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1 more coronavirus death reported in Westmoreland
Officials said late Monday that a woman died from the coronavirus in Westmoreland County, bringing the death total to 25. The death was reported to the coroner’s office and added to the total Coroner Ken Bacha is providing on his department’s website. He is being notified of virus-related deaths sooner...
Norwin plans dates for commencement
Norwin school officials are proposing a number of dates in May, June, July and August to hold senior graduation ceremonies at the high school stadium. In an email sent to parents last week, Superintendent Jeff Taylor said the district is looking at May 22 at 7 p.m. or a rain...
Evidence of possible squatter found at abandoned Jeannette house that caught fire
Firefighters found evidence of a squatter living in an abandoned Jeannette house while extinguishing a fire there Friday night, said Fire Chief Bill Frye. The Lavelle Street blaze appears to have started in a second-floor bedroom. A state police fire marshal and Jeannette officers are investigating the cause, Frye said....
Norwin proposes 2.9% hike in school taxes
North Huntingdon, Irwin and North Irwin property owners will pay 2.9% more in school real estate taxes for 2020-21 fiscal year under a $76.4 million tentative budget unanimously approved Monday by the Norwin School Board. The proposed tax increase would raise the millage by 2.4 mills to 84.8 mills for...
Norwin cancels musical for this school year, plans to recast in fall
Norwin School District has postponed its production of “The Little Mermaid” and will recast it in the fall in what Superintendent Jeff Taylor said Monday was “one of the most difficult decisions” he has made since taking over the leadership of the district in July 2019. The decision, announced Friday...
Spirit to resume limited flights from Arnold Palmer airport to Orlando
Spirit Airlines is slated to resume limited flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport on May 3, a little less than a month after suspending all service at the Unity facility. The sole commercial carrier at the airport south of Latrobe, Spirit is expected to resume mid-day flights from Latrobe to...
Steelers great Troy Polamalu donates gift cards to furloughed Westmoreland workers
More than 400 furloughed Westmoreland County government workers will have a meal courtesy of Steelers’ Hall of Famer Troy Polamalu and his wife. County officials said Monday the former Steelers great donated gift cards to local restaurants to help employees who were temporarily removed from the payroll as government services...
Westmoreland County Blind Association making thousands of masks, selling for $3 each
When the Westmoreland County Blind Association announced it had masks for sale for $3 apiece, the response was predictable but still overwhelming, said Executive Director Tim Miller. “When I got in, the phones were ringing nonstop, and they really haven’t stopped since,” he said. As of Monday afternoon, the association...
Westmoreland won’t send mail-in ballot applications unless voters request them
Westmoreland County voters won’t automatically get applications for mail-in ballots ahead of the June 2 primary. County commissioners said Monday they opted against a mass mailing based on county’s tenuous financial condition and a reluctance to recommend to voters how they should cast ballots this spring. “At this point, we...
Masked masses face reality of Gov. Wolf’s order to enter businesses
The masks — in a variety of styles and colors — were plentiful Monday. Only the eyes and hair of customers and employees were visible at the Shop ’n Save store on North Main Street in Greensburg. It was the first full day of a bizarre, government-mandated scene officials hope...
Slide repair to close Route 993 east of Irwin
A section of Route 993 in Irwin and North Huntingdon will be closed for about four months as PennDOT crews perform slide repairs. PennDOT officials said the closure is set to begin on Tuesday on a segment of the road known as Broadway Street, between Walnut Street in Irwin and...
Rotary members living out ‘Service Above Self’ motto during pandemic
The Rotary International motto is “Service Above Self.” So it only makes sense that members of the Murrysville-Export Rotary Club are doing what they can to help others in the community. Club members on April 17 delivered lunch to staff at Redstone Highlands in Murrysville, “to show appreciation for the...
Cops: 3 Georgia residents arrested in $9,500 iPhone theft scheme
An alleged scheme by three Georgia residents to use a fraudulent credit account to acquire $9,500 worth of new iPhones at the Sam’s Club in Hempfield backfired Friday. Joel E. Teteh, 25, Chantel B. Kennedy, 29, and John O. Nur, 33, all of the Atlanta area, were arrested by state...
2 cited in Westmoreland in accusation of violating stay-at-home order
State police cited two people for violating Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order after troopers said they were found drinking at a friend’s Bell Township home, according to court papers. Kara Lee Lawson, 27, of Bell and Scott James Renwick, 28, of Loyalhanna were cited for violating the Disease Control and...
Murrysville awards contract for summer road work
Murrysville council awarded a $1.2 million contract to Tresco Paving for the municipality’s 2020 overlay program. This year’s program includes just over 8 miles of roadwork, and the bid from Plum-based Tresco came in below engineering estimates, council President Dayne Dice said. Roads on the list include: • Old William...
4 more coronavirus-related deaths reported in Westmoreland
Three more men and another woman have died from the coronavirus in Westmoreland County, bringing the death toll there to 24, officials said Monday. Coroner Ken Bacha said three of the most recent deaths came from a personal care home where no deaths had been reported. The fourth death happened...
Helpers are available to help children deal with coronavirus concerns
One child who attended Frock Child Care Center in Mt. Pleasant thinks they did something wrong and can’t go back to school. Another is worried that their parents can’t afford to send them anymore. As the world grapples with hundreds of thousands of deaths due to the coronavirus, children are...
Police: Jeannette man struck, killed on Pa. Turnpike
A 44-year-old Jeannette man was killed early Sunday after being hit by a semitruck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Beaver County, state police said. Christopher Elliott was pronounced dead by the Beaver County coroner around 2:20 a.m. According to a police report, Elliott was standing in the right westbound lane...
As Pennsylvania mask order takes effect, most say they’ll follow the mandate
If it helps keep people healthy during the coronavirus pandemic, the statewide order requiring customers and employees of businesses to wear masks makes sense, people in the region said Sunday evening. It went into effect at 8 p.m. The order, announced Wednesday by Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine,...
Murrysville man gives back to community amid coronavirus pandemic
Andrew Thompson was overwhelmed when he found a thank-you note posted on the front door of a home he was delivering groceries to. The note, which read “Thank you, Andrew, for delivering,” is one of several the 41-year-old Murrysville resident has received since he started working for Instacart, a grocery...
3 new deaths, 4 new covid-19 cases in Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County reported four new positive cases of covid-19 on Sunday and three new deaths, according to the state health department. That brings the countywide total to 284 positive cases and 16 deaths, state data shows. The state continues to report lower numbers of coronavirus deaths in the county compared...
Westmoreland County adds 31 new cases of covid-19; state, local death tolls still don’t match
Westmoreland County reported 31 new cases of covid-19 on Saturday, for a total of 280 confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease, state health department data show. The state continues to under-report the number of deaths attributed to covid-19 when compared to local data. As of midday Saturday, the state health...
Officials taking closer look at Westmoreland inmates’ medical conditions for possible release
Westmoreland court officials plan to meet Monday to go through a list of about 70 jail inmates who have diagnosed medical conditions that could make them susceptible to the coronavirus. But it’s unclear how many will be eligible for release. “The medical condition is only one factor,” District Attorney John...
Westmoreland family wrestles with the ‘unfair way’ virus-stricken father diedVideo
Even as her memory increasingly slipped, James Bower Sr. insisted on caring for his wife and keeping the couple together on their three-acre homestead. But time was taking a toll on them both. Finally, about three years ago, his five children — four sons and a daughter — convinced him...
Idled restaurant, salon workers get helping hand from Latrobe food donorsVideo
The city of Latrobe and its police department have joined forces with Latrobe-headquartered Robindale Energy, other businesses and families to provide much-needed food and household essentials to residents who are out of work because of coronavirus-related business restrictions. The food and supplies will be distributed Saturday to about 80 targeted...
