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Greater Latrobe Senior High School to host national quiz competition
Elementary and middle school students from around the region will test their knowledge this weekend during a unique competition at Greater Latrobe Senior High School. The International Academic Competition will host its Pennsylvania Winter Regional Final competition Saturday in a 10-hour event. This is the first time the group has...
Learn about apple tree pruning at free Westmoreland Conservancy event in Murrysville
Westmoreland Conservancy staff are seeking volunteers to help prune apple trees at their Morosini Reserve in Murrysville on Saturday. Conservancy President Shelly Tichy said the trees at the reserve, off Morosini Farm Court near Delmont, are left over from an old orchard on the property. “Some of them are a...
Greensburg police look to fill 2 vacancies after patrolman’s resignation, former chief’s arrest
Not even a month since the police chief resigned after being arrested on drug-related charges, the city of Greensburg has another vacancy on the force. Council this week accepted Officer Shawn Miller’s resignation, effective Feb. 21. Miller is leaving to accept another position, according to interim police Chief Donald Sarsfield....
Jeannette police search for 5 people charged after baby ingested cocaine last summer
Jeannette police are searching for five people after a 1-year-old girl reportedly ingested cocaine at a home in July and was hospitalized, according to court papers. Arrest warrants were issued this week for the suspects: Shelly Ann Kemerer, 53; Latasha Cotrell, 35; Michael A. Dewberry, 35; Samantha Linn Stanford, 26;...
Presidents Day trivia, crafts await kids in Derry Township
Children are invited to celebrate Presidents Day a few days early at the historic Fulton House in Derry Township. The Derry Area Historical Society is hosting the free event from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday in its headquarters at 357 Pittsburgh St., just off Route 982 in New Derry. Crafts,...
Route 22 east cleared in Derry Township after head-on crash
Traffic on Route 22 east in Derry Township was affected for a time Thursday morning after a head on collision, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatch supervisor. The crash was reported around 10 a.m. in front of Jonnet Flea Market, not far from the Indiana County border. Entrapment was reported...
Hempfield man pleads guilty to possession of child pornography
A Hempfield man was ordered to serve up to 23 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to possessing hundreds of videos containing child pornography. Scott J. Lynch, 60, was originally charged in September 2021 with more than 711 counts of possession of child pornography . According to court records,...
Greensburg 1st responders lauded for saving victims of heart attack, house fire
A dip in the pool last month could have turned fatal for a Jeannette man, but for a team of first responders and two Greensburg recreation staffers who knew how to use an automated external defibrillator. Lara Stinebiser was on hand at this week’s Greensburg council meeting to thank the...
Westmoreland DA crash racks up nearly $33,000 in SUV repairs
Although Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli described the crash she had in her county-provided SUV last year as minor, it resulted in a nearly $33,000 repair bill. According to documents obtained by the Tribune-Review under the state’s Right-to-Know law, the 2021 Ford Explorer XLT four-wheel drive SUV assigned to...
‘Suspicious’ fire burns vacant home in Jeannette
No one was injured Wednesday night during a fire in Jeannette at an abandoned house that is awaiting demolition and was used by firefighters over the weekend for training. Jeannette police are investigating, according to Jeannette fire Chief Bill Frye. “We’ll call it suspicious at this point, but we are...
Cat killed in North Huntingdon house fire
A cat died and two homes were damaged in a porch fire Wednesday afternoon in North Huntingdon. No one was home when the fire started around 4 p.m., and no people were injured, according to Circleville Fire Chief Craig Couchenour. Two dogs were taken alive from the home at Woodall...
Delmont moves forward on forming a stormwater authority that would assess residents fees
Delmont officials will advertise an ordinance to potentially create a stormwater authority in the borough that would assess fees based on residents’ usage. Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to explore the authority further, as borough officials work their way through two state consent agreements and several million dollars’ worth of...
Norwin board deadlocked on allowing anti-socialism program
A faction of the Norwin School Board failed this week to gain approval to allow a speaker from Venezuela to present an anti-socialism program to high school students. The board was deadlocked 4-4 on whether to allow Daniel DiMartino, a founder of the nonprofit Dissident Project and native Venezuelan, to...
Judge upholds sex assault convictions of Mt. Pleasant Township man
A Westmoreland County judge denied the appeal of a Mt. Pleasant Township man who is serving a 50-year prison sentence after being convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls. Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Mears said there was no basis to overturn the convictions against Kenneth Daniels. Following a three-day...
Greensburg man accused by police of inappropriate contact with teen
A Greensburg man was arrested Tuesday on police accusations that he inappropriately touched a teenage girl for a period of about two years. Charles J. Murphy, 41, is charged with aggravated indecent assault, child endangerment and related offenses. Greensburg police said the girl detailed the situation during an interview last...
Westmoreland sheriff’s deputies nab suspect in 3 road rage collisions
A Rostraver man accused in three road rage collisions was arrested Monday after sheriff’s deputies said he fled from them at about 70 mph in a 35 mph zone, according to court papers. Deputies were searching Friday morning for Jason Michael Walters, 40, in connection with a bench warrant in...
Westmoreland happenings: ‘Pale Blue Eye’ author joins historical society meeting via Zoom
Submissions from nonprofit organizations for Briefly Speaking can be emailed to Carol Pinto-Smith at cpinto-smith@triblive.com or mailed to Briefly Speaking, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084. Include a complete address and daytime phone number. Submissions are due at least two weeks before the event. Each announcement is printed once; there...
Former Mt. Pleasant cop paroled after 2 sexual assault convictions overturned
A former part-time Mt. Pleasant police officer was freed from jail Monday and ordered to serve an additional five years on probation for the sexual assault of a woman eight years ago. John A. Brown, 50, of Mt. Lebanon was convicted of misdemeanor indecent assault and simple assault offenses based...
Proposed bids total $1.9M for first phase of Arnold Palmer Airport terminal expansion
The Westmoreland County Airport Authority is weighing a potential cost of $1.9 million for the first phase of a proposed terminal expansion at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. The authority learned Tuesday that an apparent low bid of $1.78 million was submitted by Allegheny Construction Group of Bridgeville, for a general...
Norwin delays decision to remove book from 5th grade classes
Fifth grade students in the Norwin School District will have to wait another month to find out how the story ends regarding their supplemental reading curriculum. The school board Monday voted 5-3 to consider replacing the 2005 novel, “Al Capone Does My Shirts,” with a “more responsible resource,” as Director...
Valley Dairy Restaurant slated for former Kings restaurant in Allegheny Township
A new family-style restaurant is coming to Allegheny Township. Valley Dairy Restaurant plans to set up shop in the former Kings Family Restaurant at 315 Hyde Park Road. Kings permanently closed at 2 p.m. Feb. 5 without advance notice to staff and customers. Known for its “You Never Had It...
Sewickley Township closes building housing library, recreation center
Sewickley Township’s recreation center and library in Herminie is closed until further notice because of a gap in an exterior wall and cracks in an interior wall housing the gymnasium, officials said. The township supervisors decided Thursday to close the building upon the recommendation of the municipality’s engineer, Gibson-Thomas Engineering...
Greensburg woman jailed after bullet rips through walls at Pershing Square apartments
A Greensburg woman was jailed Monday after city police believe she fired a gun inside her apartment, according to court papers. A bullet tore through a wall in a neighboring apartment about 12 inches above a bed, police said. Victoria Lynn Hecker, 58, is charged with discharge of a firearm...
For area florists, Valentine’s Day bouquets bloom from hours of work
Days before the big day, the back rooms at Linda Brown’s Floral in Donegal were bursting with boxes of colorful flowers, sorted individually into cases by size and type. “We cut and condition all those flowers in a flower preservative that makes them last, and they have to have those...
Westmoreland Republicans back incumbent office holders
Westmoreland County Republicans announced their support for the party’s slate of incumbents at a meeting organized before candidates can formally enter the race. “We know incumbency is not necessarily a guarantee, but having a chance to vet candidates early is what prompted the timing,” Republican Committee Chairman Bill Bretz said....
