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Pittsburgh Steelers fans without a game to watch on Sunday can hear a talk about the team and its former owner, Dan Rooney, at 2:30 p.m. at Saint Vincent College near Latrobe. Jim Rooney, one of Dan and Patricia Rooney’s nine children, will discuss his 2019 book, “A Different Way...

Students from five area high schools will get the chance to learn about environmental stewardship and its role in the health of a community during an educational program Friday at the abandoned mine drainage treatment system along the Sewickley Creek in Lowber. “It gets the kids out in the field...

The Scottdale Fall Festival is a 49-year tradition in the borough. And because 2024 is the sesquicentennial of the borough’s founding, this weekend’s festival has a second purpose — to kick start a year of birthday celebrations for the borough. This year’s festival is also slated to be one of...

Westmoreland County officials are having a garage sale — of sorts. Among the many items up for grabs are about 12,000 covid-era disposable plastic face shields looking for a new home. Unused personal protective equipment accumulated during the early days of the pandemic is among the nearly 200 lots up...

Happy hour started a little early for Frank Fuhrer III and his guests Wednesday afternoon. It’s only appropriate — Fuhrer was cutting the ribbon on a new 300,000-square-foot warehouse for his beer and soda pop distribution business, so getting a few coolers full of beer was a matter of walking...

Richard Teeters has heard the whispers and noticed the stares from community members since his arrest more than two years ago on charges that he fired a handgun toward police as they responded to his Mt. Pleasant Borough residence following a report of a home invasion. He said he hopes...

Greensburg community leaders have scaled back the scope of a proposed master plan for revitalizing the city’s downtown business district. Instead, a project steering committee has decided to focus on a specific site plan for developing the vacant lot at 225 S. Main St., where the former Advance Furniture building...

Jeannette council members are expected to approve an ordinance on Thursday creating a manager position and they may appoint the city clerk/chief fiscal officer to the post. Mayor Curtis Antoniak said council didn’t seek applicants for the position “because we already have our man.” Solicitor Tim Witt said it’s likely...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is set to acquire property at the end of the runway at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity for $286,400 to accommodate a new roundabout on Route 981. The roundabout is part of the $55.2 million Laurel Valley Transportation Improvement project, intended to upgrade...

A former Derry Township man already behind bars for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl was arraigned Wednesday on similar accusations involving girls ages 12, 14, 15 and 16, according to court papers. Christopher R. Fraser, 19, was arrested in four new cases Wednesday involving charges of child rape, solicitation, statutory...

Work on Interstate 70 in South Huntingdon will restrict westbound traffic to one lane for two overnight periods beginning Sept. 13. The restriction will be in place between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. between the Yukon and Mt. Pleasant/West Newton interchanges and is scheduled to end on the morning of...

Three blocks of Clay Avenue in Jeannette are set to be shut down Saturday for the annual Glass City Heritage Festival. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is sponsored by the Jeannette Business Association. During that time, there will be performances by the Jeannette...

Several homes in the small borough of Laurel Mountain near Laughlintown were evacuated briefly Wednesday morning as authorities investigated reports of a gas leak, according to county emergency officials. First responders were called to a home on Walnut Road in the small community off of Route 30 shortly after 11...

The annual Greensburg Salem Alumni Picnic for all graduating classes will be held 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 30 at Mt. Odin Park in Greensburg. Food and beverages are included in the cost: $10 in advance by Sept. 20, $15 on the day of the event. There is no cost...

Submissions from nonprofit organizations for Briefly Speaking should be emailed to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Include a complete address and daytime phone number. Submissions are due at least two weeks prior to the event. Each announcement is printed once; there is no fee. Art • Greensburg Art Center and Greensburg Hempfield Area Library...

You wouldn’t guess from their performance that the cast of “Steel Magnolias” at the Geyer Performing Arts Center come from very different places in their acting careers. Of the show’s six stars, three have never acted in a performance at the theater. For one of those three, the upcoming performance...

Delmont residents asked their council to consider some additions to the borough — specifically a dog park, and speed humps on West Pittsburgh Street. “There are more than 300 dog license applications processed for Delmont, and that’s just in 2023. We want our dogs to be happy and healthy, and...

The 16th annual Penn Township Fall Festival aims to live up to its original motto this weekend. “Our original concept was to continue bringing the community together,” festival co-chair Robert Kuster said. Kuster and fellow co-chair Michael Ginsburg came up with the idea for a fall festival when the township...

(Editor’s note: To mark Westmoreland County’s 250th birthday this year, we’ve come up with a list of 250 things — 10 things in 25 communities — that we consider to be important to the makeup of our area. This series will appear each week through December. If you have a...

A Westmoreland County jury on Tuesday acquitted a Hunker man who was charged with sexual assault. After more than three hours of deliberations, jurors found Dakota Archibeque, 21, not guilty of indecent assault and simple assault in connection with accusations made by an 18-year-old woman. “I knew exactly what happened...

The trial began Tuesday for a Mt. Pleasant man accused of firing a gun at police as officers responded to a report of an alleged home invasion in 2021. Westmoreland County prosecutors say Richard Teeters, 52, was the lone occupant of the Pine Street home when police fled for cover...

A Westmoreland County man drowned Monday while vacationing on Hilton Head Island Beach in South Carolina. Beaufort County Deputy Coroner Andrew McNece identified the man as David Owens, 64, of North Huntingdon. Emergency responders were called to the Disney Club Beach in Palmetto Dunes around 3:30 p.m. Monday for a...

The public is invited to a free health and wellness fair Thursday at the Hempfield office of nonprofit Disability Options Network. No registration is required for the event, set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Eastgate Plaza shopping center on Route 30 east of Greensburg. Those who attend...

Bushy Run Battlefield will host the White Valley Distilling Company at a speaker event next week as part of its History Speaks series. Jimmy Battaglia, owner of the Export distillery, will teach attendees the history and techniques of whiskey distilling using a hands-on approach, said Scott Perry, member of the...

A former Greensburg woman was sentenced last week to 36 months in a federal prison for using the identity of a person she counseled at a Hempfield drug treatment center to get $60,000 in loans, according to federal prosecutors. Nina Marie Barkley, 36, was ordered to spend four years on...