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Latrobe, Unity residents and businesses invited to enter Steelers Week decorating contest
Residents and business owners in Latrobe and Unity are being challenged to show how they “Bleed Black and Gold” in a decorating contest that will be featured as part of a Steelers Week promotion Monday through Aug. 6 in the two neighboring municipalities. Sunday is the deadline to register for...
No UFO festival, but Kecksburg firefighters hosting ‘Old Fashioned Days’
Kecksburg canceled its annual UFO festival for the second consecutive year this spring, but Friday and Saturday the fire department will host an “Old Fashioned Days” celebration at the fire hall in Mt. Pleasant Township. Festival chair Ron Struble said the events will take place from 5 to 11 p.m....
Township supervisors to consider renovations at North Hempfield fire station
The North Hempfield Volunteer Fire Company could soon get a face-lift. Hempfield supervisors this week approved an agreement with Pine-based RSSC Architecture for architectural consulting services. The company will provide the township with a plan that could help guide potential renovations at the Route 66 station. “This will not end...
Latrobe Art Center’s Yellow Tie Gala returns with banana splits, cocktails
Latrobe Art Center will be painting the town yellow once again, as its Yellow Tie Gala returns Aug. 20. The party will spill out of the center at 819 Ligonier St., turning the street into a pop-up night club complete with seating and a stage on which Neon Swing X-perience...
Westmoreland news includes concert, driving classes and reunion
Church news • Mt. Olive Church, 515 Pleasant Valley Road, Bullskin , will hold Bible school from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 1 to 5 at the church. The theme will be, “On the Beach with Jesus.” Toddlers through adults welcome. Monday will be photo night. Please arrive promptly. There...
Police arrest New Jersey man after 90 mph chase through Greensburg
A New Jersey man is behind bars after Greensburg police said he fled a traffic stop at 90 mph before crashing and being apprehended, according to court papers. Nicholas Michael Tedesco, 27, of Newton, N.J., is charged with flight to avoid apprehension, resisting arrest, escape and related offenses. City police...
Greater Latrobe OKs mask-optional plan for 2021-22 school year by 6-3 vote
Greater Latrobe School Board has voted 6-3 against requiring face coverings for students or staff when a full schedule of in-person classes begins Aug. 30 for the 2021-22 school year. According to the district health and safety plan, recommended by Superintendent Georgia Teppert at a special Tuesday meeting, face coverings...
Greensburg YMCA officials: No plans to closeVideo
Faced with the challenge of reviving the Greensburg YMCA’s financial health in the midst of a covid pandemic, YMCA leaders promised Tuesday the facility will be open for the next 12 months and are looking at an 18-month plan to sustain the community landmark. “We’re not looking anytime soon to...
National Night Out police outreach returns in Mt. Pleasant, other communities
Mt. Pleasant’s Night Out will be back Aug. 3, after a year off because of pandemic restrictions, and organizers expect the event to be bigger, and better, than ever. It’s part of the National Night Out campaign that is held on or around the first Tuesday in August in many...
Route 136 bridge reopens in West Newton following 2-car crash
The Route 136 bridge over the Youghiogheny River was closed for a little over an hour Tuesday night, following a head-on collision between two vehicles in West Newton, according to emergency officials. A Westmoreland County 911 supervisor said occupants of both vehicles were trapped following the crash, which was reported...
Westmoreland Bar Association welcomes new membersVideo
A group of 10 men and women sat quietly in the jury box of a Westmoreland County courtroom on Tuesday. Their task was not to weigh evidence of a defendant’s innocence or guilt, but were there instead to join the club as the Westmoreland Bar Association welcomed new members to...
Scottdale man appeals child rape conviction
A Scottdale man serving a 40-year-prison sentence for the sexual assault of a child is now claiming that Westmoreland County prosecutors coached witnesses during his trial last year. According to an appeal filed Tuesday, Dylan Chiaramonte said the judge who presided over his rape trial improperly allowed the prosecution to...
Teen charged in Greensburg shooting denied bail reduction
A Westmoreland County judge on Tuesday rejected a defense request to reduce a $200,000 cash bond that has kept an 18-year-old man in jail since he was charged last month with three counts of attempted murder in connection with a shooting in Greensburg. Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Feliciani said...
First Commonwealth set to reopen Unity branch that was struck by SUV
First Commonwealth Bank’s Unity branch will reopen at 9 a.m. Wednesday, ending a temporary closure caused when an SUV crashed into the building early Friday evening. No injuries were reported in the wreck that occurred shortly before 5:30 p.m. along Route 30 at Sharky’s Drive. Brian Schultheis, chief of the...
North Huntingdon man jailed on $100K bond, charged with assault, threatening family members
A 58-year-old North Huntingdon man was jailed this week on $100,000 bond after his arrest for allegedly assaulting and verbally abusing relatives, according to court documents. Michael Wichelmann was arraigned on charges criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, harassment, obstruction of justice, simple assault and terroristic threats after officers were dispatched to...
Westmoreland Co. police departments collect 1,700 pounds of prescription pills for incinerationVideo
Unloading dozens of cardboard boxes filled with old prescription pills collected from municipal police stations countywide, Chief Robert Stafford lamented Greensburg’s box “will be filled again in 10 days.” The county district attorney office’s drop-off prescription box program in police stations has become so ingrained in the communities over the...
Greensburg’s Palace Theatre opening its doors; here’s who’s hitting the stage, so far
Live entertainment is coming back strong at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. “With shows continually being added to the schedule, this fall will feature more performances than any other in Westmoreland Cultural Trust’s history of owning The Palace Theatre,” said Trust CEO April Kopas. Along with new shows, shows postponed...
Latrobe wants to raze 3 dilapidated houses, eyes county funding program
Latrobe hopes to tap a Westmoreland County grant program to help demolish three vacant, dilapidated houses. The funding originates with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and is administered by the county redevelopment authority. If approved, it would require a $250 local match for demolishing a house the...
Youngwood’s Cheesecake Connection supplies dessert to Guy Fieri’s casino eatery
If you’re going to supply cheesecake to one of Guy Fieri’s restaurants, it has to be something special. After all, the chef and television host is known for the Cheesecake Challenge dessert at his Guy Fieri’s Vegas Kitchen and Bar — a quarter of an entire marble cheesecake, piled high...
Civil War communications spotlighted at Hanna’s Town encampment, reenactments
Five cannons, 10 presenters, a regimental band and a working telegraph station will help bring the mid-19th century back to life during a Civil War battle reenactment and encampment Saturday and Sunday at Historic Hanna’s Town. Hempfield resident Bob Sidley is helping to organize the weekend event as a member...
Weiss Furniture celebrates 100 years
Since Joseph Weiss and his son, Hymen, founded their business in 1922, Weiss Furniture has been selling quality furnishings to citizens of the greater Pittsburgh area. The store’s location since 1952, on the corner of Depot Street and Lincoln Avenue in Latrobe, bears little resemblance to the original store’s humble...
Forish says he’ll remain on Latrobe Council while defending theft charges
Robert “Stuffy” Forish said he intends to continue serving on Latrobe Council while he defends theft charges relating to his previous role as treasurer of the city fire department’s Goodwill Hose Company. “The people voted me in,” Forish, 58, told the Tribune-Review prior to council’s Monday agenda session. He added...
Arnold murder suspect pleads to minor drug-related offense
A New Kensington man charged in a fatal shooting last year in Arnold appeared in a Westmoreland County courtroom Monday and pleaded guilty to a minor drug-related offense as he continues to await trial on a charge of first-degree murder. Mario M. Gatti, 31, is scheduled for trial in October...
PWSA receives $24 million state loan for sewer line repairs
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has been given a $24 million low-interest state loan for wastewater infrastructure repairs. City officials announced the loan Monday. It’s part of a nearly $100 million Pennsylvania Investment Authority (PENNVEST) funding package for clean water infrastructure projects in 19 counties. The PWSA will put...
New Kensington prostitute sentenced for sex trafficking of teen
A former New Kensington woman will serve up to 10 years in prison for her role in a sex trafficking and prostitution ring that utilized a 14-year-old girl to maximize their earnings. Shannon Lynn Shannon, 46, formerly of Texas, pleaded guilty in November to felony counts of trafficking in minors,...
