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Westmoreland happenings: Festival, craft fair, bingo, more
Art • The Greensburg Art Center and the Pittsburgh Print Group will sponsor a joint exhibit about printmaking through Oct. 19 at the art center, 230 Todd School Road, Hempfield. A tour of the exhibit and demonstration of the printmaking process will be at 1 p.m. Oct. 5, and workshops...
Greater Latrobe using workout classes to ease athletes’ after-school schedules
Alex Tatsch appreciates the fact he now can get home from his practices with Greater Latrobe’s Wildcats football team in time to eat dinner before 7 p.m. “Getting done earlier just makes your life so much easier,” the Penn State-bound senior linebacker and running back said of his after-school commitment...
5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: Sept. 20-22
The official end to summer — the September equinox — is here. With warm weather forecast for this weekend, there’s time to enjoy a few more days of fun and sun before chilly nights and falling leaves arrive. Bachman-Turner Overdrive The classic rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive will bring its music...
Officials say plans to demolish former state prison in Hempfield are moving forward
Bids for the demolition of the former SCI Greensburg state prison could be sought by the end of the year. Hempfield officials may have to complete the project in phases, depending on how much funding is awarded, but Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corp. Executive Director Jason Rigone said he is...
Pro wrestling coming to Greensburg fire station Saturday
The athletes of Pros of Wrestling, who are brought in from several neighboring states, will perform for the first time at Greensburg Hose Co. No. 1. The event, promoted by the Butler-based company, is scheduled for Saturday at the fire house at 6 McLaughlin Drive. Doors open at 6:30 p.m....
Scottdale Fall Festival marks milestones with expanded activities
An expanded exhibit of wild animals, a renewed emphasis on parade floats and a display revealing Scottdale’s past are just part of the town’s annual fall festival set for Friday through Sunday. Organizers say the enhanced activities mark two milestones: the 50th anniversary of the festival and the 150th anniversary...
Ligonier man suspected of involvement in disappearance of Amy Shipley found dead
A man authorities expected to arrest in connection with the disappearance of a Ligonier woman died Thursday from self-inflicted knife wounds at their home in Ligonier Borough, according to Westmoreland County Chief Detective Ron Zona. Roger A. Angelo Jr., 47, was found dead around 2 a.m. at the West Vincent...
Greater Latrobe OKs $1.7M artificial turf replacement for high school fields
Greater Latrobe School District will replace artificial turf on two athletic fields at its high school campus at cost of $1.68 million. Through a state bidding program, the school board this week awarded the work to The Motz Group of Cincinnati, which has been maintaining the turf for the past...
Clairton man leads state police on 20-mile chase
A Clairton man is in jail after state police say he fled a traffic stop Tuesday in Mt. Pleasant Township. A state trooper was on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Hempfield shortly after noon Tuesday when a Jeep Grand Cherokee with nearly opaque tinted windows drove past. The trooper performed a...
Probation ordered for suspects in Hempfield casino scam
Two out-of-town gamblers charged last month with cheating at Live Casino Pittsburgh in Hempfield were sentenced Wednesday to serve two years on probation. Police said Bahri Sahpolat, 47, of California, and Serdar Ozmen, 44, of Maryland, marked playing cards at a Mississippi stud poker table as part of a scheme...
Bigfoot will have big presence at Derry Railroad Days
Bigfoot will play a big role at this year’s Derry Railroad Days Festival. Activities — including presentations by those who have researched the cryptid and a bus tour of local areas where sightings have been reported — will add a new dimension to this weekend’s annual festival in downtown Derry...
Westmoreland happenings: Pet blessing, farm records, diagnostic screening, more
Church News • Union Presbyterian Church will have a Blessing of the Pets service at noon Sept. 21 at the church, 656 Route 380, Washington Township. Bring an item for donation to Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley in New Kensington. Class • The Pennsylvania Veteran Farming Network will offer a...
Coroner: Body recovered in Cook Township was woman missing from Ligonier Borough
The remains of a woman last seen Sept. 8 were recovered from along a rural road Tuesday in Cook Township. Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson on Wednesday identified the body as that of Amy R. Shipley, 45, of Ligonier. He said her body was discovered about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday on...
North Huntingdon cancer survivor’s nonprofit offers support, resources to other patients
The Celebration Circle online support group for cancer patients became smaller Aug. 1. That’s when participant Kathy Casey, 66, of New Kensington lost her four-year battle with the disease. Her husband, Bill, credits the support group co-founded by North Huntingdon resident and cancer survivor Lori Ball with giving his wife...
Former high school teacher pleads guilty to possession of child porn
A former Indiana County high school teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession of child pornography. Charles Kirkland, 33, of Derry Township, was arrested in late 2022 after a state police investigation revealed he downloaded as many as nine pornographic images of children on his home computer. Kirkland pleaded guilty to...
Man charged in suspected Rostraver road rage killing rejects plea deal
A Belle Vernon man awaiting trial for the alleged road rage killing of a motorist two years ago in Rostraver has rejected a plea deal to a lesser charge. During a pretrial hearing Tuesday, prosecutors confirmed they proposed a deal that called for Anthony Hairston, 29, to serve 25 to...
Jeannette youth football coach: Opposing players were using racial slurs
The head coach of the Jeannette Hawks youth football squad said he pulled his players off the field during a game Sunday after team members reported being called racial slurs by some opposing players from Penn-Trafford. “At the beginning of the game, everything was fine,” said Hawks coach Tim Moore....
Franklin Regional hires consultant to review the state of its athletic facilities
In 2016, Franklin Regional officials undertook a district-wide facilities study, commissioning experts to take a hard look at all of the district’s buildings and infrastructure. The results weren’t pretty — the study estimated the district would need to spend between $73 and $97 million over the next decade to address...
Franklin Regional booster groups concerned about exclusive merchandising contract for Panther products
Franklin Regional booster groups are worried their fundraising efforts will be hurt as school district leaders enter into an exclusive agreement with a Unity printing company to create official merchandise. “I implore you not to grant rights to just one company,” said Joy Siegman, president of the Franklin Regional Football...
From the archive: Mill Service opened near Yukon in 1963
Editor’s note: “From the archive” is a recurring series highlighting vintage photos submitted by community members or gathered from the Tribune-Review’s files. If you have a photo you would like to see featured here, please contact gtrcity@triblive.com. For more than 60 years, industrial waste has been disposed of and treated...
Reproductive rights rally slated for Pitt-Greensburg
A social welfare organization associated with the non-partisan Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania plans to discuss reproductive rights during a rally from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Pitt-Greensburg’s Mary Lou Campana Chapel off Mt. Pleasant Road in Hempfield. “It’s important to have these conversations with college students, because they...
Huge steel cone shipment expected to disrupt traffic across region
A 150-ton steel cone destined for a Braddock steel plant is expected to halt and delay traffic Tuesday as it winds its way along several major traffic arteries in the region, including Route 22 in Westmoreland County and routes 48 and 130 in Allegheny County. The super load is 160...
Police: Monroeville couple sold heroin, fentanyl to undercover task force
A Monroeville couple are charged after police say they sold heroin and fentanyl to undercover drug task force members on multiple occasions. Joshua L. Waters, 30, and Jabria L. Caldwell, 27, both of Monroeville, are charged with felony counts of drug delivery and drug possession following an investigation that involved...
Former Westmoreland caseworker claims he was fired because of disability
A New Stanton man who worked for one month as a caseworker for the Westmoreland County Children’s Bureau claims he was fired earlier this year because he was disabled. In a two-count lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, Sean Lally contends he was discriminated against by...
DA confirms 1993 fatal Jeannette fire cause as undetermined, but says murder, arson convictions should stand
Westmoreland County prosecutors told a judge on Monday an expert hired to review the evidence used to convict a Jeannette man of intentionally setting a deadly fire in 1993 cannot conclude the blaze was arson. James Young, 57, is serving three life sentences after he was convicted of setting fire...
