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Latrobe promotes assistant to replace departing athletic director
A former Wildcat wide receiver and safety and a member of the Latrobe Class of 2016 is moving up as the district’s athletic director beginning Wednesday. The school board on Tuesday promoted Tyler Gustafson, who is in his fourth year serving as assistant athletic director. He succeeds Zac Heide, who...
Westmoreland’s new register of wills and judge take office
Westmoreland County’s new register of wills and judge were sworn in to office Tuesday at the courthouse in Greensburg. Jon Wian, 43, of Delmont, was installed as the head of the county row office where wills, estates, adoptions and guardianships are filed. Both Wian and Common Pleas Court Judge Matt...
Spirit to resume daily flights to Florida from Westmoreland airport
Spirit Airlines will resume daily flights next week from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity to Florida. That announcement is expected to help reverse financial losses that began last fall amid a reduced flight schedule as the facility’s lone commercial carrier worked through bankruptcy concerns. “This will help,” said Westmoreland...
Judge delays decision on plea deal in July crash in North Huntingdon
A Westmoreland County judge wants more information before considering a plea deal in connection with a North Huntingdon two-vehicle crash that seriously injured a driver. Judge Scott Mears requested the criminal and driving history for Nolan Patrick Mullen, 22, of North Huntingdon, who is accused of driving 90 mph just...
Greensburg plans zoning review for 1st time in 30 years
Greensburg is planning to revamp its zoning ordinance. It’ll be the first review of the city’s zoning ordinance in about 30 years, said Alec Italiano, director of planning and development. “There’s been a lot of Band-Aids put on the current code,” he said. City officials are seeking proposals from consultants...
Hempfield Area eyes million-dollar roof replacements at 3 more schools
After voting in December to replace the roof at one of its elementary schools, Hempfield Area school directors will decide next week whether to add three additional roof projects onto the district’s to-do list. The board in December hired Garland Co. Inc. to replace the roof on Fort Allen’s gym...
Developer appeals Unity zoning decision against proposed solar farm to Westmoreland court
Developers of a proposed solar farm in Unity have appealed a 3-2 decision by the township zoning hearing board to deny a needed special exception for the project. The appeal filed recently in Westmoreland County Court claims the board’s Dec. 18 decision against the solar array that is planned for...
Norwin School Board censures controversial director; he vows lawsuit retaliation
The Norwin School Board on Monday voted to censure one of its directors over what the board majority deemed offensive language in a social media post aimed at other school board members. Directors Bill Bojalad, Ray Kocak, Tim Kotch Sr., Heath Shrum, Matt Thomas and Nina Totin voted to censure...
Westmoreland County Community College hires next president after 8-month search
Westmoreland County Community College’s next president will take office in July. The WCCC board of trustees voted unanimously Monday to hire Kristin Mallory, vice president for academic affairs at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury, Md. Selected from about 150 applicants, Mallory will start a three-year term July 1 with a...
Death penalty trial remains on hold for New Kensington man charged with toddler’s murder
The lawyer for a New Kensington man facing a potential death sentence told a Westmoreland County judge Monday a defense-hired expert must review medical evidence before the case can proceed to trial. Keith Dale Lilly Jr., 35, has been in jail without bond since his arrest in 2020 on charges...
Civilian vigilante group’s sting leads to dismissal of child porn charges against Hempfield man
A Westmoreland County judge on Monday dismissed hundreds of child pornography charges against a Hempfield man identified in a sting operation by an online Texas-based civilian vigilante group. The continued prosecution of Thomas James Hibbard, 62, had been in question since late December when Judge Tim Krieger ruled evidence collected...
Plan for outdoor area at Latrobe Hospital tabled as officials await more from Independence
Plans for an outdoor activity area at Latrobe Hospital won’t be approved until Independence Health System shares more information with the city’s planning commission about how it will be used. Representatives from Independence Health’s Johnstown-based engineering consultant, H.F. Lenz Co., told the planning commission last week the 2,500-square-foot fenced-in activity...
Saint Vincent College, Westmoreland Intermediate Unit to host career expo for aspiring teachers
After hosting an educator career fair last spring, Saint Vincent College and the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit knew they needed to take a different approach. “I think we both recognized the need to try to target a couple of different audiences,” said Tracy McNelly, chair of the college’s education department, “because...
Controversial Norwin director faces censure vote again over graphic social media language
A controversial Norwin school director faces a possible censure vote and a demand to resign Monday over language deemed offensive toward fellow board members in his online publication. Director Alex Detschelt, a Republican, is being targeted for censure for his Jan. 24 post on his Substack page. The resolution before...
Westmoreland museum marks Black History Month with art-filled observance for all
It was celebration time Sunday for Laurie Johnson-Wade of New Kensington, who brought her seven grandchildren and two of her daughters to Greensburg for a lesson in Black history — the arts, singing, painting and poetry. “It’s a celebration of all things good about our history,” said Wade, a descendant...
Westmoreland happenings: Spaghetti dinner, comedy dinner nights, more
Church News • Greensburg Church of the Brethren hosts a night of fun and fellowship for individuals and groups with developmental disabilities from 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays at the church, 554 Stanton St., Southwest Greensburg. Dinner is included. Participants must be accompanied by a family member or caregiver. Donations...
‘Our Own Work, Our Own Way’ exhibit will kick of Year of Women Artists at the Westmoreland Museum
Providing an exciting beginning to their “Year of Women Artists,” the Westmoreland Museum of American Art will open the exhibit “Our Own Work, Our Own Way: Southern Modern Women Artists” this Sunday. The traveling exhibit will take up residence at the Greensburg museum from Feb. 9 to May 18. Drawn...
Greensburg Salem 6th graders foster collaboration, school spirit under new ‘house’ system
A group of 13 Greensburg Salem sixth grade students stood at the front of a middle school classroom this week, waiting for the district’s school board members — seated in wooden chairs — to blindly select a set of colored beads from a box. The color of the beads corresponded...
Colonial history comes alive at Bushy Run Battlefield event
The Graham family of Madison took time Saturday to see a slice of 18th-century colonial life on the Western Pennsylvania frontier — guns, knives, compasses, a canteen, powderhorns, bowls, woodworking tools and a variety of animal pelts — at the living history event at the Bushy Run Battlefield Museum in...
Trump fires head of National Archives, a North Huntingdon native
North Huntingdon native Colleen Shogan said she was fired Friday night from her job as archivist of the United States without being given any reason for her dismissal, which President Donald Trump had hinted at during an interview before his inauguration. Shogan, who had served as the head of the...
Focus is on singles for Valentine’s dinner at Mt. Pleasant Township church
Valentine’s Day: It’s not just for couples anymore. At least not at Mt. Pleasant Township’s St. John’s Union Church, Assembly of God. The church is welcoming single people who may feel left out of the annual Feb. 14 celebration of love connections to come to the church the following day...
Western Pa. represented at upcoming Westminster Dog Show
Declan will have his own cheering section when he hits the show ring Tuesday to compete in the Westminster Dog Show. The 4-year-old golden retriever will help his owner/handler Megan Ash of North Huntingdon achieve a goal in the process. “This has always been on my bucket list to go,...
Detectives say series of raids has put vape shop owners on notice
Westmoreland County vape shops are taking notice in the wake of police raids in the last several months at similar businesses. Westmoreland County Detective Tony Marcocci said a couple of shops checked recently by undercover officers had stopped selling illegal items as a result of raids on vape shops. “It’s...
Westmoreland sheriff says deputy shortage strains department, but agrees to pause planned service cutback
A plan to halt the transport of some criminal defendants to hearings at local magistrate offices was put on a temporary hold Friday after intervention from a Westmoreland County judge. Sheriff James Albert this week issued an edict that would have limited his department’s workload starting next week in response...
Bushy Run launches winter living history event after canceling August reenactment
After canceling its annual reenactment of a 1700s battle this summer, Bushy Run will host a new living history event at its museum Saturday. Bushy Run canceled its August reenactment — which tells the story of a 1763 clash between British soldiers and Native Americans during Pontiac’s War — in...
