Westmoreland category, Page 661
Idlewild extends 2020 season passes to include all of 2021
Though an opening date for this year has not been set, Idlewild & SoakZone has announced that it will extend all 2020 season passes through the entire 2021 summer season. Dining passes and other perks also be extended at the Ligonier Township amusement park. The 2020 season passes that include...
Business rally for loosening covid-19 restrictions set for Saturday in UnityVideo
A small-business rally is planned Saturday in Westmoreland County to urge less stringent restrictions from Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to phase in segments of the state’s economy curtailed during the coronavirus pandemic. About 60 small-business owners and supporters braved unseasonably cold temperatures Monday night outside Sharky’s Cafe on Route 30...
Audio of Westmoreland County coronavirus task force meeting available online
Audio from the latest meeting of Westmoreland County’s coronavirus task force is available on the county’s website. State legislators, county commissioners, members of the county departments of public safety, finance and human services and others attended the May 6 meeting. Speakers provided updates about responses to the pandemic ranging from...
84 Lumber builds addition for recovering Salem teenVideo
As a Salem teenager fights to regain the life she knew just a few short months ago, she has a brand-new, handicap-accessible wing in her home thanks to the generosity of 84 Lumber. In early January, Autumn Zundel, 13, was diagnosed with an anterior mediastinal mass between her heart and...
Latrobe awards contract for long-awaited Mary Street paving
Plum-based Tresco Paving is slated to resurface deteriorating Mary Street and some intersecting streets and alleys in Latrobe this summer in a project that was delayed for several years while city officials awaited funding. Council on Monday approved Tresco’s low bid of $156,976. City manager Michael Gray said the project...
Irwin Council to hold virtual meeting
Irwin Borough Council is joining with other municipalities when it holds a virtual meeting for its government business at 6 p.m. Wednesday . The meeting will be streamed live on the Irwin Borough Facebook page. Borough offices remain closed to the public during the coronavirus-related shutdowns, but borough officials are...
Redstone staff in Murrysville arranges 100th birthday parade for 2 residentsVideo
For the staff at Redstone Highlands senior community in Murrysville, the simple act of throwing a 100th birthday party for residents is a complicated affair these days. “It’s been challenging, just to make sure I’m crossing all my T’s and dotting all my I’s,” said Redstone Care Partner Megan Henninger,...
Westmoreland Cleanways opens its new recycling center in UnityVideo
Half an hour into the first day of operations at the new Westmoreland Cleanways recycling center in Unity, dozens of desktop computer monitors and disused televisions were piled up inside the main drop-off building. “Man, this is great it’s back open. I’ve been waiting for it to reopen,” said Mark...
1 more coronavirus case, no new deaths reported in Westmoreland County
One new coronavirus case in Westmoreland County has pushed the total to 418, while the statewide case count surpassed 57,000 on Monday. The 543 new cases reported statewide between 12 a.m. Sunday and 12 a.m. Monday bring the running tally to 57,154. State health officials reported 24 new deaths for...
Have a weird talent to share? Yinzfest is looking for you
Do you have an unusual, eclectic or downright weird talent that you’d like to share? Yinzfest 2020, coming Aug. 15 to Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale, could be just the place for you. “The mission of the festival has always been to book interesting and different talent in Pittsburgh that...
Cops: Man stopped for suspended license in Greensburg carrying nearly 2 bricks of heroin
A Jeannette man pulled over in Greensburg Saturday after an officer suspected him of driving with a suspended license was found with nearly two bricks of heroin, police said. Moziah S. Harris, 28, was stopped driving his 2015 Honda about 2:25 a.m. along the 100 block College Avenue by Patrolman...
State police withdraw stay-at-home violations against 2 in Westmoreland
Citations have been withdrawn against two people who were accused of violating Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order last month. The citations against Kara Lee Lawson, 27, of Bell, and Scott James Renwick, 28, of Loyalhanna, were withdrawn May 1, according to online court records. It was unclear why the citations...
Norvelt firefighters giving back with donation-only fish fry
Norvelt firefighters are giving back to those who have supported them during Lent by frying up fish Saturday for a cash donation-only drive-thru takeout. The fire department and its ladies auxiliary had to unexpectedly cancel their fish fry this year because of state-mandated social distancing restrictions related to the coronavirus...
Norwin group to resume Meals on Wheels
Norwin Area Meals on Wheels, which stopped delivering meals o March 25 because of fears of spreading the coronavirus, will resume deliveries Tuesday, but with modifications to meet social distancing requirements, a spokesman said. Because of limited space in the New Hope Presbyterian Church kitchen in North Huntingdon where the...
Westmoreland County adds 2 new covid-19 cases, no new deaths
Westmoreland County reported two additional cases of covid-19 on Sunday, bringing the total number of people to test positive for the virus to 417, according to Pennsylvania health officials. No new deaths from the virus were reported. Westmoreland County is one of the counties that will shift to the yellow...
Garage damaged in Loyalhanna Twp. fire
A fire damaged a garage in Loyalhanna Township late Saturday night, the Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety said. The owner of the house on Steele Road was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation as result of the fire, which was reported at 11:20 p.m. a Public Safety supervisor...
Jeannette man jailed in high-speed pursuit through 2 counties
A Jeannette man was jailed in Armstrong County Saturday after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase through two counties that ended when the car he was driving crashed into a vehicle that was occupied by a family. Rasheed Gordon, 28, was arraigned early Sunday on charges of possession with...
Latrobe parishioners celebrate priest’s 50th anniversary but keep social distanceVideo
For a man accustomed to praying for the health and well-being of others during a career of 50 years in the ministry, a Latrobe priest was the subject of countless prayers when he was treated recently at Excela Latrobe Hospital for covid-19. “I was hospitalized for three days. I guess...
New Westmoreland recycling center opens Monday in Unity
Westmoreland Cleanways will open its new recycling center just south of Route 130 in Unity at noon Monday, while following all of the prescribed Centers for Disease Control guidelines, the organization announced. The organization has been able to work on the recycling center at 355 Pleasant Unity-Mutual Road, during the...
Westmoreland County adds 2 new covid-19 cases, deaths remain at 32
Westmoreland County confirmed two more cases of covid-19 between Friday and Saturday, bringing the countywide total to 415, state health data show. The state has confirmed that at least 30 people in the county have died from the disease. Westmoreland County Coroner Ken Bacha, whose tally has been higher than...
State lawmakers say there is pain ahead as coronavirus restrictions begin to ease
State lawmakers say the social and economic pain from the coronavirus shutdown is not over and that there are still many questions as Southwestern Pennsylvania prepares to move from red to yellow zone status Friday. Gov. Tom Wolf, who imposed statewide stay-at-home orders as covid-19 cases began cropping up in...
Muncipal Authority of Westmoreland County reminds businesses to flush water before reopening
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County has warned businesses to make sure their water is safe when they reopen after a long closure. MAWC treats its water with a disinfectant, but that can dissipate after a long time stagnant. This can lead to biological growths, bad taste and a discoloration,...
Blaze destroys garage, equipment at Murrysville home
Flames destroyed a garage and equipment stored inside Friday afternoon in Murrysville. No one was injured in the blaze reported after 4:30 p.m. at a home in the 4000 block of Bulltown Road. Sardis Fire Chief Cody Paiano said an adjacent outbuilding sustained some exterior charring but no interior fire...
Greensburg, Pittsburgh Catholic dioceses announce slightly relaxed rules starting May 15
Catholic churches in both the Greensburg Diocese and Pittsburgh Diocese will be permitted to reopen their doors for private prayer beginning May 15, diocese officials have announced. Pittsburgh Diocese officials also eased restrictions on weddings and funeral Masses from having no more than 10 people in attendance to no more...
Survey to gauge impact of coronavirus on Greensburg businesses
The Greensburg Community Development Corporation is conducting an anonymous survey of city business owners to learn more about how they’ve been affected by the coronavirus shutdown. “We know they have been negatively impacted, but we want to see how Greensburg compares to the rest of the country,” said corporation Executive...
