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Jon Ledwich spent his high school years working at PT’s Pizza Palace along Murrysville Road in Penn Township — walking the quarter mile from his childhood home on Shady Drive to deliver pizzas and hand out fliers. The restaurant, one of a handful of small businesses in its Level Green...

Two women face criminal charges following police raids in Lower Burrell and Murrysville as part of a prostitution sting, according to authorities. Murrysville and Lower Burrell police and the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office cooperatively investigated Asian Massage in Lower Burrell and Asian Garden Spa in Murrysville. Both parlors are...

Art • You Are Here Art Gallery, 406 Clay Ave., Jeannette, will host a Halloween-themed exhibit Saturday, Sept. 27, to Nov. 15 at the gallery. An opening reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 27. Light refreshments will be served. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m....

An ex-Pennsylvania governor and former U.S. District Court judge Wednesday warned against politicians’ increasing verbal attacks against the independent judiciary, which they say have threatened democracy and led to threats on the lives of judges. “This is the closest we’ve come to a constitutional crisis,” said former Gov. Tom Corbett,...

Southmoreland School Board voted this week to censure a member and stop livestreaming its meetings. The board removed comments made by School Director Catherine Fike from its Sept. 16 meeting recording. Fike, a retired school psychologist and veteran member of the school board, “disclosed confidential student information about a district...

A new policy regulating block parties in Hempfield is going into effect. The measure township supervisors approved Monday will require 45-day notice of an event, replacing the previous seven days. Public works director Austin Erhard came up with the policy a couple months ago after supervisors questioned a couple block...

A solar array was approved in Hempfield on about 20 acres south of the Routes 66 and 30 interchange. The site, a 50-acre property along Everglade Road, is expected to generate about 3 megawatts of electricity and connect to a nearby West Penn Power substation, said township planning manager Matthew...

The whiteboard in Professor Mark Stehlik’s office at Carnegie Mellon University still has the details of what turned into a computer science program for high school students. Stehlik and colleague David Kosbie co-founded CMU (Carnegie Mellon University) CS (Computer Science) Academy, offering online computer science courses in 2017. Since its...

An Irwin woman is behind bars after borough police said seven children were living in deplorable conditions at a home littered with animal feces, rotting trash and insects, according to court papers. Authorities said 15 animals were removed Tuesday from the Short Street house and Marah S. Urch, 33, was...

A Mt. Pleasant man has been charged in the death of a Greensburg man this past winter, after the two fell through the ice at Deep Creek Lake in Maryland while riding a side-by-side. Officers with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources said Ricky A. Wise, 59, of Mt. Pleasant...

Patients who will be arriving for appointments Friday at Modern Dental Associates in Greensburg may have a variety of oral care needs, but they all will share the status of military veteran. The dental practice at 1040 Towne Square is clearing its regular schedule to provide free care to veterans...

PennDOT closed a portion of Arona Road between Route 30 and Wendel Road in North Huntingdon because of a water main break Tuesday afternoon. Fire crews from Strawpump VFD arrived to find the road flooded near the Route 30 side. “Our foreman said the open ditch where the gas company...

Traffic at a key Donohoe Road intersection in Hempfield could go with the flow, instead of backing up twice a day, if the four-way stop there is transformed into a proposed roundabout. PennDOT will hold a public meeting on Wednesday to unveil its plans for a roundabout at Donohoe and...

Home improvement chain Menards gets a few more months to decide what to do with its site plan for a new store in Hempfield after township supervisors on Monday approved an extension. The site plan now will expire Dec. 31. Supervisor Tom Logan questioned the short time frame after the...

Hempfield will stick with the same garbage collector in 2026 after township supervisors approved a one-year contract extension that comes with a 3% price increase. After 2026, the board will have the option for two more one-year contract extensions with additional 3% increases or seek bids from other haulers, said...

State police removed makeshift spikes strips to deflate tires found Sunday on roads in South Huntingdon. Made of pieces of wood with nails sticking out of them, the strips were found around 7:30 p.m. along Route 981 and Mendon Road, according to state police. They were painted black to blend...

An Ohio man pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge for causing a fatal 2023 crash on Route 22 in Salem that killed his 16-year-old passenger. Ricardo Pierre Hardy Jr., 24, was ordered to serve five years of probation, including 18 months of house arrest, after Westmoreland County prosecutors agreed...

Authorities have identified the man killed in a mobile home explosion Saturday in East Huntingdon as William P. Lubovinsky, 82. The Greensburg-based fire marshal for the Pennsylvania State Police continues to investigate what caused Lubovinsky’s home to explode. Firefighters from multiple communities responded to the blaze about 4:15 p.m. at...

A Scottdale day care center worker is accused of shoving a 4-year-old girl to the ground and allowing another child to hit the girl as a disciplinary measure, according to Scottdale police. Krista Ondish, 58, of Madison is accused by Scottdale police of assaulting the child Sept. 5 at the...

A Greensburg man is facing charges after state police said a 4-year-old boy was hit by a car on Route 119 in July. Troopers said in a news release that Andre C. Stanford, 42, and four children were walking on the side of the road in Hempfield near Lynch Field...

Diane Daugherty of Murrysville has been looking out her back window at a construction site for the past three years. She doesn’t think the developers should be starting a new project until they finish the current one. Daugherty voiced her objection at Murrysville Council’s recent public meeting, speaking against a...

The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County will charge property owners in eight northern communities $3,200 to voluntarily replace lead water lines in their homes and businesses. Authority board members approved a plan last week they said caps charges and subsidizes water line replacements as part of what is expected to...

Hempfield supervisors are set to vote Monday on two site plans, at the Dairy Queen across from Lynch Field and a neighboring building proposed to transform into The Trendy Town Play Cafe. The Dairy Queen restaurant will be demolished and rebuilt under the proposal, Township Manager Aaron Siko said. There...

When Ligonier Valley police Officer Shawn Knepper makes a traffic stop, he may end up taking the driver’s blood as well as his or her name, age and license number. Knepper recently became one of 19 municipal law enforcement officers in the state who have gained certification as a phlebotomist...