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Tenants speak out about conditions inside, outside Latrobe apartment building
Kara McAdams doesn’t want to come home after work — instead she wants to cry, she said, because of the cockroaches and bedbugs she’s battling there. McAdams, 33, is living in the apartment building at 333 Main St. in Latrobe, where 100 violations of the property maintenance code were found...
Sweets to be served in downtown Greensburg tour; scarecrow contest benefits nonprofits
Visitors to downtown Greensburg can indulge their sweet tooth and scare up some donations for local nonprofits in programs organized by the Greensburg Business and Professional Association. Those who purchase a bracelet can take a tour of 17 businesses from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday sampling treats from area bakers...
Westmoreland won’t have ballot drop boxes in November
Westmoreland County’s three-member elections board rejected a proposal to install a drop box for mail-in ballots in the courthouse lobby. Common Pleas Judges Tim Krieger and Justin Walsh declined to vote on the pitch from the elections bureau this week to place a single box near the main courthouse entrance...
Westmoreland happenings: trunk-or-treat, burger bash, Oktoberfest dinner, more
Submissions from nonprofit organizations for Briefly Speaking should be emailed to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Include a complete address and daytime phone number. Submissions are due at least two weeks prior to the event. Each announcement is printed once; there is no fee. Fundraisers • An Oktoberfest dinner will be from 4 to...
Westmoreland 250: 10 things to see in New Stanton, Youngwood
(Editor’s note: To mark Westmoreland County’s 250th birthday this year, we’ve come up with a list of 250 things — 10 things in 25 communities — that we consider to be important to the makeup of our area. This series will appear each week through December. If you have a...
Jeannette man to serve life prison term for friend’s murder
Desiha Davis said her brother’s murder more than two years ago is still being felt by his five children. “This is really hard and I pray to be stronger than I am right now. This was our heart. And now I have to make sure these kids are empowered and...
$4M county contribution bumps Palmer airport terminal expansion project into high gear
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport’s $22 million terminal expansion project is underway thanks to a $4 million commitment from Westmoreland County commissioners. Planning for the renovation, which will add 32,000 square feet at the Unity airport, began around five or six years ago out of necessity, according to airport Executive Director...
Wheelchair-bound opossum from Greensburg will be featured in international calendarVideo
Olli the Virginia opossum was one lucky marsupial. As a baby, Olli was attacked by several predators, leaving him with major bite wounds and abscesses and a severely injured spinal cord. He was rescued by a veterinarian and eventually came to Cheri Berri, 48, of Greensburg, who has been doing...
Backpacks, metal, weapons detectors discussed at Hempfield security committee meeting
Hempfield Area School District’s new security committee met for the first time this week and mulled ways the district can improve safety. It was formed in response to recent security incidents at Hempfield and is made up of administrators, school board members Mike Alfery, Scott Learn, Diane Ciabattoni and Jeanne...
Baltimore priest now at Saint Vincent Archabbey after being dismissed over 2018 sexual harassment settlement
BALTIMORE — A Benedictine monk is now at Saint Vincent Archabbey in Unity after being suspended from ministry by the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore when church leaders there learned of a payment he made to settle sexual harassment allegations. The Rev. Paschal Morlino was dismissed from his position last week...
Police: Mt. Pleasant man dies of injuries after being thrown from vehicle
State police released the identity of a man who died of injuries following an Oct. 8 crash on State Street in Mt. Pleasant Township. Police said Gregory P. Petro, 59, of Mt. Pleasant was driving south on State Street near Wimbledon Drive shortly after 11:30 a.m. when his car struck...
Daily Roundup: Person injured in 2-vehicle crash on Route 30 in Unity
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Oct. 17: 2-vehicle crash on Route 30 in Unity One man was flown by a medical helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital early Tuesday morning when his sport utility vehicle collided with a coal-laden tri-axle dump truck along Route...
Train hits parked car in Derry
A Norfolk Southern Corp. railroad train hit a vehicle parked along the tracks in Derry Borough early Tuesday morning, a Westmoreland County Public Safety supervisor said. No injuries were reported in the incident, which occurred at about 12:20 a.m. along West First Avenue, the supervisor said. The slow-moving train caused...
Greensburg meat cleaver attack victim to remain jailed following claims of alleged payoff plot
A Mexican immigrant who Westmoreland County prosecutors say was the victim of a meat cleaver attack was ordered to remain jailed as a material witness after authorities said they have evidence he was offered $20,000 to withhold his testimony and flee the area. Jamie Hernandez Ruiz, 19, has been in...
Bankrupt Jeannette EMS to reveal financial details
Bankrupt Jeannette EMS Inc., which abruptly closed operations July 3, will not have any money to pay its unsecured creditors after it pays administrative expenses related to its bankruptcy, according to a court filing. Jeannette EMS will have until Wednesday to file a detailed list of its assets and creditors,...
Blackthorne Investors files appeal against township’s vote on construction of new clubhouse
Blackthorne Investors is appealing a vote by Penn Township to deny construction of a new clubhouse in the Blackthorne Estates golf course community. The commissioners voted 4-1 on Aug. 16 against construction of a new facility, citing the possibility of increased traffic in a residential area near the proposed site....
Judges appoint Matthew Thomas to Norwin school board
Westmoreland County judges selected a former Cambria County school principal to serve a six-week stint as a member of the Norwin School Board. Matthew Thomas, 49, of North Huntingdon was named Monday as the replacement for school board member Joanna Jordan, who died in August. The deeply divided school board...
North Huntingdon officials pick Bevan as commissioner
North Huntingdon officials opted for a familiar person to fill a vacancy representing the township’s Sixth Ward on the board of commissioners. The commissioners selected Fran Bevan, a one-term commissioner, to serve the remainder of Lindsay Wengrzyn’s term, which expires in January 2026. Wengrzyn resigned Sept. 30 because she moved...
Murrysville traffic stop turns up felony charges for Maryland man
A Maryland man wanted on weapons charges in Florida is in prison awaiting an extradition hearing after a local traffic stop. Murrysville police pulled over a tractor-trailer Oct. 9 after officers watched the driver make a U-turn on Tarr Hollow Road, driving into a residential yard and creating large ruts....
Missing Bradenville woman found safe, police say
A missing Bradenville woman was found Monday and is safe, state police at Kiski Valley said. Georgetta Marshall, 63, was reported missing by family members. She was last seen about 7:30 p.m. Friday, according to police. Marshall may have been spotted early Saturday along Mission Road in the area of...
Bushy Run adapts annual hayride to haunted museum play, citing state hayride policy update
Bushy Run is adapting its annual haunted hayride event to a night of scary stories in the museum in light of state policy changes for hayride attractions. The Penn Township historical site had hosted a hayride each October, wheeling visitors along the trail as 18th-century reenactors tell the story of...
Greensburg police win armored vehicle; unit will be used by Westmoreland SWAT team
Greensburg’s police department is adding some heavy-duty wheels to its fleet that will beef up the mobile assets of the Westmoreland County SWAT Team. The department is poised to receive a BearCat G1 armored police vehicle it won through a national sweepstakes giveaway offer from manufacturer Lenco Industries of Pittsfield,...
Sutlers Row, history takes center stage at Fort Ligonier Days
Fort Ligonier Days is all about the history. Sure there’s plenty of food, drink, crafts and live music for the thousands of visitors who flocked to Ligonier this weekend for the three-day festival that has marked the start of the fall season for more than six decades. But, it’s the...
Unity prohibits burning of leaves, grass within township, residents could face fines
Residents of Unity are no longer able to burn leaves and grass on their property after an ordinance was amended during Thursday’s Supervisors meeting. Code Enforcement Officer Greg Fumea said the township had been receiving complaints of people burning grass in their yards and leaving it “smoldering for two or...
Rain can’t halt Fort Ligonier Days parade
Sandi Wilkins Wallace knows first-hand how big a deal it is to march down Main Street during the Fort Ligonier Days parade. Wallace, 64, moved to Florida as an adult, but as a kid who grew up in Ligonier she marched the mile-long parade route as a member of the...
