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Traffic will be restricted to a single lane on sections of South Fourth Street and Chambers Avenue in Jeannette this week while crews work on bridges that carry the streets over local creeks. According to PennDOT, the daytime restrictions are scheduled for 7 a.m to 5 p.m. each of two...

Nonprofits will be able to use Jeannette’s Clay Avenue amphitheater for free this year after the city successfully raised enough donations to cover the costs. Councilman Chad Krawtz said $6,000 has been contributed and fees will be waived for events held by nonprofits. “Fortunately, we had a major donor step...

A Penn Township man was ordered to serve seven years on probation after Westmoreland County prosecutors said evidentiary issues prevented them from proceeding to trial on more series sexual assault allegations involving a 6-year-old girl. Michael Walker, 40, formerly of Greensburg, was charged in 2019 with felony counts of involuntary...

Police say they are facing a challenge keeping up with crimes in the wake of the popularity of vaping THC. Oil or liquid containing THC — the psychoactive component of marijuana — is funneled into cartridges and used with an electronic cigarette-­like device to smoke. It is both legal to...

Nearly 22,000 mail-in ballots are scheduled to be sent out to Westmoreland County voters this week, but a dispute over the candidacy of two Republican candidates for commissioner might put that delivery on hold. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is considering whether to hear an appeal filed Monday by the county’s...

The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s season-ending concert will juxtapose the sacred with the secular. It also might take a bit of divine intervention to pull off, said Artist Director Daniel Meyer, who will conduct the program beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. The program opens with...

When John Britz played with Lego sets as a child, he rarely built what was pictured on the box. “I was always making other things,” said Britz, 76, of Washington Township, who spent a career in manufacturing with the Elliott Group in Jeannette. Britz’s creativity — which also includes having...

A Delmont man was sentenced Tuesday to serve up to 10 years in prison for assault of woman who made similar allegations against him years earlier. Harold Michael Franks, 40, pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated assault and firearms offenses in connection with allegations from last August when police said...

The showtime and ticket price have been finalized for Westmoreland Night of the Stars, after the annual showcase of area high school musicals was in peril of being discontinued earlier this year. The show will go on at 6:30 p.m. May 3 at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. Tickets will...

An East Huntingdon woman was charged Monday after state police said she misused the debit card of an 81-year-old Hempfield woman for whom she was providing care, according to court papers. Samantha Jo Teets, 37, is accused of financial exploitation of an older adult, a misdemeanor. Police said the woman...

A White Oak man arrested on drug and weapons violations last month was charged with obstruction Monday after state police said he refused to provide a DNA sample. Troopers said they got a search warrant for a DNA sample from Justin D. Grandison, 32, to compare to evidence on a...

Jeannette will pay about $100,000 to the Internal Revenue Service after an audit determined the city and its police officers had not been paying Medicare taxes. Chief fiscal officer Ethan Keedy said the funds will come out of the capital reserve account, which was created with money from the 2015...

During his time working on stage productions at Franklin Regional Senior High School, Tyler Parsonage learned how to work under pressure and think quickly. “In high school, I had limited knowledge, and our equipment wasn’t necessarily top-tier,” said Parsonage, 22, of Murrysville. “I had to work with what we had,...

As he stood behind what will soon be a finished bar top, Will Patterson of Monroeville heard someone driving past the open door of the former Bella Luna restaurant at the Murrysville/Monroeville border. “Are you open?” the woman asked through her passenger side window. “Early June, hopefully!” Patterson shouted before...

Former Seward police Chief Robert I. Baldwin Jr. pleaded guilty Monday to charges he offered two women leniency in exchange for sex. Westmoreland County prosecutors claimed Baldwin used his position as head of the police department in the small borough that sits along the Conemaugh River to have a sexual...

The North Huntingdon Police Department hopes to provide an educational program in Norwin’s elementary, middle and high schools beginning this fall. The effort — funded by money from Westmoreland County’s opioid settlement — would be aimed at preventing substance abuse by students. Chief Robert Rizzo proposed to the North Huntingdon...

A Ligonier man will serve up to 12 years in prison for a string of thefts and burglaries from a Donegal Township banquet facility where he worked and surrounding properties. Donald Bailey, 62, pleaded guilty Monday to charges in nine separate cases where police said he stole items from Stonehenge...

Aquinas Academy fifth graders rocked a message of love and acceptance during the kickoff of the 2023 YWCA Stand Against Racism Challenge at the YWCA Westmoreland County in Greensburg. The students were invited to paint inspirational messages on rocks to be placed on the Y grounds as reminders of the...

Classes will be held online Tuesday for students at Greensburg Salem Middle School as the Greensburg school recovers from a water break that closed the building Monday and canceled classes. All other district schools were operating normally. The water break involved a problem with a water fountain on the school’s...

Three motorcyclists were taken to hospitals Sunday after departing the Blessing of the Bikes event at Murrysville Alliance Church, according to Murrysville Medic One administrative director Darrick Gerano. A fourth person was treated by paramedics, he said. One person was transported by ambulance and two others were taken by medical...

John Conturo has been in Pittsburgh’s East End his entire life, growing up in Highland Park and starting his machine shop, Conturo Prototyping, at a rented facility in Point Breeze. And while he was hoping to stay in the area, the near future will see a move farther east, both...

Angela Merendino was a graphic designer for Kennametal in Unity, operated a freelance business on the side and was an adjunct professor at Seton Hill University in Greensburg. She wanted something different. “I just wanted to create a business that was steeped in health,” Merendino said. That desire was spurred...

Pennsylvania’s extensive mining history — and the resulting acid mine drainage — means that there aren’t many high-quality streams in the region. Murrysville residents, however, have one right in the center of town. Haymaker Run, along Sardis Road, is designated as a high-quality stream, and part of the municipality’s state-mandated...