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5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: Aug. 16-18
TGIF! Summer may be winding down quicker than we’d like, but time marches on. Get out and savor every minute. There is plenty of fun to be found in Westmoreland. Still swingin` Neon Swing X-perience brings its joyful sound end of summer celebration Saturday. Nick Barilla opens the show at...
Cookie bakers announce sweet tally for Guinness World Record
The bakers contributing cookies to the Monongahela Area Historical Society’s attempt to set a Guinness World Record for largest cookie table only had to exceed 18,000 cookies. Instead, according to the final tally, their wedding cookie spread totaled 88,425. That number was far north of the conservative “at least 50,000”...
Suspect in 2017 Youngwood murder wants confession barred from evidence
The man police said was the ringleader of the group that allegedly conspired to rob and kill a Youngwood drug dealer two years ago wants a Westmoreland County judge to bar multiple confessions made in the weeks that followed the fatal stabbing. Christopher David, 41, of Youngwood, contends he was...
Officials: Casino opening in Hempfield to have Pittsburgh name — and that’s OK
Westmoreland County’s mini casino, slated to open next year, will be known as “Live! Casino Pittsburgh.” Located in Westmoreland Mall, about 38 miles or about an hour’s drive from downtown Pittsburgh, the casino that is being built in a former department store in Hempfield won’t have any local identification in...
Irwin family wants to keep pet hensVideo
An Irwin family loves the 10 hens they keep as pets in their backyard so much they want the borough to allow them to keep the animals at their home. Abbe Hood of Cedar Street told borough council Wednesday that their hens — no roosters — are kept strictly as...
Unity man charged with selling heroin that killed woman in 2017
A Unity man was arrested Thursday by state police on charges of selling the fatal dose of heroin that killed a 24-year-old woman in 2017. David L. Jellison, 27, of the village of Hostetter was arraigned before District Judge Michael Mahady on charges of drug delivery resulting in death, manufacturing,...
$3 million scratch-off marks 3rd big Westmoreland winner in a week
For the third time in a week, a Pennsylvania Lottery player in Westmoreland County struck it big — like $3 million big. The lottery announced Thursday that Colonial Manor Sunoco at 12970 Route 30 in Irwin sold a grand prize-winning $3,000,000 Diamond Dazzler scratch-off ticket this week. An employee at...
Westmoreland Fair brings rides, revelry and rabbit agilityVideo
It’s easy to tell that Alan Lipscomb works outdoors. Lipscomb’s face glowed with the deep pink of a fading sunburn Thursday morning as he cleaned the lead car of the Dragon Wagon children’s roller coaster on the grounds of the Westmoreland Fair, which opens Friday and runs through Aug. 24....
Get the inside scoop on The Palace Theatre with free tours
Visitors on the annual free public tours of The Palace Theatre in Greensburg not only learn the theater’s history, but hear tales of its operation and other functions the venue serves. “I think one of the things people enjoy the most is not just what they see, but what they...
Police: Woman evicted from Cook Township home left behind 2 dogs, 9 birds
A Unity woman is accused of animal cruelty for allegedly leaving behind two dogs and nine birds after she was evicted from a Cook Township home in June. Charges were filed Wednesday against Patricia Canton, 51, by a humane police officer from North Huntingdon rescue group All But Furgotten. Canton...
Father of man charged with killing New Kensington cop sues prison over medical care
The father of the man accused of killing a New Kensington police officer is suing four Westmoreland County Prison officials, claiming they denied him needed medical care while he was incarcerated. Gregory Baucum Jr., in the lawsuit filed this week without the assistance of a lawyer, contends he was repeatedly...
Used book sale slated at New Alexandria Public Library
Book lovers are invited to shop for bargains beginning Wednesday at the New Alexandria Public Library. The library will hold its fifth annual used book sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Aug. 23 and 10 a.m. to 2p.m. Aug. 24 in Keystone Plaza, at the intersection of...
Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival returns — with ‘A Murder Most Foul’Video
All is not well in Morelandshire, a mythical kingdom in South Huntington Township, Westmoreland County that comes alive for six special weekends as part of the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival. “This year we have ‘A Murder Most Foul,’ ” says James “Doc” Amor, cast director and entertainment coordinator for the annual...
Norwin band plants tree in memory of band member
Future generations of Norwin High School band members will have a living memorial to a 15-year-old band member who died last month from injuries he sustained in a fall from a rock outcrop in Somerset County. Amidst tears from Nathan Kanczes’ family members and his fellow bandmates, a paper bark...
Greensburg Salem marks two retirements, hires business manager
Greensburg Salem School District said goodbye to two longtime employees and hired a new administrator Wednesday. The school board accepted the resignation of Chris Suppo, the district’s coordinator of technology, transportation and community relations. He’s leaving to take a job as superintendent of Shippensburg Area School District. “Thank you Greensburg...
Greensburg Salem to dedicate renovated Offutt Field
Greensburg Salem School District will dedicate its renovated athletic field Saturday morning, just before the first game on fresh turf. The dedication at Offutt Field begins 8:45 a.m. Saturday. The Golden Lions will take on Greater Latrobe for a preseason football scrimmage at 10 a.m. The school placed new turf...
West Newton meeting slated on proposed natural gas plant
A Chicago company’s plan to build a 550-megawatt, natural gas-fueled power plant across the Youghiogheny River from the Sutersville area will be discussed Thursday at a public meeting in West Newton. The meeting is designed to raise awareness in the Westmoreland County communities from West Newton to Sutersville about the...
Excela working to untangle error that sent bad checks to 800 patients
Excela Health’s finances are not on life support, despite the potential that hundreds of patient refund checks recently bounced. A data entry error this month had people across the Westmoreland County-based health system wondering what happened when banks began issuing bad check charges for refund checks issued on behalf of...
Indiana County man released from jail awaits trial on alleged child porn possession
An Indiana County man awaiting trial in Westmoreland County on charges that he possessed child pornography was released from jail Wednesday after unrelated charges that he killed a neighbor’s cat last month were dismissed. Raymond Younger, 39, formerly of Penn Township, was detained in July after he was charged with...
Prosecutors oppose further delays in 2016 fatal DUI case in Donegal
A Westmoreland County prosecutor says that too much time has passed to allow another delay of the vehicular homicide trial of a Virginia man charged with killing his friend four years ago in a Donegal crash. Assistant District Attorney Mike Pacek said the case against Erik C. Anderson should not...
Programs aimed at Hempfield athletes to focus on respect, female leadership
Empowering female leadership and teaching respect toward women and girls are just two themes at the head of new programs aimed at student athletes in Hempfield. Part of Blackburn Center’s Coaching Boys into Men and Coaching Female Athletes programs, students in grades seven through 12 will work through provided curriculum...
Authority OKs $11.3 million upgrade of Jeannette sewer system
Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County board members on Wednesday approved a multi-million dollar upgrade of the Jeannette sewer system that officials said will reduce backflows that have inundated local homes and businesses during times of heavy rain. The $11.3 million project will replace and line existing pipes throughout the city...
East Huntingdon homicide suspect returns to Westmoreland County from OhioVideo
A Uniontown man accused of killing an 11-month-old girl in July was brought back to Westmoreland County from Ohio Wednesday to face homicide and related charges. Derrick “Hector” A. Bass, 29, was ordered to be held at the Westmoreland County Prison without bail in connection with the July 13 death...
Cops: A week after burglary, Scottdale Dollar General gets robbed
A week after being hit by a burglar, police said a robber held up the Dollar General store in Scottdale on Tuesday and fled with an undetermined amount of cash. The robbery occurred at the downtown store at 412 Pittsburgh St. about 9:30 pm., store manager Mark Pine said. He...
Airport Authority looks to shore up apron at Arnold Palmer terminal
The Westmoreland County Airport Authority hopes to put plans for a new corporate hangar entrance at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport on hold to take care of a more pressing need — shoring up the airport runway apron. Authority officials are seeking permission from PennDOT’s Bureau of Aviation to reallocate a...
