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Westmoreland, Pa. watch ‘historic’ $270M settlement in Oklahoma opioid lawsuit
The potential impact of a $270 million settlement announced Tuesday between a drug manufacturer and the state of Oklahoma remains to be seen when it comes to dozens of similar lawsuits filed in Pennsylvania, including one by Westmoreland County officials in 2017. But experts said it could be a model...
New park-and-ride open in New Stanton
Starting April 1, Westmoreland County Transit Authority riders will be able to catch the bus in New Stanton. That’s when the transit agency’s new park-and-ride lot will open at the corner of Bair Boulevard and North Center Avenue, near the reconstructed Route 70 interchange. It will service the authority’s 3F...
Norwin senior league seeks softball players
The Norwin Senior Softball League is looking for players — specifically ones who are age 55 and older and still want to play for fun. The slow-pitch league typically fields six teams, said Bill Rollason, president of the Norwin Senior Softball Association. Players need not be North Huntingdon residents. Those...
Judge defends not releasing juror names from Westmoreland sheriff’s mistrial
The judge presiding over the state’s public corruption case against Westmoreland County Sheriff Jonathan Held on Tuesday defended his decision to refuse a Tribune-Review request to immediately identify jurors who served in the first trial, which ended four months ago. Senior Common Pleas Court Judge Timothy Creany in a seven-page...
Study recommends Latrobe Elementary crosswalks, but no new stop signs
Crosswalks, not new stop signs, are in order to improve safety near the new Latrobe Elementary School, a traffic study found. Consultant Gibson-Thomas Engineering completed the preliminary study for Latrobe officials to address city and school district concerns about the safety of children walking to and from the school. The...
Jeannette woman accused of hiding hit-and-run suspect in her apartment
Jeannette police accused a 48-year-old woman of hindering apprehension and resisting arrest after she allegedly tried to hide a suspect following a hit-and-run accident this month. Christine N. Tillman of Good Street is charged in connection with the March 3 accident at the intersection of North First Street and Illinois...
Norwin student project picked in PennDOT worker safety contest
An idea to keep highway construction workers safer through the use of laser technology led to two Norwin High School students being rewarded by PennDOT. Emily Jumba and Hannah Jackson, mentored by math teacher Thomas Harskowitch, won the recent Innovations Challenge sponsored by PennDOT District 12 in Uniontown, with its...
Family offers $50,000 to match donations for new Delmont library
Delmont resident Bill Lendl and his family value their local public library and want to see it thrive. That’s why Lendl announced a matching fundraising challenge, where he agreed to match community donations up to $50,000, which will be put toward the building fund for the new Delmont Public Library....
$8 million loan awarded to replace roof of East Huntingdon business park
The roof of an East Huntingdon business park will be replaced through an $8 million low-interest loan. The roof is leaking in several places of the 2-million-square-foot site that previously housed the Sony plant, according to state Rep. Justin Walsh. The building is being repurposed by RIDC Westmoreland to house...
Catholic Charities USA leader to keynote Seton Hill commencement
Seton Hill University will host Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, as the featured speaker at May’s undergraduate commencement exercises. Markham will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during the ceremony, set to begin at 10:30 a.m. May 11 in the Salvitti Gymnasium at the...
State police: Men used stolen credit card, fake ID to buy trailer in Derry Township
State police in Greensburg are asking for the public’s help identifying three men who allegedly used a stolen credit card and false identification to obtain the required temporary registration plate to purchase a $3,740 trailer from a Derry Township firm. Trooper Stephen Limani said the three black males took possession...
Police: Burglar ‘sprinted’ way through Donegal Subway shop
A burglar sprinted his way through a Donegal Subway after breaking into it earlier this month, state police said. The burglary happened between 12:30 and 12:45 a.m. on Saturday, March 9, state police said in a release issued Tuesday. Police said the unknown person pried open the main entrance door...
‘Grease’ is the word for Monessen High School spring musical
It’s got groove, it’s got meaning. It’s “Grease,” the spring musical at Monessen High School. The auditorium will be rocking like Rydell High School when the musical comedy about 1950s teen love between greaser Danny Zuko and sweet Aussie Sandy Olsson hits the stage. The High/Middle School Group for Performing...
Latrobe names Gray interim city manager
Michael Gray, Latrobe’s public works director, will serve as interim city manager while council members search for a permanent hire. On Monday, council named Gray to the interim position. He will not receive extra compensation. Gray, 40, of Unity, welcomed the challenge of simultaneously handling two roles for the city,...
Laundry Love to open Westmoreland location in Irwin
Cleaning clothes can be a lonely chore at a coin laundry service. It can also be an expense area families have a tough time fitting into their budget. A Harrison City woman wants to lighten the load while sharing some love along the way. “People that have clean clothes, they...
Parkwood Inn fundraiser set for Southwest Greensburg woman suffering epileptic seizures
Shelby LaBar‘s daily routine requires her to take a cocktail mix of medications to try to prevent epileptic seizures that have altered her life since she began having them last May. The 27-year-old Southwest Greensburg woman takes 18 pills from at least five different medications in what has become an...
CDC officials will roll out ‘MeetMurrysville’ app at April panel discussion
Murrysville Economic and Community Development Corp. officials want local residents to have access to local goods and services at their fingertips. As they prepare for the second annual Murrysville Business District update, MECDC Executive Director Jill Cooper is looking to move the organization in a modern direction. And what better...
Sweet shop set to open in downtown Latrobe
Terri Rodgers finally is getting her own storefront in downtown Latrobe. After almost seven years of working out of her home, melting chocolate to dip apples and making candies, then wrapping them up and topping them with a bow, Terri’s Gourmet Sweet Treats is set to open April 6, at...
Attorney wants separate trials in 2017 drug death cases
The lawyer for an Allegheny County man charged with selling fatal doses of drugs in 2017 to men in Greensburg and Murrysville said two separate trials should be convened. Two consolidated cases of drug delivery resulting in death currently are pending against Demetrius Bernard Christmas, 30, of Turtle Creek. Prosecutors...
Old Fleatique, grocery store to become greenway corridor
Property along Route 30 in Ligonier Township, where the Fleatique and Red & White grocery store once were in operation, will become part of the greenway corridor between Idlewild Park and Ligonier. The 3.3-acre property at the intersection of routes 259 and 30 was purchased in October 2018 by the...
Vandergrift woman’s first-degree murder trial delayed
A Vandergrift woman accused of killing her cousin will have her trial delayed at least four months. Ashley Croft, 35, is awaiting trial in connection with the Oct. 18 shooting death of John Edward Smail of Greensburg. Croft is charged with first-degree murder. She is being held in jail without...
Commissioner Cerilli won’t comment on campaign money from dead man tied to massage parlor prostitution ring
Westmoreland County Commissioner Gina Cerilli on Monday refused to comment on $1,900 in donations her campaign received from a deceased family friend implicated in a human trafficking and prostitution ring at area massage parlors. According to campaign finance records, Cerilli received four donations from Henry “Sonny” Caruso dating to 2015,...
GOP commissioner candidate challenges ballot order selection for Westmoreland primary
Members of Westmoreland County’s Elections Board could meet this week to consider allegations of impropriety made by a Republican candidate for county commissioner over a lottery that chose the ballot order for May’s primary. John Ventre, one of seven GOP commissioner candidates seeking two nominations this spring, wants a do-over....
Sen. Kim Ward posts online survey regarding Sunday hunting, legalizing pot
State Sen. Kim Ward, R-Hempfield, wants to know what Westmoreland County residents think about Sunday hunting and the legalization of recreational marijuana. She is starting a new feature on her website that poses survey questions about issues being considered by legislators. “I’m going to start doing this on a regular...
Loyalhanna Twp. man, 15-year-old boy accused of shooting 4 bulls, killing 2Video
State police charged a 60-year-old Loyalhanna Township man and 15-year-old boy with shooting four bulls with a crossbow at a nearby farm over St. Patrick’s Day weekend and then attempting to cover up the incident. Shaun D. Ross was arrested on charges of agricultural vandalism, ecoterrorism, aggravated cruelty to animals,...
