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North Huntingdon to ask for ‘no left turns’ on Route 30 from 3 streets
North Huntingdon officials will ask PennDOT for permission to prohibit left turns onto Route 30 from three township streets. The commissioners Wednesday approved a request to PennDOT officials in Uniontown to post “no left turn” signs at Cherry, Shrader and Soltis lanes because of inadequate site distances for motorists making...
Penn Township man accused of assaulting, choking woman during argument
A Penn Township man is charged with assaulting and choking a woman during an argument Sunday. Tyler W. Higgs, 26, was arrested Tuesday after the woman fled his residence along the 7100 block of Mellon Road Sunday morning and telephoned police from a convenience store along Route 22. Higgs is...
Water quality testing to continue at Beaver Run Reservoir in Bell Township
Water quality tests at the reservoir that supplies drinking water to about half of all Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County customers will continue for the next year. Authority board members this week approved a new contract with Indiana University of Pennsylvania to collect samples and analyze the water at Beaver...
Exact cause of fire at Unity business still under investigation, but ‘not suspicious’, fire chief says
No injuries were reported in a fire at a Unity business early Thursday morning. The fire at Specialty Seal Group at 1001 Lloyd Ave., off of Route 981 and near Saint Vincent College, was reported around 4:40 a.m. and was quickly doused, according to Lloydsville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Brian...
Write-in votes creates race for Irwin mayor
Irwin voters will have a choice between two Republicans for mayor’s race in November’s general election because one of them garnered enough Democratic Party write-in votes in the May 18 primary, according to the official results. Jeff Clem was the only candidate on the Republican ballot in the May primary,...
Hempfield man sentenced to 2 years in prison for 2019 knife attack
A Hempfield man was sentenced to serve at least two years in prison for an attack that left his neighbor bloodied and in a coma for days following a vicious attack two years ago. Vincente Alejo Andres V, 36, pleaded guilty last summer to aggravated and simple assault charges. On...
Greater Latrobe OKs 1 mill tax hike, hears more concerns about future of foreign languages
Greater Latrobe School Board this week finalized a $57.7 million budget and 1-mill tax hike for 2021-22. It also heard continued concerns about a planned shift to online instruction for French and German language classes beginning in 2022-23. The tax increase, to 85 mills, would add $27 to the average...
Bolivar man pleads guilty to role in failed drug smuggling plot
A Bolivar man will serve up to four years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to his role in a failed plot to smuggle drugs into the county jail and for threatening a witness. David Lee McGinnis, 28, was among six people — including his mother — charged in connection...
Volunteers assemble 100 bikes for children during event in Mt. Pleasant TownshipVideo
A group of about 60 volunteers assembled bikes for children in need Wednesday at Mammoth Park in Mt. Pleasant Township as part of United Way’s build-a-bike event. The volunteers came from five of United Way’s corporate partners, including Live! Casino Pittsburgh, Kennametal, UPS, Hefren-Tillotson and West Penn Power, according to...
Photo challenge focuses on importance of Pennsylvania pollinators
Photographers of all ages are invited to focus on some of the smallest, but most vital, players in the ecosystem by participating in the Pennsylvania Pollinator Photo Challenge. Contestants have until Aug. 13 to submit electronically a high-resolution image of a pollinator taken somewhere in Pennsylvania. The contest is sponsored...
CDC: Nearly 100% of Pennsylvania’s 65+ residents have at least 1 covid shot
Just about every Pennsylvanian 65 and older is now at least partially vaccinated for covid-19, according to the latest covid vaccination data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Wednesday morning, the CDC’s covid vaccine tracker shows 2,393,193 of the state’s 65+ population have at least one...
Responding to hang-up call, Murrysville police accuse man of assault
Responding to a hang-up call made to 911 late Monday, Murrysville police arrested a Delmont man after he was accused of assaulting a woman and threatening her with a knife, according to court documents. Jeffrey M. McClure, 38, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon,...
Food, music on tap for Westmoreland Fairgrounds weekend festival
Food vendors and some favorite bands will line up this weekend for three days of good eats and good music at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds. The Food & Music Festival is scheduled for 4-10 p.m. Friday, 2-10 p.m. Saturday and 2-9 p.m. Sunday at the complex off Mt. Pleasant Road in...
Greater Latrobe staffers get new administrative roles at senior high, Mountain View Elementary
Greater Latrobe School District students will see some new but familiar faces in school offices this fall. Chad Krehlik, assistant principal at the senior high school, will take on a new role beginning July 1 as principal at Mountain View Elementary School. Krehlik has served with the district for 15...
New Stanton Sheetz set to close as construction of larger store set to begin
A major overhaul of the Sheetz in New Stanton is scheduled to begin next week, leaving the popular convenience store and gas station shuttered for most of the summer. Located at the intersection of North Center and West Byers avenues, the business will close Monday as crews begin demolishing the...
Greensburg appoints detective sergeant within police force
Greensburg’s police department has a new detective sergeant. Det. Charles Irvin was promoted and sworn into his new position during Monday’s city council meeting. Irvin has been with the police department for several years — the last five years working as a detective, according to police Chief Robert Stafford. The...
Westmoreland happenings include computer classes, coin show and concert
Classes • The YWCA Westmoreland County Technology Center, 424 N. Main St., Greensburg, will offer the following classes in July: • Yoga with Nancy Micheals – 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursdays, June 24 to July 29 • Smartphones and Tablets – 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Thursdays, June 24 to...
Westmoreland County Food Bank doubles number of Summer Food Service program sites
The Westmoreland County Food Bank had a ground-level picture of how the covid-19 pandemic affected food security for families in the region. Its staff members worked food distribution centers where people waited hours lined-up in cars to receive a box of food. That is a big part of why the...
Greensburg’s SummerSounds scheduled to return in August
After being canceled last year due to the covid-19 pandemic, SummerSounds — the popular Greensburg concert series — is set to return in August. Bands will once again take the stage at the Robertshaw Amphitheater in St. Clair Park beginning Aug. 6, according to an updated schedule on the event’s...
Penn-Trafford adopts nearly $61M budget for 2021-2022; ups taxes by 1 mill
The Penn-Trafford School Board adopted a nearly $61 million budget Monday that raises taxes by 1 mill but still has a $900,000 shortfall. The initial motion for a budget with a 2-mill increase failed. Board member Toni Ising then suggested an alternative motion with a 1-mill increase, which passed. A...
Greensburg Scavenger Race returning for another yearVideo
A scavenger hunt that sends participants racing through downtown Greensburg in an attempt to locate a litany of puzzles and riddles is scheduled for this weekend. The event, scheduled for Saturday, will be the fourth time local entertainment venue 60 Minute Missions Escape Room is hosting the Greensburg Scavenger Race...
Commissioners remain silent on suspended Westmoreland election bureau director
Westmoreland County’s public works director continued in his interim role as head of the election bureau on Tuesday as the commissioners remained silent about the status of the department’s suspended top official. The county commissioners also serve as the county’s election board. They met as such late Tuesday to approve...
Rostraver police arrest man and woman after argument involving loaded handgun
Two people were arrested on multiple criminal charges by Rostraver police after a verbal altercation that involved a handgun at a man’s mobile home late Monday, according to court documents. Corey A. Lindauer, 35, of Rostraver was arrested on charges of child endangerment, reckless endangerment and simple assault in the...
Westmoreland airport authority OKs DeNunzio’s restaurant lease
The Westmoreland County Airport Authority on Tuesday approved a new lease with DeNunzio’s Italian Chophouse for the terminal restaurant space at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, despite a request from county Commissioner Gina Cerilli Thrasher to delay the action. Thrasher questioned how the authority calculated the terms of the lease and...
Jeannette man sentenced to probation for dragging off-duty cop down his own driveway
A Jeannette man will serve up to five years of probation after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he used his pickup truck to drag an off-duty Penn Township police officer down his own driveway and into a front yard three years ago. William Albert Brummett, 34, pleaded guilty...
