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Community Health Clinic’s new medical van delivers health care to Westmoreland County residents
Community Health Clinic’s new medical van is bringing health care to people in Westmoreland County, offering covid-19 vaccinations and tests along with primary care. Headquartered in New Kensington with additional locations in Vandergrift and Greensburg, the Community Health Clinic provides low-cost health care, offering a sliding payment scale for residents...
Spirit Airlines cancellations, delays continue Tuesday for 3rd straight day
Flights on Spirit Airlines continued to be canceled and delayed Tuesday at Arnold Palmer Regional and Pittsburgh International airports. The “proactive cancellations” are a result of “overlapping operational challenges including weather, system outages and staffing shortages,” Spirit spokesman Field Sutton said. It was unclear when the issues might be resolved....
Police charge 2 with selling fatal dose of heroin to Latrobe man
Latrobe police this week arrested a man and woman, charging them with selling fentanyl and heroin to a man who died of an overdose in January, according to court papers. Kevin B. Shaffer, 48, of Latrobe and Ayla M. Taylor, 24, of Greensburg are charged with drug delivery resulting in...
Latrobe pair charged in fatal January overdose
A pair of Latrobe residents are facing charges in the overdose death of another man early this year. Zachary R. Dunlap, 27, and Megan L. Wingard, 34, both of Latrobe, are charged with selling fentanyl and heroin to a man who died of an overdose, according to court papers filed...
Murrysville man, former port authority executive, named Westmoreland chamber director
The Westmoreland County Chamber of Commerce is bumping up its game with the creation of a new post this month. Chamber officials announced that Dan DeBone, a longtime executive with the Port Authority of Allegheny County, was appointed as its new executive director. DeBone, 54, of Murrysville, will assist Chamber...
Westmoreland Airport Authority director new head of state aviation council
Westmoreland County Airport Authority Executive Director Gabe Monzo has been selected to lead a statewide industry organization. Monzo is the new president of the Aviation Council of Pennsylvania and will oversee the organization’s various committees. He has served on such panels for more than three decades. Part of his mission...
Youngwood man charged with shooting neighbor through floor
A Youngwood man is accused of firing a gunshot through the floor of his apartment, striking his downstairs neighbor in the hand. State police charged Shawn M. Moran, 46, on Monday with a felony count of discharging a firearm into an occupied structure and misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another...
Irwin man to serve probation, house arrest for friend’s fatal overdose
Franceso Ziegler told a judge that he wants to take responsibility for his friend Christopher Holleran’s 2019 overdose death. But Holleran’s family said that two years earlier, Ziegler denied any involvement in the overdose and couldn’t even bother to attend his 28-year-old friend’s funeral. Ziegler, 30, of Irwin was sentenced...
Fallen Heroes Run will honor 14th Quartermaster reservists killed by Iraqi missile
Motorcyclists are invited to visit Hempfield on Saturday to “ride for a reason” — honoring the ultimate sacrifice 30 years ago made by 13 members of the local Army Reserve 14th Quartermaster Detachment. The third annual Fallen Heroes Run, organized by nonprofit Operation Vet NOW, will begin at 10:30 a.m....
Majority of Spirit flights canceled Monday at Westmoreland, Pittsburgh airports
Numerous Spirit Airlines flights at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport were canceled Monday, mirroring problems at other airports the low-cost carrier serves. The Florida-based airline issued a statement indicating the problem was triggered by a series of “weather and operational challenges” over the weekend. It said rumors...
Former Jeannette man killed in Indiana County car crash
A 41-year-old man was killed Saturday in a one-vehicle crash just off Route 22 at the Route 217 exit ramp in Indiana County, according to Blairsville police. Jeffrey M. Detore of Twin Rocks, Cambria County, and formerly of Jeannette, died in the crash that was reported to Indiana County dispatchers...
Hempfield woman arrested after girl, 2, spotted on Route 136 alone
A Hempfield woman was arrested Monday after state police said a 2-year-old girl was found wandering alone outside her Route 136 home last month, according to court papers. Carmen S. Riffer, 20, is facing a single charge of felony child endangerment. Troopers were called to the Fort Allen section of...
Hempfield man accused of attempting to fake court-ordered drug test
A Hempfield man who police say rigged a smoothie drink pouch to a rubber hose was charged Monday with attempting to fake a drug test, according to court documents. Kevin J. Harrold, 56, was charged with a misdemeanor count of furnishing drug-free urine after allegedly attempting to falsify a drug...
Greensburg man dies in Butler County motorcycle crash
A Greensburg man died in a motorcycle crash Friday in Butler County, state police said. State police identified the man as Brian D. Keller, 50. According to state police, the crash happened around 7 p.m. Friday on Kittanning Pike Road near Pine Road in Fairview Township. Police said Keller was...
State parks: More money needed for maintenance, improvements
A plan for improving and maintaining Pennsylvania’s 121 state parks contains 87 strategies, but none might be more difficult to attain than extracting more funding from the state to address what has been estimated to be $500 million worth of maintenance, safety and infrastructure needs in state parks and forests....
Norwin grads ‘reimagine Monroeville Mall’ as more environmentally friendly
Three 2021 Norwin High School graduates were recognized for their ideas to make the Monroeville Mall more economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. Their suggestions include adding a farmers market, planting more landscape to reduce stormwater runoff, creating a recreational park and adding solar panels at the 169-acre mall. Keara Finnigan,...
U.S. House passes legislation to support continued development of the 9/11 National Memorial Trail
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation for the federal government to support the development of the September 11th National Memorial Trail, a proposed 1,300-mile recreational trail linking the three 9/11 crash sites. The legislation, passed unanimously by the House on Friday, serves as an official trail designation by the...
Crabapple ‘Pool-A-Palooza’ in Sewickley Township grows in popularityVideo
Crabapple Community Park’s annual “Pool-A-Palooza” in Sewickley Township probably doesn’t amount to a fraction of the attendance of its namesake, gargantuan Lollapalooza music festival held each year in Chicago’s Grant Park. But for some of those attending the Westmoreland County event Sunday, the enthusiasm ran just as high. Just ask...
To mask or not: School districts debate health, safety plans for year ahead
A split is forming among local school districts — those requiring masks for students in the coming academic year and those that leave the decision to personal choice — largely because of a lack of mandates from state or national health advisers. The Pennsylvania departments of health and education are...
Jeannette couple killed in Hempfield crash, coroner says
The Westmoreland County Coroner’s office said a Jeannette couple was killed in a crash Saturday on Agnew Road in Hempfield Township. Catherine M. and Walter J. Gardner, 58 and 61, were pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:45 p.m. single-vehicle crash on the 400 block of Agnew Road, according...
Greensburg Garden Center’s tour showcases region’s greeneryVideo
The banana trees, cacti and palms aren’t exactly what you’d expect from a lawn in North Huntingdon, but Brad Olshanski makes it work. He is most proud of his favorite plants — the 11 varieties of crape myrtle bushes — in a yard that has all the feel of a...
Remote work is here to stay for some Pittsburgh-area companies
Tim Koziarski settled into his Upper Burrell home office a lot more since working partially remote during the pandemic. He had an advantage. Koziarski, 58, is co-owner of Kozi Media Design, a Pittsburgh-based company specializing in smart technologies for the home and office. Business has been brisk installing technology for...
West Overton Village expanding distillery, museum post-covid
West Overton Village near Scottdale has its sights set on expanding its museum and distillery. West Overton is a pre-Civil War era village that was home to industrialist Henry Clay Frick — founder of H.C. Frick & Co. coke manufacturing — and his grandfather, whiskey distiller Abraham Overholt. The family...
Murrysville native returns from Broadway for Civic Light Opera’s 75th anniversary performance
Singing and performing have been part of Manu Narayan’s life since he was 5 years old, taking singing lessons from Greensburg instructor Nancy Burke. That led the Murrysville native to be part of local children’s performing groups, roles at Apple Hill Playhouse and Greensburg Civic Theater, and then auditions at...
Westmoreland residents seek input on spending $105M in pandemic funds
Calling $105.3 million in federal funds a potential game changer for Westmoreland County residents, a local grassroots group is preparing to take a lengthy wish list to county commissioners. Diana Steck said the Voice of Westmoreland has scheduled meetings with Commissioners Doug Chew and Gina Cerilli Thrasher to present the...
