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Belle Vernon Area School District Superintendent Kenneth Williams is looking for a few good men and women interested in education. And he is hardly alone. “School districts have been struggling with finding high-caliber candidates to fill positions for quite some time,” Williams said. With that in mind, the Westmoreland Intermediate...

Delmont Borough didn’t have possession of a property near Newhouse Park for long before issues began to arise. Actually, it was more than likely the wind that arose, bringing down a few trees on property west of Stotler Drive that brought out several neighbors to borough council’s meeting Tuesday night....

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PennDOT, the Highway Safety Network, state police and local police from Irwin and North Huntingdon are hosting an event Wednesday on driving safety. The event starts at 10 a.m. at the North Huntingdon police station at 11279 Center Highway. It is part of a statewide Aggressive Driving Enforcement Wave that...

After four years of planning, Latrobe residents will soon witness the restoration of the historic Amtrak station on McKinley Avenue. Over the next two years, the circa 1903 station will be equipped with an accessible concrete and brick platform with lighting, guardrails and signs. A new pedestrian ramp will be...

An East Huntingdon man is behind bars after state police said he sexually assaulted a child dozens of times for nearly 10 years, according to court papers. Jeffrey D. Miller Jr., 49, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and related offenses. The accuser said the...

State police are seeking information about a man who was caught on camera breaking into a Hempfield home March 30. The male suspect forced his way into a Nash Street home just after 8 p.m., smashing in a side door and taking a Hewlett Packard 15-inch laptop computer and money,...

Vee Neal Aviation is looking to grow its commercial aviation operations at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, with expanded aircraft hangar space and a flight school. The Westmoreland County Airport Authority, which operates the airport in Unity, on Tuesday granted Vee Neal development partner Jodaron Realty an exclusive two-year option to...

Six months ago, the women of the WestCo Roller Derby team were getting ready to mark their 10th anniversary and play their first game since 2019 when it was unexpectedly canceled at the last minute. “It was an emotional blow to us, but we’re a resilient team,” said WestCo President...

A stove fire sparked a blaze last week that destroyed an apartment building and former restaurant in Mt. Pleasant. Trooper Steve Limani said a state police fire marshal deemed the fire at McCali Manor accidental. It started on the second floor. The blaze was reported around 3 p.m. at the...

Motorists in Greensburg should be prepared for traffic disruptions Tuesday and Wednesday, on a section of South Main Street, according to city Councilman Donnie Zappone Jr. Zappone said flaggers will be controlling traffic on Main Street, at the intersections of Euclid Avenue and Mt. Pleasant Street, as West Penn Power...

Charles Irvin said one of his tasks as Greensburg’s new police chief will be to restore the community’s trust in the department following the January arrest of his predecessor on federal drug charges. City council on Monday unanimously approved promotion of Irvin, an 18-year veteran of the force, from detective...

A former New Kensington woman charged in connection with the death of her 2-year-old son will testify against the man prosecutors said beat the child to death in 2020, her lawyer said. Teresa Fetterman, 26, now of Lower Burrell, appeared in court Monday as she awaits trial on charges of...

Chris Mason bought a 1965 AC Cobra replica two years ago, a car he has dreamed about owning since he was 15. The Jeannette police corporal said he stopped by his mother’s home in the city Monday around 2 p.m. to fire up the engine for the first time since...

A North Huntingdon restaurant and brewery are teaming up to provide tacos and a salsa bar and alcohol at an ABBA Disco Party fundraiser for the National Kidney Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Hearth women’s services in Pittsburgh from 7 to 11 p.m. April 15 at the Elements Event Center,...

A Uniontown man was cut out of a pickup truck Saturday and taken to a Pittsburgh hospital with serious injuries, according to state police. Troopers said Jonathan M. Millikin, 41, was traveling north on Toll Route 66 in Hempfield just before 6 p.m. when the Ford Ranger he was driving...

A Greensburg-area man who is a regular lottery ticket buyer thought he was lucky when he learned he had bought a winning Mega Millions Pennsylvania Lottery ticket Friday — but not as lucky as he turned out to be. “He did not know he had won” $1 million when he...

The invitation said, “Come to Paris with us,” as Greensburg Art Center created a Moulin Rouge theme for its April 1 Art on the Vine fundraiser. The trip was a long time coming, with the party originally planned for 2020 and put on hold by the pandemic. A papier mache...

An effort to make immigrants welcome in the Norwin community where they are a distinct minority is being launched by a North Huntingdon church. “We want them to see what’s best about this community. We want them to stay here and raise their families here,” said Pastor Nick Poole, lead...

Penn-Trafford School District psychologist Dr. Wendy Westwood still remembers the calls and emails she and others received from students at the beginning of the pandemic. “Coming back from covid, we noticed a huge increase in mental health concerns, across the board from elementary to high school,” she said. “We had...

A pair of Broadway veterans entertained guests at the Saint Vincent Summer Theatre Gala, in the return of the signature fundraiser after a three-year hiatus. Held March 31 in the Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College, the event featured a program Broadway songs and stories by actors — and...

Central Westmoreland Habitat for Humanity is in the midst of two housing projects, a new build in Greensburg and a property rehab in Lowber. Families already are waiting to move in, said Executive Director Courtney Guerrieri at the organization’s Home Is Where the Heart Is Gala, on April 1 at...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series about Westmoreland County residents who have been honored as Hometown Heroes. The program honors local military and non-military heroes by displaying photos on decorative banners in area communities. Theodore Lattanzio 1924-2001, Export At most other times in history, Export native Ted Lattanzio...

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@tribweb.com. Atop a hill, tucked behind Amos K. Hutchinson Elementary in Southwest Greensburg, a building-sized time capsule is only a few steps outside...

At 99, Nina Stahlberg leads a weekly drop-in painting class at Greensburg Art Center and also monitors the gallery. The oldest and longest- tenured member of the center, Stahlberg also is the subject of an oil painting that hangs permanently in the center’s classroom. The portrait was dashed off one evening...