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Community comes together to pay for new $255K playground at Trafford Elementary
Students and parents flocked to Trafford Elementary School April 5 to celebrate completion of a new $255,000 playground. The former playground was about two decades old when it was torn down in 2023 due to safety concerns. District officials said the stairs and decking of the playground presented a tripping...
Route 30 eastbound reopened after Unity truck crash
Route 30 has been reopened after a crash late Wednesday that shut down the eastbound side of the highway in Unity. First responders were called to a stretch near Johnson Road shortly before 8 p.m. for an overturned truck, according to a Westmoreland County 911 supervisor. The truck sheared a...
Franklin Regional blows past 2024’s fundraising total in second Mini-THON
Franklin Regional High School hosted its second annual Mini-THON on Wednesday, raising more than $33,000 to support pediatric cancer patients and their families. The fundraising culminated in a four-hour celebration where students and teachers participated in games and activities. The school organized a Mini-THON Club last school year, inviting students...
Westmoreland register of wills to implement credit card fees
Westmoreland County Register of Wills Jon Wian said Tuesday his office will no longer foot the bill for customers who make payments with a credit card. Beginning June 1, customers who pay fees to file wills, estate documents, apply for marriage licenses and request copies of documents in the Register...
Water authority hires private firm to make payments in response to vendor scam
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County has hired a Georgia-based company to pay its vendors. Officials said the deal, which they described as a trial run that could net the authority up to $180,000 annually in additional revenue through commissions, is in response to a fraud scheme that resulted in...
$1.2M project will replace asbestos-infused cement water pipe in North Huntingdon
A $1.2 million project was approved Wednesday to replace a nearly mile-long stretch of waterline in North Huntingdon, including a 75-year-old section of cement pipe that is infused with asbestos. Officials called the project a standard replacement for the existing line that runs along McKee Road, from Clay Pike to...
Lawmakers seek insight at North Huntingdon business on boosting support for moms, babies
Megs Yunn spread plenty of cheer among state lawmakers who visited her North Huntingdon warehouse Wednesday. The legislators are considering help for Pennsylvania mothers and babies, possibly replicating what Yunn has accomplished through Beverly’s PGH, which has supported thousands of families in the region. “How can we expand this concept...
2nd man charged in connection with 2023 fatal shooting in Jeannette
Charges were filed Wednesday against a second man in connection with a 2023 fatal shooting in Jeannette. Deshawn Russell, 27, of Pittsburgh, was awaiting arraignment on charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, conspiracy and related offenses. The second set of charges comes a day after Maleek Dionte Green, 27, of...
Search warrant reveals Rostraver woman’s fiance reported her death to police
When Bryan Murray hadn’t heard from his fiancee last Friday morning, he went to the Rostraver home where they lived to check on her, according to a search warrant filed Tuesday by police. Murray reported to township police that he found Jennah M. Seibert, 24, dead in a bed about...
Westmoreland happenings: Spring tea, concert, grief seminar, more
Fundraisers • Mon Valley Paws will sponsor an Italian hoagie sale April 26 at the corner of Monessen and Grand boulevards in Monessen. Cost: $9. Orders: 724-493-8305. • The trio Girl Named Tom, winners of NBC’s “The Voice,” will perform at 7 p.m. May 3 at the grand opening of...
Westmoreland finalizes plans for May primary, mail-in ballots will begin next week
Westmoreland County voters could see primary ballots arrive in their mailboxes as early as next week, officials said on Tuesday. Election Bureau director Scott Ross said the county to date has processed more than 21,000 mail-in ballot applications leading up to the May 20 Democratic and Republican primaries, where voters...
Salem will host township-wide clean-up day
Salem residents are invited to take part in a township-wide clean-up day on May 17. Township residents can bring one pick-up truck load or two car loads of items to dispose of at the township building, 244 Congruity Road. The clean-up is for township residents only, and proof of residency...
2 charged after Unity woman is scammed of $19,000
Two New York men are behind bars after state police said they scammed a Unity woman out of $19,000 and led troopers on a chase that ended with their capture on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Preliminary hearings are scheduled later this month for Reheem J. Anderson, 22, and Floyd B. Forrest,...
Jeannette considering rehabilitation of donated property
A property on Frothingham Avenue is being donated to Jeannette and city officials said a home on it may be rehabilitated or demolished. City council last week accepted the donation of 148 Frothingham Ave. in a 4-1 vote. Councilwoman Michelle Langdon cast the opposing vote. City manager Ethan Keedy said...
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport will host TSA PreCheck enrollment sessions
Airline passengers who want to speed up their security line screening times will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration PreCheck program April 29 to May 9 at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe. The temporary TSA PreCheck center will be held in the airport terminal baggage claim...
Divided Norwin board OKs $25 million stadium project
A divided Norwin School Board has narrowly approved a $25.4 million stadium renovation. Directors argued over whether it was an unnecessary extravagance for a district in debt or a long-overdue project that would provide a home for multiple sports teams and community activities. In a 5-4 vote Monday, the school...
Hempfield Area School Board considers shifting school start, dismissal times
Hempfield Area School District’s students might get home earlier next academic year. The school board will vote next week on whether to make an adjustment to the district’s arrival and dismissal schedule. The adjustment would place the high school and middle school students on the same schedule — shifting the...
Westmoreland DA declines appeal, sets stage for retrial in 1993 fatal Jeannette fire
Westmoreland County prosecutors will not appeal a judge’s ruling that overturned the decades-old murder and arson convictions of a former Jeannette man. During a pretrial conference Monday, Assistant District Attorney Leo Ciaramitaro said the case against James Young will proceed. The new trial will happen 30 years after Young was...
Investigators identify person of interest in death of Rostraver womanVideo
Investigators said Monday they have identified a person of interest in the slaying of a woman last week in her Rostraver home. Police said the body of Jennah M. Seibert, 24, was found Friday afternoon, the victim of a shooting. On Monday, the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office said investigators...
8 more teams leave Western Pa. Youth Football League
More teams have split from the Western Pennsylvania Youth Football League in the wake of an investigation into funds reportedly missing from the league’s shared bank account. Youth teams from Baldwin- Whitehall, Belle Vernon, Connellsville, Hempfield, Montour, Norwin, Trinity and West Allegheny have left to form the Western Pennsylvania Football League,...
Building projects, staffing among priorities for Hempfield Area’s school board candidates
Renovation projects. Teacher recruitment and retention. Student performance. Open communication with the community. These are the priorities for the five candidates running for four open spots on the Hempfield Area School Board this year. Two candidates are incumbents — Jerry Radebaugh and Scott Learn. The newcomers are Cory Thoma, Lindsay...
Export set to pay off flood-control project that helped dry out the borough
Export Mayor Joe Zaccagnini can remember watching his father’s 1957 Ford station wagon being picked up and carried off by Turtle Creek’s floodwaters in the early 1970s. “My dad’s mother was being laid out at the funeral home, and he was leaving to take his aunt and uncle home,” Zaccagnini...
Kitten season: Vet offices, animal rescue sites brace for deluge of cats
Animal rescue groups are bracing for thousands in costs to care for a deluge of cute, but expensive, charges. Greensburg-based Wayward Whiskers Animal Rescue expects to spend between $50,000 and $70,000 solely for what is known as kitten season. The expense is about 40% of its annual budget, president and...
No arrests in Rostraver fatal shooting
No arrests have been reported as of Sunday afternoon in connection with the fatal shooting of a Rostraver woman, whose body was found Friday at a house in an isolated area of the township. Jennah Seibert, 24, was found dead around noon Friday in a house at 400 Lenity School...
Westmoreland happenings: Golf tournament, bingo, theater news, more
Fundraisers • Heritage Methodist Church in Ligonier will sponsor a golf outing May 16 at Ligonier Country Club, 711 Fairway Lane, Ligonier Township. Check-in will begin at 10 a.m. and a continental breakfast will be served. The event will be a four-man scramble and the shotgun start will be at...
