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Education and public safety leaders will gather for a symposium on school security and safety on Monday. Learning how to assess threatening behavior, cyber security as a part of school security, and the challenges students and educators face in recovering from the impact of the covid pandemic, will be among...

Blight mitigation and enhancement of parks and recreation are two areas that have generated public interest as Greensburg updates the city’s comprehensive plan. A series of three public workshops generated more than 500 written comments. “People have expressed a desire for more public green space and improvements to park and...

Louisiana swamp rock The SummerSounds concert series will host the Honey Island Swamp Band at 7 p.m. Friday in St. Clair Park in downtown Greensburg. The five-piece Louisiana-based outfit plays Southern rock, with echoes of Little Feat, Dr. John, The Allman Brothers and Levon Helm. The band formed in 2005...

The summer of 2010 was going to be “the summer of self-improvement” for Lucy Kelly. On the verge of turning 30, living in Pittsburgh’s South Hills and working as a speech pathologist in the Hopewell School District, she was looking for a hobby to fill up some free time. She...

Two people were reported injured Friday in a two-vehicle crash along Route 51 in Rostraver, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher. The head-on collision between a van and a pickup truck occurred about 5 a.m. on the highway stretch between Mt. Pleasant and Darr Road, according to Rostraver Central...

After three years, the full Shop ’n Save Westmoreland Airshow is back — and Latrobe area businesses anticipate an influx of customers during the action-filled weekend. “It’s a very big weekend for us,” said John Heiple, general manager of Sharky’s Cafe. “We definitely benefit greatly between having an outdoor facility...

Westmoreland County commissioners briefly walked out of their public meeting Thursday after an audience member accused them of violating the state’s open meeting law. The voting session was recessed for about 30 minutes to meet requirements of Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Law, which was amended by state lawmakers last year to require...

Westmoreland commissioners on Thursday launched a pilot program to install an electric vehicle charging station at Twin Lakes Park with an eye toward a future expansion at three additional locations in the county. Commissioners approved a contract with Rostraver-based startup company Kilocharge LLC to place one station near the boathouse...

Under a new agency budget, North Huntingdon Township Municipal Authority customers are paying an additional $1.50 a month for sewage service, and tap-in fees will increase by $250. A $10.3 million operating budget approved by the authority raises the monthly rate for sewage service from $52.30 for residential customers to...

An Irwin resident this week pleaded with borough officials to have the police take action to prevent residents from setting off “excessive fireworks” over the upcoming July 4 holiday. Jennifer Incheck of Melrose Avenue told council this week that the fireworks set off in her Penglyn neighborhood over the July...

With a couple years’ preparation under their belts, members of the Delmont Historical Preservation Society are ready to host their first Living History Day on June 25. “We want to show people everyday living skills from back then,” said Delmont Historical Society President Vicki Walters. “When Delmont was Salem Crossroads,...

If there’s a lack of ’80s rock in your life, Split Stage Productions has a remedy. The theater company will shake the walls of Irwin’s Lamp Theatre beginning Friday with a five-night run of the jukebox rock extravaganza “Rock of Ages.” First a Broadway musical and then a movie, “Rock...

Demolition work to expose and remove the underground parking structure at the Westmoreland County Courthouse will continue through July, officials said on Wednesday. Public Works Director Greg McCloskey said the $7 million project to rebuild the two-level dilapidated garage remains on schedule and is on pace for completion in October....

Maintenance workers in the Hempfield Area School District have a five-year labor agreement with pay raises each year. School board members this week ratified the pact between the district and the Hempfield Area Educational Support Personnel Association, giving union members an average raise of 2% each year over the course...

Baked goods have returned to 335 Main St. in Latrobe. Four months after its grand opening, Rachelle’s 15650 is moving away from sandwiches and leaning into its historical roots. It will now serve as a bakery like its 19th-century predecessor — Mailey’s Bakery — a flagship of the city that...

Lucky No. 1 was what Westmoreland election officials wanted to see. That tiny numbered ball helped to select winners in more than 300 tied races from May’s primary election. Those deadlocks were broken during a marathon session at the courthouse on Wednesday. For more than five hours elections officials drew...

Forget the movie theaters. The real action will be in the Westmoreland County skies this weekend. The Shop ’n Save Westmoreland Airshow on Saturday and Sunday will be like a real-life version of “Top Gun: Maverick,” a sequel released last month to the 1980s action flick featuring Tom Cruise. Fighter...

Authorities used DNA gathered from an index card to charge a Greensburg man with a Nov. 24 bank robbery in Hempfield, according to court papers. Jonathan Smith Jr., 29, wore a distinct red “DoorDash” covid-19 mask and dark ski cap in an attempt to hide his identity when he passed...

A Butler County man is accused of selling the fatal dose of fentanyl that killed a Sewickley Township man. Matthew S. Steinbook, 41, of Seven Fields supplied three stamp bags of fentanyl to Todd A. Shaak, 40, according to state police Trooper Shane McClelland. Shaak was found dead in the...

An 82-year-old Delmont man’s mental health struggle has left him behind bars for more than two years, and a Westmoreland County judge this week said he is at a loss as to what should happen next. “I think anything would be better than him spending his last years in jail...

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Latrobe residents can access community-related information with the swipe of a smartphone. The city will use Pittsburgh-based app Savvy Citizen to update locals with events, meeting dates, emergency notifications, outages, trash pick-up delays and weather watches and warnings. Latrobe Police Community Service Officer Beth Straka encourages all Latrobe residents to...

Southwest Greensburg Fire Department’s Deputy Fire Chief Ed Milliron can remember when he first joined the volunteer fire department in 1982, and the fire whistle went off “you’d literally see about 40 people pouring out of their houses running to the fire station.” Times have changed, according to fire Chief...