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Hempfield golf course hosting auction as it goes out of business
Golf balls will be auctioned by the bucket next week, along with other items at Valley Green Golf & Country Club in Hempfield. Valley Green, located between Armbrust Brinkerton and Albrights Lake roads, will close Dec. 31 after operating for 54 years — a decision owner Linda Rusnock attributed to...
4 Republican state lawmakers from Westmoreland County seeking re-election
Four Republican state lawmakers representing Westmoreland County this week announced their joint candidacy for their respective seats. Reps. George Dunbar, Eric Nelson and Mike Reese and state Sen. Kim Ward are seeking re-election. Dunbar, 59, of Penn Township, represents the 56th District, which includes Penn Township, North Huntingdon, Trafford, Irwin,...
DEP, City of Jeannette again order closure of hemp facility
The City of Jeannette and the state Department of Environmental Protection have separately ordered a controversial hemp-drying facility in Jeannette to close. The DEP issued its order Monday, telling facility owner Patriot Shield to cease operation within 48 hours. The order prohibits the company from receiving, processing or storing hemp....
Derry Township man pleads to drug charge in friend’s overdose death
A Derry Township man pleaded guilty Monday to selling doses of fentanyl-laced heroin blamed for the fatal overdose two years ago of his friend in a Greensburg apartment. Westmoreland County prosecutors charged Glenn A. Levtzow with drug delivery resulting in death and child endangerment in connection with the Nov. 18,...
Sage’s Army gets nearly $600K to expand addiction outreach, support
Carmen Capozzi was overwhelmed when his 20-year-old son, Sage, died of a heroin overdose in a Hempfield motel room in March 2012. But the Irwin contractor collected himself, took his grief, molded it into an anti-addiction campaign and Sage’s Army was born. For 7½ years, working on a dream and...
Monday still popular with hunters, even with early start to deer rifle season
Even with the new Saturday start to deer rifle season, Monday still felt like opening day to a lot of area hunters. Old traditions die hard. Glen Stott of Latrobe went out Saturday, but he also went out Monday because he had previously asked for the day off. By 9...
Former Franklin Regional student pleads guilty in 2016 cyber attack case
A former Franklin Regional High School student pleaded guilty Monday to launching a cyber attack on the school’s computer network that disrupted servers at more than a dozen other local school districts and government offices. Police said Michaela G. King, 21, of Murrysville, was a high school senior in November...
Highlights from Franklin Regional band’s Macy’s Parade tripVideo
Two years ago, Franklin Regional band students found out they’d be marching in the 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Last Thursday, all of the fundraising, preparation and rehearsal was complete, along with the eight-hour bus ride to New York City (well, New Jersey, technically, is where the band’s hotel was...
Rostraver Walmart sells lottery ticket worth more than $1 million
A customer at the Walmart in Rostraver went home with more than just a turkey this Thanksgiving after purchasing a lottery ticket worth over $1 million. The Pennsylvania Lottery reported the win after the person, who was not immediately identified, purchased a Diamond Mine ticket, a $20 game that offers...
Charges dropped against key witness who testified against convicted police killer Rahmael HoltVideo
Prosecutors on Monday dropped criminal charges against a man they said provided key testimony against convicted cop killer Rahmael Sal Holt, just weeks after insisting no deal had been promised for his cooperation. Tavon Harper, 29, had been in custody since his arrest following the November 2017 fatal shooting of...
Terrelle Pryor’s girlfriend, charged with attempted homicide, remains in jail without bail
A Munhall woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend, former NFL player and Jeannette football star Terrelle Pryor, during a fight Saturday remains in the Allegheny County Jail without bail, according to court records. Shalaya Briston, 24, is charged with attempted homicide and aggravated assault. Pryor, 30, is charged with simple...
Cops: Motorists help Murrysville police locate suspected intoxicated driver
Concerned motorists helped direct Murrysville police to an alleged drunken driver who also is accused of possessing a “fist-sized” plastic bag of cocaine and two bags of marijuana. Warren R. Weimer Jr., 37, of Latrobe, was arrested at the Sheetz station on Route 22 at School Road South about 11:45...
Light snowfall expected Monday in Western Pa., up to 3 inches near Latrobe
Western Pennsylvania’s commuters could be confronted with slippery, icy roads Monday amid a spate of snow flurries expected to continue through Tuesday morning, meteorologists said. Sunday night’s severe thunderstorms that brought rain and hail to parts of Allegheny, Butler and Beaver counties will transition into snow showers after 3 a.m....
Car crashes into creek west of Route 30 in Ligonier
A car veered off the road Sunday night and crashed into a creek just west of Route 30 in Ligonier, initial reports indicate. It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured. The crash happened shortly after 6:30 p.m. where Two-Mile Run Road crosses over Loyalhanna Creek, a Westmoreland County...
Westmoreland native tapped to lead county lawyers association
Alahna O’Brien was one of more than 50 people who last summer submitted resumes to replace the Westmoreland Bar Association’s retiring executive director. “When she came into the room, we knew. What stood out is her energy and her people skills,” Joyce Novotny-Prettiman, president of the bar association board, said...
Jeannette residents say they still support Terrelle Pryor despite domestic fight, arrest
Jeannette was where Terrelle Pryor first became a football star. The day after news of his serious wounding during a domestic dispute at his Pittsburgh apartment, his hometown fans said they still have his back. “It’s unfortunate, but he’s done a lot of great things for Jeannette,” said Brooke Fornalczyk....
Vintage holiday display lights up Ligonier Valley LibraryVideo
During a tour of the Ligonier Valley Library’s Pennsylvania Room, where he has set up a large selection of his vintage holiday decorations, Don Lachie is a fount of Christmas light history. Lachie, 60, who has residences in Youngwood and Ligonier, has displayed his collection at the library several times...
Fire damages Greensburg home; residents get out unharmed
Greensburg officials said a late morning blaze Saturday at a home on South Maple Avenue was caused by an overload of electrical appliances. Both residents of the two-story family home were able to escape the fire, which was reported shortly before noon and was quickly extinguished, Greensburg fire Chief Tom...
Hikers opt out of Black Friday shopping for outdoor adventures
On a brisk Black Friday morning that left a dusting of snow atop one of the ridges in Linn Run State Park southeast of Ligonier, a group of 23 Western Pennsylvania hikers opted out of the shopping mall crowds and opted in for a nine-mile hike along a trail that...
Westmoreland chamber President Chad Amond joins transportation commission
Westmoreland County Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Chad Amond has a new role to fill, as a member of the Pennsylvania State Transportation Commission. The state Senate recently appointed Amond to a six-year term on the 15-member panel, which serves as the board of directors for PennDOT and oversees...
Franklin Regional band’s 3rd appearance in Macy’s parade a holiday high note
Winds may have kept the famous character balloons close to the ground during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, but the 187 members of the Franklin Regional Panther Marching Band were soaring high as they performed for the crowds lining the New York City parade route. “I think everyone...
Westmoreland Mall loyalists cling to Black Friday tradition, leery of its evolutionVideo
Westmoreland Mall isn’t the shopping center Bev Queer and Carol Gowatski remember. They used to gravitate toward the Bon-Ton department store. But then that closed in 2018. Sears was usually a good option, too, but that retailer closed its doors earlier this year. “Pretty soon there’s not going to be...
Top dog from Ligonier Township just a ‘goofy golden retriever’ outside the ring
One word — “golden” — from the judge, and the dog world knew that Daniel, a golden retriever from Ligonier Township, had won the best sporting dog title at the 2019 National Dog Show. Daniel’s breeder, Tammy Tomlinson of Hillock Golden Retrievers, said Friday that Daniel is the winningest golden...
5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: Nov. 29-Dec. 1
Thanksgiving dinner is over, Black Friday is here and the race to celebrate the upcoming holiday season is on. The days grow dark more quickly, but lights, music and festivals will lend some brightness and cheer, throughout Westmoreland County. Hit the switch, Ligonier The annual Light-Up Ligonier event invites everyone...
Penn Township tattoo parlor will host Toys for Tots fundraiser
When Justin Schultz opened his first tattoo shop in downtown Jeannette in 2012, a Toys for Tots representative stopped by right around this time of year to drop off a donation box. “I thought, ‘It’s such a little box,’ so we had the idea to do an annual fundraiser and...
