday will decide whether 1 mill of the borough’s real estate tax will continue to help fund the Greensburg Hempfield Area Library. Southwest Greensburg Council says the roughly $15,000 generated by 1 mill of the town’s 28-mill tax can be better spent on borough needs. The...
Jeannette councilman rescinds resignation
Jeannette City Council is no longer looking for a new member. After submitting his resignation Sunday, Councilman Chad Krawtz changed his mind. He submitted a withdrawal of his resignation Wednesday, said city solicitor Tim Witt. Krawtz, 47, a Republican, said Friday he decided to stay on council. “The community support...
Fort Ligonier DAR marks site of little-known Fort Preservation
The nation’s 250th birthday is less than two years away, and the Fort Ligonier chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is ready for the major milestone. As its commitment to the America250 celebration campaign, the Ligonier-based DAR group has drawn public attention to the little-known Fort Preservation, a...
Long delayed North Irwin bridge project slated for 2025
Reconstruction of a now demolished bridge in North Irwin could begin next year after Westmoreland commissionerssigned off on a financing deal that will allocate more than $5.8 million in state funds to complete the project, which has seen little movement over the last decade. County and local officials have sought...
Police arrest man for trespassing at West Hempfield Elementary, find suspected drugs
A Lawrence County man was charged Thursday with trespassing on West Hempfield Elementary property as students were filtering into the building, according to court papers. District officials say the man had been dropped off at a nearby gas station by Pennsylvania State Police earlier that morning. Zachery T. Leonard, 30,...
Car crashes into Greensburg supermarket’s mural-adorned wall
A wall decorated with a large mural was damaged Thursday afternoon when a car crashed into the Charley Brothers Shop ‘n Save supermarket on East Pittsburgh Street in Greensburg. The woman driving the car was checked out by medics and did not require treatment, according to Greensburg fire Chief Tom...
Greensburg cafe owner recalls ‘really cool’ meeting with Bill Clinton at campaign event and his shop
Earlier this week, former President Bill Clinton departed Greensburg leaving behind praise for the homemade apricot scones at the town’s White Rabbit Cafe. Owner Tommy Medley had a half-hour’s notice before Clinton stopped at the Main Street eatery about 1 p.m. Tuesday to grab a treat and talk with the...
With temps near 80, PennDOT drivers polish their snow plowing skills
About 13 equipment operators hit a PennDOT training course Thursday in Unity to practice their snow plow skills on a day when the region broke the temperature record, hitting 80 degrees. The previous record, 79 degrees, was set in 1950, according to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh. The equipment...
Casey, Fetterman visit Murrysville Democrats ahead of election
Michelle McFall says being a Democrat in Westmoreland County is not easy right now. There are 91,247 registered Democrats in the county compared to 131,917 Republicans, according to the commonwealth’s latest tally. McFall, chair of the Westmoreland County Democratic Party, said it can feel like an emotional vacuum. A visit...
Sale approved for Lower Burrell, Hempfield nursing homes
Eight Guardian Elder Care skilled-nursing facilities — including Belair in Lower Burrell and Oak Hill in Hempfield — will be sold to GBK Eight LLC in a transaction recently approved by a federal Bankruptcy Court. It also approved the transfer of operations for 11 other leased skilled-nursing facilities to New...
Blackburn Center employee accused of obstructing custody order won’t be prosecuted
Criminal charges were withdrawn Wednesday against a fourth Blackburn Center employee that police said obstructed efforts by state troopers to enforce an emergency custody order issued by a county judge. The case against Eleonora M. Marsili, 65, will not be prosecuted. “We support the actions of the Pennsylvania State Police...
Mt. Pleasant fire department apologizes for Halloween parade entry with VP Harris tied to golf cartVideo
A Halloween parade display in Westmoreland County depicting Vice President Kamala Harris handcuffed and leashed to the back of a golf cart drew outrage from bystanders and the Pittsburgh branch of the NAACP, which denounced it as a symbol of racism and hatred. “It had no place in any parade...
$1M in gambling revenue will help Southwest Greensburg build new public works complex
Southwest Greensburg will spend about $1 million in state gambling money to build a new public works garage. The borough was awarded $1 million from the state program that distributed the revenue generated from Live Casino Pittsburgh to communities in the region. “It’s huge,” said Mayor Carol Palcic of the...
5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: Nov. 1-3
Spooky season has ended, but there’s plenty autumn left to enjoy the crisp weather and beautiful scenery before it starts to turn cold for the winter. Here are some events taking place across Westmoreland County this weekend. Pumpkin pitchin’ Devout Brewing in Penn Township will host its second annual “pumpkin...
‘Life changing’: At-home dialysis allows assistant DA to focus on work while she awaits kidney
By day, Jennifer Dupilka fights for justice for crime victims as an assistant district attorney at the Westmoreland County Courthouse. At home, she has a different kind of battle — against her own body. Four days a week, her husband, Ray Dupilka, leaves his job as a county detective and...
Probation sentence ordered for Monessen woman charged with assault on unborn child
A Monessen woman was ordered on Wednesday to serve two years on probation for what police said was assault against an unborn child. Brooke Linn, 18, was charged last month with one felony count of aggravated assault of an unborn child, simple assault and reckless endangerment in connection to an...
Indiana County man sentenced to prison for 2020 fatal crash in Derry Township
A Saltsburg man will serve up to five years in prison for causing a fatal crash four years ago in Derry Township Martin J. McKnight, 47, pleaded guilty this week to a felony charge of vehicular homicide for his role in a two-vehicle crash on Sept. 15, 2020. Police said...
