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A suspected cross-country supplier of counterfeit pills containing deadly opioid fentanyl was jailed Friday in the largest bust of its kind in Westmoreland County, according to court papers. Police said they confiscated from an East Huntingdon home 7,400 pills designed to look like legitimate OxyContin but lab testing showed they...

An agreement on how to spend a portion of the $105.3 million in federal funds Westmoreland County was allocated as part of the government’s covid-relief efforts will remain under wraps for the next two weeks, commissioners said Thursday. More than $52 million was banked last year from the American Rescue...

A Hempfield home that appears to have separated from its foundation will be demolished, township officials said. Supervisors this week voted to condemn the home at 75 Roundtop Road and have the structure razed. “It presents a clear and present danger of eminent collapse at some point,” Craig McVicker, building...

Fair enough The Claridge Fair continues through the weekend at the Bushy Run Soccer Complex, 100 Kuch Lane, Penn Township. Hours will be 5 to 11 p.m. Friday and noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The event will feature rides, games for all ages, live music, food, beer and...

Because the Fourth of July falls on a Monday this year, police will have an extended weekend to be extra vigilant in watching for impaired drivers and working to prevent the potentially fatal crashes they could cause. “The July 4 holiday season is traditionally one of the most deadliest times...

Running can help support a healthy heart. Those who run in Monday’s 21st Freedom 5K race, beginning and ending at Greensburg’s Lynch Field, will help the hearts of others as well. The annual race, which includes a virtual option, benefits the American Heart Association. Money from sponsorships and entry fees...

Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a fire at a Greensburg coin laundry service late Thursday after authorities said they believe an item inside a dryer may have spontaneously ignited. City Fire Chief Tom Bell said rags that may have had oil or grease on them left in the dryer...

Betty Ann Horvath wasn’t going to let the threat of bad weather this weekend get in the way of her returning to the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival for the first time since the covid-19 pandemic started. Within the first hour of the festival’s opening day Thursday, Horvath arrived at...

A Hempfield man was ordered Thursday to serve 10 to 20 years in prison for the rape of a child. Ted Donald Brown III, 42, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of rape in connection with sexual assaults police said took place over a six-year period that started in 2015....

Two people are facing drug charges after authorities said they found about $7,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine in a vehicle they were using, according to court papers. Westmoreland County sheriff’s deputies were attempting to serve a bench warrant on Collin Quakenbush 26, of Bradenville, before 8 a.m. Wednesday in Unity...

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Inline hockey lessons at Palmer Imaging Arena Palmer Imaging Arena will host a weekly series of classes teaching children how to play inline hockey. The sessions will be from 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays at the arena, 100 Center Ice Drive in Salem. The...

A Jeannette man was released from jail this week after he was sentenced to serve up to 23 months behind bars for an incident that resulted in a 11-hour police standoff in April. Jesse McCurdy, 49, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of risking a catastrophe and illegal possession of...

A Derry Township man was jailed Wednesday after state police said they found files of child pornography on his cell phone, according to court papers. Randy Ronald Smith, 23, is charged with child pornography and criminal use of a communication facility. Troopers said they got a tip Feb. 13 from...

Tips from the public helped state police identify three men who they believe were involved with the theft of 34 catalytic converters worth $50,000 from vehicles at a Salem RV dealer in October, according to court papers. Troopers said several people reported recognizing Kenneth L. Knight Jr., 43, of Jeannette,...

Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s annual “Summer Sparklers” concert is “an opportunity to celebrate a great season and to look forward to the next season,” said Artistic Director Daniel Meyer. It’s also an opportunity to celebrate the Fourth of July, the warm days of summer and a wide range of musical tastes....

Six-year-old Levi DiCola put hammer to nail Wednesday as he started a construction project. “I was building a house,” the Greensburg boy said. “It was just a basic house, but I didn’t finish it.” That’s because it was time for him to rotate to the next station of the Central...

Dana Hiteshue stood Wednesday along Main Street in downtown Greensburg, joined by some 70 other people who voiced their support for women’s reproduction rights and shouted their disdain for the male-dominated Supreme Court that last week overturned the constitutional right to an abortion. The mother of a daughter and grandmother...

The High Park Volunteer Fire Department in Hempfield was put on probation this week, a decision township leaders attributed to personnel issues. Supervisors unanimously voted to place the Baughman Avenue station on a 30-day probation, pending the receipt of a corrective action plan. High Park is now the second Hempfield...

State police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man who fled from a traffic stop earlier this month in New Stanton. Trooper James Daggett said he pulled over a black Honda near a West Byers Avenue hotel around 8:30 a.m. June 15 for a registration issue and illegal...

Westmoreland County commissioners this week approved a $238,700 extension of a multimillion-dollar contract with a private medical provider to continue work at the county jail while officials negotiate a new long-term deal. Commissioners said they expect to have a new deal in place before the end of next month. “We’re...

Residents will have a second chance this year to unload their scrap tires at a discount at Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling near Pleasant Unity. Following up on an effort in April, the recycling center at 355 Pleasant Unity Mutual Road is partnering once more with the Westmoreland Conservation District for...

About $90,000 worth of raw fentanyl in powder form was confiscated from a Cambria County man Tuesday after an arrest in Ligonier Borough, according to authorities. Cortez M. Haselrig, 25, who lives near Johnstown, is being held at Westmoreland County Prison on charges of drug possession, criminal use of a...

Frank Schimizzi opened Hillview Motors Inc. in Hempfield in 1961 and eventually handed the dealership to his sons and grandchildren. “He was a very personable person. He liked people and dealing with people and that made him good at it,” said his son, Paul Schimizzi, who manages Hillview with two...

Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority work has closed a section of Meadowbrook Road in Murrysville that officials expect to reopen Wednesday afternoon. An FTMSA field supervisor said workers were extending a main sewage line and connecting laterals to properties along Meadowbrook between Haney Court and McWilliams Drive. Work crews expect...

As the Fourth of July weekend approaches, there are many local celebrations to choose from to spend the holiday with family and friends. Here’s a list of fireworks displays, parades and festivities: ALLEGHENY COUNTY Brentwood On July 3, Brentwood will hold its Street Fair and the Battle of the Barrel,...