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The 50th anniversary of the end the Vietnam War will be commemorated with a ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 33 in Greensburg. The National Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony at the VFW Post 33 at 516 E. Pittsburgh St., will honor the thousands...

If the Ligonier Country Market opens as planned May 17, it will be in violation of township regulations. After tabling the matter for two weeks, township supervisors on Tuesday approved a special event permit for the seasonal market. But they said the market also is subject to a 2008 conditional...

Three Norwin School Board candidates should be removed from the May 20 primary ballot, according to legal challenges filed by two opponents. Westmoreland County Judge Harry Smail is scheduled to hear challenges Wednesday to the nominating petitions of Alex Detschelt, a current school board member seeking a nomination on the...

A Latrobe man told a Westmoreland County judge Tuesday he no longer wanted to see his former girlfriend prosecuted for stabbing him in the chest last year. “We had a long relationship and I did a lot of things that wasn’t reported. My last case was dismissed, so this should...

Hempfield supervisors voted 3-2 this week to allow a change in zoning on 100 acres of farmland that could clear the way for a residential development. The vote came after a 70-minute public hearing during which nearly a dozen residents opposed the change, some vehemently, citing concerns about increased traffic,...

A man died after the truck he was driving struck an object Monday on Route 51 in Rostraver. The fatal vehicle accident occurred at about 10 a.m. in the northbound lanes before Willowbrook Road, Rostraver police said. First responders found Wayne P. Janczewski Jr., 60, of Irwin, unresponsive in a...

Twenty-five roads around Hempfield are set to be paved this year. Township supervisors on Monday awarded Tresco Paving Corp. a $1.69 million contract for this year’s paving program. Those roads are spread throughout Hempfield in Fort Allen, West Hempfield, the southern part of the township and the Westmoreland Mall area....

Work could start in about 60 days after Hempfield supervisors awarded a demolition contract to tear down the former SCI Greensburg prison, said township manager Aaron Siko. Supervisors unanimously voted Monday to pay Ritenour and Sons Construction Co. $732,000 to remove hazardous material from the buildings and demolish them. The...

The Downtown Greensburg Project will bring back its Vintage Market series for a second season starting Saturday. The market series will take place about once a month until October at a handful of locations throughout the Greensburg area. Each event will feature a variety of vendors selling vintage and handmade...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, March 25: Woman tries to use fake $100 bill at Hempfield casino Pennsylvania State Police said a woman tried to slide a fake $100 bill into a slot machine Saturday at Live Casino Pittsburgh in Hempfield. The bill...

Former Hempfield Area guidance counselor and high school boys basketball coach Bill Swan will receive about $8,000 while on paid sick and personal days until his retirement goes into effect in June, according to a separation agreement obtained by TribLive. Swan was placed on paid administrative leave from his coaching...

Those who love to fish at Indian Lake Park in North Huntingdon will have to find a new spot when the township drains the lake in the next few years. North Huntingdon officials plan to apply for a $1.33 million grant for a multi-phase project to dredge the lake and...

The Capets family of Murrysville has a positive relationship with bamboo, a grass native to the Asian continent that grows tall and spreads quickly. They’ve been using it for more than a decade to screen their front yard from nearby traffic on Sardis Road. And it works well, forming a...

Delmont Council is looking at borough properties it can add to Shields Farm in order to mitigate a minor lease that doesn’t comply with federal covenants governing the land’s use. A 1998 1-acre lease for an above-ground gas tank on the former home of the R.J. Fields family farm isn’t...

When Latrobe police interview someone at their station or they’re held in the city’s lockup, they will be recorded using new microphones that are among the improvements planned this year, police Chief Richard Bosco said. Officers already wear body cameras at all times, including when they’re conducting interviews at the...

Mike Ruminski was drafted into the Army in June 1967 and volunteered to serve on long-range patrols when his unit was shipped to Vietnam. “Usually, we were on patrol for three or four days at the most, and then we’d come back to base and be off for a week...

A Monessen man is charged attempted homicide in connection with a shooting last week that left a woman hurt. Monessen police believe Jamont Anthony Minnie, 34, pulled the trigger at 1:30 a.m. outside a private club in the area of Knox Avenue and 10th Street. The woman, who is in...

Three mayoral candidates in Jeannette and one in Monessen were removed Monday from May’s primary ballots. Following a series of court hearings, Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge Harry Smail Jr. ruled Democrat Robin Mozley and Republicans Ron Kastner and Ed Day failed to submit the proper paperwork needed to run...

A luncheon in celebration of female veterans and service members, including members of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the Armed Forces reserves, will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Greensburg YWCA, 424 N. Main St. The luncheon is being held in conjunction with Women’s History...

Westmoreland County high school students interested in pursuing a health care or trade school education upon graduation will have another option available to them this summer. Fayette County-based Laurel Technical Institute will launch its first semester of classes at its new Penn Township location in May, with the fall semester...

An iconic Pittsburgh beer, Duquesne — with its “Prince of Pilseners” logo — has popped up again. Bill Clevenger, whose grandmother sold Duquesne beer through her distributorship in his native McConnellsburg in Fulton County, has revived the Pittsburgh beer that had been dormant since 2021. “I’m keeping the tradition and...

Artist Aaron Gorson came to Pittsburgh as a portrait painter in the early 20th century. But a trip to the city’s Bluff neighborhood changed all that. “He looked up the Mon River and saw the spectacular show of the steel mills at night, with lights and flames flaring,” said Maxwell...

A Pittsburgh firm is harnessing artificial intelligence to make it easier for military aircraft to land on ships at sea. Elsewhere in Pennsylvania, another company is working on a skin patch that automatically doses diabetic patients with insulin. Presenters at a weekend AI conference at Saint Vincent College in Unity...

State police are investigating a report of missing opioid pills at a Hempfield assisted living home. The potential theft was reported after an inventory audit by staff at Mountain View Senior Living revealed 24 oxycodone pills were missing. The pills were taken from the home on Nature Park Road sometime...

Bishop Larry J. Kulick of the Diocese of Greensburg was among a crowd of hundreds that gathered Sunday outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome for Pope Francis’ first appearance since he was hospitalized on Feb. 14 for life-threatening double pneumonia. The pope gave a short blessing to the crowd, who cheered...