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Dolly Parton child book gifting program headed to the Latrobe area
A free book every month is on the horizon for children in the Latrobe area thanks to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and community support. More than 400 area children from birth to age 5 could benefit from the program, regardless of family income. The Greater Latrobe Partners in Education Foundation...
Jeannette school district seeks new bids on former building site
Jeannette City School District is once again accepting bids for vacant property that previously held a school on South Fourth Street. Superintendent Matt Jones said directors approved a resolution Monday to seek bids for four contiguous parcels at the intersection of Cuyler and Chambers avenues and South Fourth Street. A...
Westmoreland happenings: scarecrow contest, spaghetti dinners, rummage sale
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Glass City Heritage Festival returns in Jeannette
Jeannette will celebrate its history as a glassmaking town during a festival Saturday on Clay Avenue. The Glass City Heritage Festival will shut down three blocks of the downtown business district’s main thoroughfare from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Carole Babish, president of the Jeannette Business Association, said there will...
Witnesses say bar fight started with quip and ended in near death
James Lookabaugh said a fight prompted by an offhanded response to a man he had just met at a North Belle Vernon bar three years ago nearly turned tragic. Lookabaugh, 47, of Texas, testified to a Westmoreland County jury on Tuesday he owned an oil and gas business and was...
Trial for sex trafficking of teen ends in guilty plea for Turtle Creek man
A Turtle Creek man pleaded guilty Tuesday to the sex trafficking of a 14-year-old runaway from New Kensington. Davon Allen Fuqua, 36, cut short his trial midway through testimony from his accuser, who told a Westmoreland County jury she was transported with a prostitute to have sex with two older...
30 employers expected at job fair set on Monday near Youngwood
About 30 employers are expected at a job fair scheduled for noon to 3 p.m. Monday at the PA Career Link office adjacent to Westmoreland County Community College near Youngwood. Employers will be seeking workers in health care, nursing homes, gambling, staffing, machining, manufacturing, higher education and the package delivery...
Trump FBI search puts unusual spotlight on National Archives nominee, a Norwin graduate
WASHINGTON — As a novelist, Colleen Shogan has imagined the most vivid of Washington dramas. Larceny at the Library of Congress. A homicide in the House of Representatives. A stabbing in the U.S. Senate. But Shogan is about to become a protagonist in a storyline too fantastical for fiction —...
Mt. Pleasant man charged after incident in Westmoreland County courtroom
A man accused of incidents involving two nurses at the Westmoreland County Prison was charged Monday after a woman was injured when he “thrusted himself” at his attorney in a courtroom, according to court papers. Joe Paul Biller, 37, of Mt. Pleasant, is facing a charge of simple assault. Westmoreland...
State police seek help to find man last seen in Herminie
State police are looking for a man who was last seen in Herminie Sept. 7. Aaron D. Ross, 43, frequents the Jeannette area, according to information released Tuesday by troopers. He was last seen wearing a red/orange shirt, denim blue jeans and black sneakers. He stands 5 feet, 10 inches...
Franklin Regional restructures administration in pursuit of better student support services
Franklin Regional school officials did some administrative restructuring Monday night, in pursuit of providing more and better support services for students. FR’s education director Jennifer DiFulvio will step into a new role as assistant superintendent where she will work alongside current assistant superintendent Matthew Delp, who was hired last month....
State police probe 2 hit-and-run crashes in Unity
State police at Greensburg are investigating two hit-and-run crashes in the Pleasant Unity area early Sunday morning that left behind parts belonging to either a Hyundai or a Kia. Police said one crash occurred at 4679 Route 981 at about 1:30 a.m. and another occurred about 3 a.m. at 243...
Airline experts encourage high school pathways to aviation industry
Airlines can talk about workforce opportunities with as many high school students as they want, but without adult support and collaboration, they won’t attract as many students to the industry. That’s according to Glenn Ponas, the director of high school outreach at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Ponas was...
Police: Jeannette man charged after 2 children found in dog cage
A Jeannette man was jailed over the weekend on accusations that two children were found inside an animal cage in his girlfriend’s Jeannette home while he was their babysitter. Brian M. Brabant, 26, was charged by Jeannette police on Saturday with two felony counts each of aggravated assault of a...
Prosecutors contend North Belle Vernon bar stabbings started with a joke
Westmoreland County prosecutors contend three patrons in a North Belle Vernon bar were stabbed three years ago because of a quip about their attacker’s criminal record. Assistant district attorney Steven Reddy said the March 7, 2019 assaults at Just A Tavern nearly turned deadly for a woman and two male...
Rape charge against North Huntingdon man dismissed as part of plea deal
A North Huntingdon man will serve two years on probation for the simple assault of a woman who initially claimed she was raped while unconscious. Dominic Anthony Zuccarelli, 27, pleaded guilty Monday to one amended misdemeanor charge after prosecutors dismissed felony counts of rape of an unconscious victim and sexual...
Westmoreland coroner hires new deputy
Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson announced the hiring of a new deputy. Russell Morgan, 43, of Rostraver, was promoted to a full-time position after serving since March as a part-time investigator in the coroner’s office. “His experience is something we wanted to utilize,” Carson said on Monday. Morgan replaces former...
Piper Bay Café plans 2nd location at former Kings in Salem
Jim Fry of Manor has fond memories of stopping at Kings Restaurant when he was younger and getting a slice of hot apple pie with the chain’s trademark cinnamon ice cream. Fry and business partner Preston Gorman of Plum hope to make some new memories, but this time at the...
Loyalhanna Watershed Brewfest returns on Saturday with new fall date
The Loyalhanna Watershed Association’s annual Brewfest, now in its third year, has moved from the summer to the fall. The event, set for 4:30 p.m. Saturday , will feature live music and specialty beverages from area breweries and distilleries. It will be held on the western outskirts of Ligonier, in...
‘Bat Boy: The Musical’ will open Theatre Factory’s new season
If you say the phrase “supermarket tabloid” to someone and ask what image comes to mind, there’s a good chance they will mention “Bat Boy,” the infamous (not to mention fictional) subject of a 1992 Weekly World News story and the poster child for the height of tabloid silliness. “Bat...
Games, obstacle course, pep rally await public at Greensburg Salem homecoming bonfire
The public is invited to a homecoming bonfire Wednesday at Greensburg Salem High School. Set for 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the school’s gravel parking lot, the event is sponsored by the Student Council Association. It is meant to heighten community and school spirit in advance of the varsity football...
Out & About: Westmoreland Croquet Club Tournament aids area nonprofits
Some say it’s a fashion faux pas to wear white after Labor Day; others say the old rule no longer applies. The topic was subject of a good-natured debate between Jim and Jo Rossi of Ligonier Township during the Westmoreland Croquet Club Tournament. The Rossis were among tent sponsors for...
Fare hike planned for Go Westmoreland shared-ride system
Fares to ride Go Westmoreland vehicles will increase next year under a revised fee structure expected to be approved this fall by the county’s transit authority. Authority board members said last week they intend to approve the agency’s first fare hike in more than four years to ride the door-to-door...
Murrysville man recognized for decades of volunteer service
When Theo van de Venne was looking to move from Belgium to a new home in the U.S., he and his family immediately were drawn to Murrysville. “In December 1976, we had just spent almost four years in Brussels, where I worked for Westinghouse Europe,” van de Venne said. “Murrysville...
Irwin seeks students for junior council program
Irwin officials are looking for two residents — high school juniors or seniors or college freshmen, sophomores or juniors — who want a say in borough government. “We want to engage the youth of the community, to take a stake in the community and have an understanding of the town,”...
