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Greensburg Fire Department Museum welcomes public on Night Market dates
Visitors to Greensburg Night Market events this summer can add a tour of the nearby Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department Museum to their plans. The museum, which features vintage firefighting vehicles and equipment, will be open to the public free of charge from 6 to 8 p.m. this Thursday and on...
Video calls showing off pot crop at Monessen home lead to charges against 2
Video calls showing off the progress of a marijuana crop at a Monessen home have resulted in charges against two people, one of whom authorities said participated in the calls from the Westmoreland County Prison, according to court papers. Sydney Sayles, 23, of McKeesport, and Jaamayl A. Crosby, 38, of...
Vandergrift man accused of trying to smuggle meth into Westmoreland County Prison
A Vandergrift man is behind bars after Westmoreland County detectives said he tried to take about a half pound of crystal methamphetamine into the jail after his arrest last month on drug and weapons violations. Luis Alberto Brackman, 42, was strip searched May 16 at the Hempfield lockup when jail...
Single-lane restrictions begin on eastbound Interstate 70 in Rostraver
Construction on eastbound Interstate 70 single-lane restrictions between Exit 46 Route 51 and Exit 49 Smithton is scheduled to begin in Rostraver on Thursday through the end of August. The current westbound Interstate 70 single-lane restrictions will remain in place. The single-lane restrictions are necessary to allow crews to perform...
North Huntingdon OKs settlement on officer’s racial discrimination suit
North Huntingdon officials narrowly approved a settlement of a lawsuit a police officer filed against the township and a former manager over alleged racial discrimination when a new chief was named in 201 and what he contended was a hostile work environment. Commissioners Jason Atwood, Eric Gass, Richard Gray and...
Rostraver commissioner appeals harassment conviction
A Rostraver commissioner is appealing his conviction of three summary counts of harassment. John Lorenzo, 43, was found guilty during a three-hour May 18 summary trial for making harassing statements toward the township manager and two fellow commissioners, slapping one in the face, at a township Halloween event. Prosecution witnesses...
‘You are destroying your life,’ judge tells Jeannette man at sentencing hearing
The lawyer for Jeannette man convicted for his part in what prosecutors described as a major drug distribution ring told a Westmoreland County judge his client’s turbulent upbringing and future potential warranted a mitigated prison sentence. Common Pleas Judge Tim Krieger disagreed when he sentenced Damone A. Morton to five...
$13M housing project aimed at addressing jump in retiree population in Westmoreland
A $13 million, 50-unit senior housing complex is planned in Rostraver. It will be the fourth project by the Westmoreland County Housing Authority in the past decade and is part of an effort to provide more senior housing for low-income residents. The authority on Tuesday approved the purchase of a...
Greensburg’s Summer in the City fun event returns with 2-part, 1-day format
Greensburg’s Summer in the City is back for a third year, with a new single-day format. Free activities for all ages — including live music, backyard games and firefighter demonstrations — are set for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Pitt-Penn parking lot along South Pennsylvania Avenue. A...
Westmoreland 250: 10 unique things in Murrysville
(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...
Greater Latrobe school board approves tax hike
Property owners in the Greater Latrobe School District will be paying more real estate taxes in the upcoming year after the school board adopted a 2023-24 budget with a 3 mill tax hike. The budget includes about $64.2 million in expenditures. The tax increase, approved in a 5-4 vote, will...
Sheetz eyes new store location on Greensburg’s East Pittsburgh Street
Greensburg soon could have another Sheetz store. The Altoona-based company is proposing to build a new convenience store and gas station at 770 E. Pittsburgh St., near the intersection of Humphrey Road at the city’s eastern border. The city zoning hearing board on Wednesday is expected to consider a request...
4 cats die in North Huntingdon house fire
Four cats died in a house fire Tuesday afternoon in North Huntingdon, according to Circleville fire Chief Craig Cochenour. Several township fire departments, police and EMS responded to the blaze on Drop Road around 3:20 p.m. No one was home when the fire started. No nearby homes were damaged, and...
2024 enrollment open for Seton Hill Child Services Inc.
Seton Hill Child Services Inc. has opened enrollment for 2024. The center offers programs for children from infants to 12 years old. For families with low income, federal and state funded programs such as Head Start, Early Head Start and Pre-K Counts are offered through the facility. School age before...
Good things come in small package at Ligonier Valley Home Tour site
A house doesn’t need to be a McMansion or historical edifice to merit a spot on a home tour. One of the properties featured on the 17th Annual Ligonier Valley Home Tour, set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, is small in size but big on style. Just blocks...
Public safety officials warn of dangers at Creek Falls
Greensburg Dive Team Capt. George McFarland knows the dangers that loom at Creek Falls. “When there’s a call that comes over the radio about Creek Falls, a chill goes up my spine because of where it is,” McFarland said of the secluded spot along Jacobs Creek in South Huntingdon, a...
Record air show crowd brings extra traffic, dollars to Latrobe area
Officials say this past weekend’s Shop ‘n Save Westmoreland Airshow attracted a record crowd of about 100,000 in and around Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity, and that was a good thing for many local businesses. With the influx of visitors during the two-day show, business at the Valley Dairy...
Tickets available for Veterans Anything With Wheels Show
The Veterans Anything With Wheels Shows is scheduled for June 25 at Cooperstown Event Center in Latrobe. A $10 ticket to the event includes food, drinks, vendors, a 50/50 raffle, a Chinese auction and a Pin-Up contest. There will be a car competition with 30 classes. Festivities will start at...
Norwin library program to compare 1918 flu and 2020 covid pandemics; book sale slated
A Westmoreland County Community College professor will compare the 1918 flu pandemic with the 2020 covid-19 pandemic during a program at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Norwin Public Library, 100 Caruthers Lane, Irwin. Thomas Soltis, an assistant sociology professor at the community college near Youngwood, has described the similarities of...
1 hurt in Murrysville crash involving a motorcycle
A Murrysville Medic One ambulance took one person to an area hospital for treatment after a crash Monday afternoon in Murrysville, according to a representative of the ambulance service. The wreck involving a motorcycle and another vehicle occurred at about 1:15 p.m. in the 3200 block of Sardis Road, near...
Juneteenth celebration in Greensburg park showcases community organizations
Under a shady grove of tents and trees, locals gathered on Sunday in St. Clair Park in downtown Greensburg as part of a larger, weekend-long celebration of Juneteenth. For nonprofit leader Ronel Baccus, the Juneteenth event was also a celebration of reaching out to Greensburg and the region as a...
Fire damages West Newton house, rekindles Monday morning
A fire that gutted a West Newton house late Sunday rekindled Monday morning, requiring firefighters from multiple departments to respond to the scene. Richard Smith and his son escaped the fire on Mallard Streetat without injury Sunday, but a pet dog died in the blaze, West Newton Fire Chief Craig...
Body of Penn Hills man recovered at Creek Falls in South Huntingdon
A 23-year-old man’s body was recovered Sunday morning at Creek Falls on Jacobs Creek in South Huntingdon following a reported drowning on Saturday. The Westmoreland County Coroner’s office identified the man as Deonte Elliot Johns of Sampson Street in Penn Hills. According to the coroner, Johns jumped from a rock...
Westmoreland Airshow a family affair for Latrobe locals, visitors
Lisa Hartman wasn’t always a fan of the Shop ‘n Save Westmoreland Airshow. As a child, she would visit the air show with her dad, but “hated it,” she said. When her own daughter Olivia got involved with Air Force Junior ROTC in high school back in 2016, she gave...
Topping it off: Taylor Swift gives hat to Hempfield girl at concertVideo
Cost of two Taylor Swift tickets? $1,800. Watching Taylor Swift give her hat to your daughter? Priceless. “I can’t even believe this happened,” Renata Guarlotti said through a raspy voice after screaming during the Friday night concert. “It was surreal.” The Hempfield woman and her 10-year-old daughter, Katie, had floor...
