Westmoreland category, Page 233

Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Feliciani on Wednesday declared a mistrial after jurors were prepped to deliberate on aggravated assault, strangulation and unlawful restraint charges against Glenn Whittier, 52, of Greensburg. According to court staffers, the mistrial ruling came after it was discovered that a juror had communicated with...

Chester Elmer Green Jr. of New Kensington is expected to take the stand Thursday in his defense against charges that he sexually assaulted a 9-year-old girl almost a decade ago. His accuser, now in her late teens, testified Wednesday in Westmoreland County Court that she wasn’t sure of the date...

An Aliquippa woman is accused by state police of being impaired during a crash in Salem in which a motorcyclist was seriously injured. Jammie Lynn Koslof, 44, was jailed Tuesday on $25,000 bail in connection with the April 16 crash. State police said Holly Marcheck of Latrobe was waiting at...

A Jeannette man is accused of taking money he earned in a drug deal and gambling it away at a Hempfield casino, according to police. Craig M. Stout Jr., 48, was arrested Monday on drug, receiving stolen property and money laundering charges. Greensburg police worked with a confidential informant in...

Delmont Public Library officials will unveil “Denni Grassel’s Neighborhood Porch” at 6 p.m. June 12. The porch is named for former librarian Denni Grassel, and will serve as a space for patrons to sit and relax on furniture donated by members of the library board, play chess or checkers donated...

A West Newton police officer reported in court papers being hit by his own Taser during a fight with a shirtless and shoeless suspect in the street Tuesday night. Police said Joseph Samuel Babilya, 31, of West Newton was under the influence of drugs. He was being held on $100,000...

Submissions from nonprofit organizations for Briefly Speaking can 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. Church News • Christian Life Church, 900 Seventh St. Trafford,...

Westmoreland’s board of commissioners will hold their June voting meeting at the site of the county’s first courthouse. The county’s road show will begin at 10 a.m., Thursday at Historic Hanna’s Town in Hempfield to commemorate Westmoreland’s 250th birthday. Hanna’s Town was the site of the first seat of government...

Mitzy Cordova thought for sure she was going to die at the hands of her boyfriend in a Greensburg apartment in early 2021. “I was terrified, and I thought this was it and I wasn’t going to make it,” Cordova testified Tuesday in the first day in the aggravated assault...

Ten vendors will be present for the Westmoreland Glass Collectors’ Club show and sale this weekend at Westmoreland County Community College. That doesn’t sound like a lot, said Ken Kosoglow, a club board member and chairman of the event committee — but those 10 vendors will be bringing 5,000 pieces...

Free entertainment will be offered throughout the summer at The Lamp Theatre in Irwin, with three local music nights and three family movie nights on tap. The outdoor music series starts Thursday in the Harper Family Courtyard, featuring Nick Guckert from 6 to 7:15 p.m. and Barbara Blue from 7:45...

Norwin School District will eliminate six teaching positions and one administrative job and tap into the district’s fund balance in 2023-24. The moves will be made as part of the 2023-24 budget that school board members approved Monday that does not increase property taxes. The $85.8 million budget was approved...

A fire damaged a home in the Tuscan Hills housing plan in North Huntingdon just after 7 p.m. Monday night. Fairmont-Hahntown Fire Chief Cecil “Skip” Cook said his department and seven other companies fought the flames for about 20 minutes before they were able to put out the blaze. “Upon...

The Pittsburgh Camerata vocal ensemble will present a free concert Tuesday on the Pitt-Greensburg campus. Set for 7:30 p.m. in the Mary Lou Campana Chapel and Lecture Center, the program will offer an American musical journey through nature. A highlight will be a new piece dedicated to the camerata by...

A Westmoreland County judge will be asked to decide whether the management company that leases the Murrysville Golf Club can remove the 18-hole course’s irrigation system and concrete cart paths as part of an ongoing dispute over terms of its agreement to operate the 137-acre property. Golf course owner BIB...

Results from Westmoreland County’s spring primaries are official. The county’s elections board on Monday voted to certify results from the 195 races that appeared on the May ballot, setting the stage for the November general election that will feature county, municipal and school board contests. Two countywide races will top...

The father of a man on death row for killing a New Kensington police officer was arrested Sunday after, police said, the 52-year-old made sexual advances toward two 16-year-old girls in Latrobe. Gregory Baucum Jr. was charged with two counts each of unlawful contact with a minor, interference with custody...

Two men are accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl during separate incidents at Derry Manor Apartments and in an Uber from the apartment building to a motel room, according to court papers. Bail was set at $100,000 each for Christopher R. Fraser, 19, of Derry Township, and Ethan S....

In the past decade, Westmoreland County’s 17 school districts incurred more than $115 million in costs to pay for state-mandated programs. But funding from the commonwealth covered just 54% of those expenses. Revenue figures recently released by the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit revealed all but one school district in the county...

The eastbound lanes of Route 30 in North Huntingdon were closed for more than an hour Monday near Colony Road while emergency crews responded to a three-truck crash, according to Westmoreland County dispatchers. Responders were called to the scene at 12:30 p.m. A county 911 supervisor said one person was...

A man is being held without bail at the Westmoreland County Prison after agents from the state Attorney General’s office said he set up a meeting to pay for sex with a 12-year-old girl through online communication with a person who he believed was the girl’s mother. Anthony R. Laughard,...

State police took a Scottdale man into custody Sunday night following an hourslong standoff in Upper Tyrone. State police responded about 7:45 p.m. Sunday to a home on Dexter Road for a report of a man who had discharged two rounds from a pistol during a verbal argument, according to...

A man’s childhood memories of “Mister Rogers Neighborhood” could lead to the world-famous Latrobe native becoming the subject of his own Lego set this year. When the covid-19 pandemic shut down businesses around the world, it didn’t take long for Matt Smith to begin looking back to his younger days....

Reconstruction and intersection changes on Route 30 are among more than $1.1 billion in long-term highway projects proposed in a 25-year transportation plan for Westmoreland County. The reconstruction of Route 30 would occur between Leger Road in North Huntingdon and the Irwin borough limits, and improvement is planned for two...

A Fayette County-based citizens group is planning to present a petition Monday to state officials asking that environmental regulators reject the request for a permit renewal at a Donegal Township mine. The proposal would extend the mine underneath the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The Mountain Watershed Association in Champion plans to hold...