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Firefighters battle 2 house fires in Monessen

Multiple fire departments from Monessen and surrounding areas battled two working house fires on 9th Street in the city Wednesday, according to 911 dispatchers. The initial fire was reported just after 10 a.m., Westmoreland County dispatchers reported. The dispatcher said one home “was real close to the other house” and...
Greensburg Garden Center’s annual May Mart ushers in planting season

Shoppers at Greensburg Garden Center’s annual May Mart plant sale will find themselves in a new and improved space. The center’s garden recently was refurbished by Cole Kuczynski of Greensburg as an Eagle Scout project. Kuczynski and his helpers removed old compost and debris, built a wire compost bin, refurbished...
Hempfield Area temporarily closes high school due to covid cases

Hempfield Area High School on Wednesday began a two-day closure after additional students tested positive for covid-19, according to district leaders. High school students will participate in remote learning today and Thursday. The decision to temporarily close the school came after district administration was informed of additional students testing positive...
Kings restaurant on Route 66 in Salem closes after more than 3 decades

The Kings Family Restaurant on Route 66 in Salem closed for good this week, after more than three decades in business. “Over the course of the past year, moving from regular business to strictly carryout, this is a restaurant we just weren’t able to keep, from a financial standpoint,” said...
Hempfield students participate in mock accident scenario ahead of promVideo

About 500 juniors and seniors gathered behind the press box at Hempfield Area High School Tuesday afternoon as a mock accident scene played out before them, part of an attempt by first responders across the county to warn students about the dangers of impaired and distracted driving prior to the...
Mail-in ballot drop box locations approved in Westmoreland County

Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the hours of operations for the remote drop box locations. Westmoreland County voters will have four, and maybe five, regional ballot drop boxes available for the two weekends prior to the May 18 primary. County commissioners on Tuesday approved drop-box locations at...
Norwin High School closed because of covid cases

Norwin High School will be closed Wednesday because of a sixth positive covid case at the high school within a 14-day rolling period. The closure will allow contract tracing to be completed and for sanitizing the building, the district said Tuesday afternoon. The school was closed upon the recommendation of...
Police accuse St. Clair Township man of threatening sheriff’s deputies serving a PFA

A St. Clair Township man is in the Westmoreland County Prison, charged with threatening to shoot two county sheriff’s deputies as the officers were attempting to serve a court order. Gregory Lee Clark, 54, was arraigned on three counts each of simple assault and terroristic threats and one count of...
Franklin Regional school board primary includes 10 candidates

Unlike the 2019 primary, when the Franklin Regional School District’s Sloan “elementary campus” project dominated much of the election discussion, the 10 candidates seeking open school board seats in 2021 cited a wide variety of reasons for running. They range from emphasizing fiscal responsibility and maintaining the district’s reputation for...
Covid-19 cases prompt 2-day closure of Derry Area secondary schools

Derry Area School District on Tuesday began a two-day closure of its high school/middle school complex triggered by covid-19 cases. In a letter posted on the district website, Superintendent Eric Curry reported, as of Monday, there were six positive covid cases at the secondary building over the past 14 days....
Hempfield No. 2 becomes 2nd chartered member of township fire department

A month after the North Hempfield fire station became the first chartered member of the Hempfield Township Fire Department, a second station has followed suit. During a township meeting Monday evening, supervisors accepted the declaration of intent for the Hempfield No. 2 station, meaning the township will acquire the Thornton...
Covid vaccine clinic held at Westmoreland courthouseVideo

As many as 600 coronavirus vaccines were administered Tuesday at the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg. The clinic, open to county employees, their families and the general public, was held from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Hayden’s Pharmacy in Youngwood oversaw the operation. Hayden’s owner Ed Christofano said about 200...
Hempfield hires new director of finance

Hempfield supervisors Monday hired Lloyd Fait as the township’s director of finance. Fait is taking the place of current finance Director Melanie Phillips, who previously announced her retirement. Phillips served as the township’s first director of finance and has held the position for the past six years. She will remain...
Allegheny, Westmoreland covid hospitalizations down more than 15% from last week

Covid hospitalizations have been trending in a positive direction recently for the state and local counties. New covid data show that from last week to Tuesday, hospitalizations in Pennsylvania as well as Allegheny and Westmoreland counties have decreased somewhat significantly. Hospitalizations Pennsylvania saw a sixth consecutive day of decrease to...
Greensburg Civic Theatre romps through Shakespeare’s complete works

You might think you don’t like Shakespeare, but that might be because you haven’t seen Greensburg Civic Theatre’s version of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) .” “People see the name ‘Shakespeare’ and think it’s going to be dull and boring, but this show encapsulates the beauty of the...
Police say Irwin woman stabbed man after he took her vodka

An Irwin woman is accused by police of stabbing a man with a kitchen knife after he took her bottle of vodka. Donna L. Rich, 55, is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment in the incident at an apartment in the 500 block of Walnut Street in the...

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