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Mammoth Fest features arts, food, music
Mammoth Fest will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at Mammoth Park in Mount Pleasant Township. Visitors can purchase an all-day pass for $4 which includes unlimited access to carnival rides, a petting zoo, kiddie-train rides, a Nerf obstacle course and a rock-climbing wall. The afternoon will...
Fort Ligonier 18th century military encampment ‘awesome’ learning experience
As 18th century military reenactors at Fort Ligonier were preparing Sunday to fire six- and 12-pound cannons packed with explosive cartridges meant to imitate the sound of cannonballs, David Evans of Pittsburgh’s North Hills was teaching his daughter, Quinnlynn, about the weapons she was seeing. Evans, a native of England,...
Three reported injured in South Huntingdon crash
Three people were reported injured in a South Huntingdon crash Saturday afternoon when a vehicle overturned and occupants were trapped inside, according to the Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety. The accident occurred around 4:35 p.m. on Mt. Pleasant Road. Turkeytown firefighters responded to the crash, and a landing zone...
Memorial Day services set for weekend in Westmoreland
The following Memorial Day services are scheduled. Hempfield Greensburg Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 33 will conduct a program at 11 a.m. Monday at Westmoreland County Memorial Park. State Rep. Eric Nelson (R-Hempfield), a Marine Corps veteran, will be the guest speaker. A roll call will honor veterans recently interred...
Greensburg eyes downtown master plan, welcomes experts to review 7 properties
Greensburg Community Development Corp. is partnering with city officials and others to create a master plan for revitalizing the downtown business district. The plan will incorporate the results of an analysis by national commercial real estate experts of seven key downtown properties ripe for redevelopment — including the lot at...
Behind the Art: Greater Latrobe art collection includes founder’s work
(Editor’s note: Behind the Art is a recurring series highlighting artistic works throughout the county.) The Greater Latrobe School District owes its Special Art Collection to the vision of two teachers who, in the depths of the Great Depression, saw the value of exposing students to original works of art....
What’s That: Dillinger & Sons distillery in Ruffs Dale marks heyday of area’s whiskey production
Editor’s note: ‘What’s That?’ is a recurring feature in the Tribune-Review’s Westmoreland Plus edition. If there’s something you’d like to see explored here, send an email to gtrcity@triblive.com or call 724-838-5146. The 160-foot smokestack that towers above a cluster of aging buildings in the small hamlet of Ruffs Dale once...
Out & About: Ligonier Valley meal deliverers get thank-you party
For a small-town group, Ligonier Valley Meals on Wheels puts up some pretty impressive statistics. About 100 volunteers prepare and deliver between 40 and 50 meals Monday through Friday every week, assisting three paid employees. That includes about 30 cooks sharing duties in the kitchen at Heritage United Methodist Church...
Franklin Regional seniors headed to national Future Business Leaders of America competition finals
Franklin Regional students Augusto Butkewitsch and Jacob Toniolo can add three more words to their word-based video game — “Pennsylvania,” “state” and “champions.” The seniors from Murrysville came out on top in the computer games and simulation programs category at the statewide high school competition organized by the Future Business...
Hempfield Area high school project heads into bidding phase this summer
The $128 million revitalization project at Hempfield Area High School will take another step forward this summer when the district accepts construction bids and awards contracts. In an update sent to parents this week, district officials noted the project’s phased construction is set to begin in August and end in...
‘Lovable, sweet, feisty’ Westies invade Bushy Run Battlefield site
A contingent of about 40 West Highland white terriers invaded Bushy Run Battlefield State Park in Penn Township on a sunny Saturday, trekking on land where their ancestral owners once fought Native Americans 260 years ago this summer. The cute lovable canines, better known as Westies, invaded the historic battlefield with...
Out & About: First Westmoreland Art Nationals show opens at WCCC
At the opening of the Westmoreland Art Nationals, exhibiting photographer Brandon Flume of Jeannette said, “I got the greatest award there is.” It had nothing to do with his work, though. He was referring to his engagement to another exhibiting photographer, Jessica Schulte of Davidsville. They said they only told...
Fire destroys 2 buildings in downtown Monessen
Fire destroyed two buildings in downtown Monessen early Saturday morning. The fire in the 400 block of Donner Avenue gutted the building housing Any-Kind-A-Wear at 451 Donner Ave., a custom tailor shop, and C. Coates Communications at 453 Donner Ave., which had not been operating. Monessen Fire Chief Delmar Hepple...
Retirement triggers pending closure of West Newton Giant Eagle, effort to keep food store in town
Food options for residents in West Newton and surrounding communities soon could be severely limited as the town’s only supermarket is slated to close next month. The Giant Eagle at 105 Robertson St. is scheduled to close June 23, when the store’s independent owners, Mike and Maryann Bingey, retire. A...
Saint Vincent communities come together for cross restoration project
Generations intertwine and work in harmony as college students, professors and alumni collaborate with basilica parishioners and archabbey monks to restore more than 700 Benedictine crosses in Saint Vincent Cemetery in Unity. The cast iron crosses mark the plots of the hundreds of Benedictine monks who lived in the archabbey...
Not child’s play: Dad and his daughter bring the sidewalks to life through colorful chalk art
Concrete is the canvas for the father-daughter duo who creates images done with chalk — reminiscent of the dad’s first drawings for his little girl and her younger sister in the driveway of the family home in North Huntingdon. Colorful characters appear to be smiling or laughing. Some have an...
Emergency services report to Hempfield crash late Friday
Emergency services responded to the intersection of Balzer Meyer Pike and Swede Hill Road in Hempfield after receiving reports of a crash on Friday night. Westmoreland 911 said that reports came in at 9:34 p.m. Responding departments were Youngwood, Fort Allen and Carbon. No further information was immediately available....
Arnold woman found dead at 14th Street, death not believed to be suspicious
The death of a woman whose body was found Friday afternoon lying outside in Arnold is not believed to be suspicious, authorities say. Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson identified the woman as Chelsea Lynn Hollobaugh, 31. According to Westmoreland 911, first responders were called shortly before 2 p.m. to 14th...
State denies ex-North Huntingdon assistant manager’s appeal regarding records
The state has denied an appeal from North Huntingdon’s former assistant manager who sought to obtain any communications between the township’s manager and accountant regarding his retirement benefits and conduct. The Pa. Office of Open Records stated in its four-page determination last week that North Huntingdon met its burden of...
Hempfield man sentenced for sexual assault of teens
A Hempfield man accused of fathering two children with two teen girls was ordered to serve up to 23 months in jail for sex offenses. Tristan M. Huffine, 23, pleaded guilty in March in two incidents of statutory sexual assault in connection with allegations from 15-year-old girls in Hempfield and...
Westmoreland DA files nuisance bar lawsuit against Rialto in Greensburg
Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to have the Rialto in downtown Greensburg declared a nuisance bar. If approved by a county judge, the move would shutter the restaurant and bar — which has been closed since the end of last year — for 12...
Google’s ‘Safety Roadshow’ comes to Franklin Regional
A team from the Google Safety Roadshow talked with Franklin Regional Middle School students about internet safety on Friday. Franklin Regional officials have been emphasizing the concept of “the five C’s” with students — creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication and citizenship. “We want to make sure you’re productive citizens and...
Seth Rupert overcomes deafness to teach kids at Latrobe Art Center
Seth Rupert says he’s lucky to have a job at Latrobe Art Center. But everyone else seems to think it’s the center that is lucky to have him. “It’s hard for a deaf person to get a good job, even at Walmart or Target,” said Rupert, who has been a...
Arrest warrant issued for mother convicted in 2009 drowning of baby in Monessen
A former Monessen woman who served 10 years in prison for the death of her 7-month-old son soon could be back behind bars. Seairia D. Henderson, 35, now of North Charleroi, failed to appear in a Westmoreland County courtroom Thursday for a hearing during which prosecutors sought to revoke her...
Johnny Cash tribute kicks off Hempfield Park summer concert series
Fans of the legendary Man in Black are in for a treat, as The Cash Out Show takes the stage at 7 p.m. Saturday in Hempfield Park. The tribute to Johnny Cash will kick off the “Amp Up Your Summer” concert series hosted by Hempfield Township Parks & Recreation. The...
