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Claridge fish fry top vote-getter
And the winner of the contest for best fish fry in Westmoreland County is … drumroll, please … the Claridge Volunteer Fire Department in Penn Township. Those Claridge firefighters were at the top of the Top 10 Fish Fries of Westmoreland County, according to Jason Saunders, president of The Print...
Nonprofit: Don’t forget aesthetics in Brewery Bridge redo
Officials with the nonprofit Latrobe Community Revitalization Program hope there will be an allowance for aesthetics when new side barriers are installed as part of a replacement of the Brewery Bridge on Ligonier Street in 2021. Executive Director Jarod Trunzo said the nonprofit is working with Latrobe and Westmoreland County...
Arsonist believed to be setting fires along Derry Ridge in Westmoreland County
A serial arsonist is believed to be on the loose along Derry Ridge in Westmoreland County, a forest fire specialist with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry said Friday. A remote fire Thursday in Derry Township where police and military helicopters were called in to direct...
SCORE to present workshops on social media, business basics
An organization of retired entrepreneurs will present two free workshops on business-related topics this month at the Norwin Public Library on Caruthers Lane in Irwin. Westmoreland SCORE — Service Corps of Retired Executives — will present “Small Business Basics” from 5-7:30 p.m. April 15 for those wanting to start their...
Pleasant Unity community breathes new life into ballfield
Almost 50 years after the last official pitch was thrown, a Pleasant Unity baseball field has new life breathed into it. Located behind the Pleasant Unity Volunteer Fire Department, what was once a grassy spot where kids occasionally threw a ball around, is now a functioning baseball field with an...
Hempfield historical society to reopen library with 3,500 history books
More than 3,500 Westmoreland County and family history books will soon be available to the public again at the former Zion Church in Hempfield. The Paul Miller Ruff Library in the former church is scheduled to reopen after being closed for seven months to reorganize the books, said Thomas Harrold,...
Juvenile probation director retiresVideo
Adeline Beighley was a pioneer for Westmoreland County’s probation program. She served as the county’s lone female probation officer when she was hired in 1978. Nearly a decade later she was promoted to supervisor and in 1997 named as the director of the newly created Juvenile Probation Office, where she...
Youngwood man guilty of sexual assault on 2 teen girls
A Youngwood man faces up to 114 years in prison because he was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting two teenage girls in 2016. Westmoreland County jurors deliberated about an hour before finding Darell Deisean Walker, 23, guilty of multiple counts of sexual assault and other related offenses. They found him...
Westmoreland parks upgrades funded through hotel tax
In a continued effort to boost tourism, Westmoreland County leaders plan to spend more than a half-million dollars this year to improve parks. Commissioners on Thursday approved an annual tourism plan to spend the nearly $862,000 generated by additional hotel taxes imposed on daily room rentals. Construction of the first...
State lawmakers tour attractions in Laurel Highlands, Westmoreland County
The transportation-themed Lincoln Highway Experience museum in Unity played host Thursday to a group of special visitors: Members of the Pennsylvania House Tourism and Recreational Development Committee, who are on a tour of Laurel Highlands attractions. The committee leaders, Republican Chairman David Millard, of Bloomsburg, and Democratic Chairman Mark Longietti,...
Derry woman accused of filming sex acts with 4-year-old boy
A 32-year-old Derry woman was arraigned Thursday on child pornography charges after state police alleged her cellphone contained videos of her in sexually explicit positions with a 4-year-old boy. Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Department deputies located Tiffany M. Beeman at a drug rehabilitation facility in Greensburg, where she was arrested. Troopers...
Westmoreland pays $75K for fall at nursing home
Westmoreland County agreed Thursday to pay nearly $75,000 in state and federal fines imposed after a resident was injured last year at the county-owned nursing home. Those fines were issued following a state inspection last May at Westmoreland Manor, which revealed a nurse’s aide improperly attempted to lift a patient...
Export man accused of selling deadly heroin dose jailed on $250K bond
A 51-year-old Export man was arraigned Thursday on charges of delivering a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a co-worker in December. Kelly R. Frank was charged with drug delivery resulting in death and possession with intent to deliver before Murrysville District Judge Charles Conway. He was ordered held...
Massage parlor’s occupancy permit suspended in Murrysville
Murrysville officials this week moved to keep a massage parlor from potentially reopening after its owner was charged as part of a yearlong investigation into prostitution and other alleged crimes. A statewide grand jury last month alleged that young Asian women working at five parlors in Monroeville and Murrysville were...
North Huntingdon board dodges appeal of ‘family’ definition for renters
A North Huntingdon woman’s challenge over what constitutes a family when it comes to renters in single-family homes will have to take her cause up with township commissioners. The zoning hearing board cannot offer an “advisory opinion” on an interpretation of the zoning ordinance’s definition of a family, George Butler,...
Mt. Pleasant Twp. man KISSes $375 goodbye in concert ticket scam
A Mt. Pleasant Township man who wanted to attend the KISS Farewell Tour concert Saturday at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh said goodbye to $375 in an online ticket scam, according to state police. The victim, who was not identified, bought three tickets for $125 each through someone who posted...
Ligonier Valley Middle School students learn to fly fishVideo
After eight weeks of classroom work, 22 members of the Ligonier Valley Middle School Outdoors Club finally got onto the water as their Learn to Fly Fish program came to an end. Headed by Outdoors Club faculty member Ryan Podlucky, and with help from the Forbes Road Chapter of Trout...
Ligonier Valley tourism plans focus of breakfast
The public and the Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce will get a preview of what’s in store at area attractions this summer during the chamber’s annual tourism breakfast on Wednesday. The event begins at 7:45 a.m. at the Loyalhanna Watershed Association’s bank barn, off Route 30 on the western outskirts...
Police: Fire at vacant Jeannette home intentionally set
State police have determined that a fire at a vacant home in Jeannette Tuesday afternoon was intentionally set. Firefighters were called to 133 N. Third St. just before 1 p.m. and found heavy fire in the back of the second floor that had moved into the attic, fire Chief Bill...
Latrobe CrossFit gym owner competing in worldwide competition
Nate Long never thought he would be active in CrossFit, let alone own a gym or compete in a worldwide competition. But, four years ago, the now 28-year-old picked up a barbell and started on his CrossFit journey — a path that has led him to faith and a better...
Hempfield donor recipient thankful for ‘gift of life’Video
Heather Hunter of Hempfield wasn’t supposed to be at Excela Square at Norwin on Wednesday morning, talking about how a double lung transplant in September 2016 gave her a second chance at life. Doctors weren’t sure that Hunter, born with cystic fibrosis, would make it to see kindergarten, let alone...
Alleged victim testifies in Youngwood man’s trial on rape charges
A 19-year-old woman testified Wednesday she was twice raped by a Youngwood man and his girlfriend, who just two weeks prior had given birth to the couple’s first child. She told jurors that the baby slept in a nearby bed in the same motel room where Sarah Vrabel quieted her...
Penguin Court looking for Certified Master Naturalists applicants
The Brandywine Conservancy’s Penguin Court Preserve in Ligonier Township’s Laughlintown neighborhood is offering discounted applications to train 15 Pennsylvania Certified Master Naturalists. Applications are available for the fall 2019 course, which will train citizen volunteers in natural history. The discounted rate for the training is $325, which then increases to...
Sheetz seeks to sell alcohol at store near Norwin elementary school
Sheetz Inc. wants to sell beer at one of its stores located across the street from a Norwin elementary school. The Altoona-based convenience store chain submitted plans to the North Huntingdon planning commission for expanding its convenience store at the corner of Carpenter Lane and Route 30 to provide seating...
Union: Greensburg state employees no longer having dues withheld
Pennsylvania officials deny that the state continues to withhold union dues for three Greensburg-based state employees who are challenging their union membership in federal court. State officials, including Gov. Tom Wolf, Secretary of Labor & Industry W. Gerard Oleksiak and Chief Accounting Officer Anna Maria Kiehl, denied the allegations contained...
