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Ligonier Valley Endowment provides grant for new decontamination system
Firefighters, police officers and ambulance personnel in Ligonier will be a little safer thanks to a new decontamination system purchased with a $10,000 gift from Ligonier Valley Endowment. The system will be shared by Ligonier Borough fire department, Ligonier Valley police and Mutual Aid’s borough station. Ambulance service director of...
Hempfield substitute teacher accused of passing ‘lewd’ poem to high school student
A former substitute teacher at Hempfield Area High School was released from the Westmoreland County Prison on $50,000 bond over the weekend after being arrested for allegedly passing a “lewd” poem to a female student. State police arrested Troy T. Perkins, 41, on Friday, charging him with disorderly conduct and...
Westmoreland County Senior Games return after 2-year hiatus
The Westmoreland County Senior Games return to action this week, following a two-year pandemic hiatus. County parks coordinator Chris Panichella couldn’t be happier. “This has been a big part of Westmoreland County events, and we got a lot of calls last year asking if we could find some way to...
No one reported hurt after shot fired during fight at McKee Stadium in Jeannette
No one was reported hurt when a shot was fired into the ground during an argument at Jeannette’s McKee Stadium on Saturday, according to Police Chief Donald Johnston Jr. Officers learned two men got into an argument at the Park Street stadium at 10:15 a.m. when one of them fired...
Westmoreland DA appoints 16 county officers to serve as liaisons to prosecutor’s office
Law enforcement officers from across Westmoreland County have been tapped to serve as liaisons between their police departments and the office of District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli. The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Law Enforcement Coalition was created to establish a line of communication between the prosecutor’s office and law enforcement agencies,...
Delmont residents asked to fill out survey to help develop recreation plan
Delmont officials want to hear from residents about their wants and needs when it comes to the future of recreation in the borough. As part of the development of a boroughwide recreation plan, and with the help of a state grant and hired consultant, residents have been asked to fill...
Tiny tractors add interest to annual farm equipment show in East HuntingdonVideo
Activities for Sunday’s final day of the annual Hammer-In and Plow Days in East Huntingdon were scaled back as sporadic rainstorms moved through the area. Tractors and other machinery gathered for the event by the Fort Allen Antique Farm Equipment Association mostly remained silent after plowing and parading the previous...
3-car crash on Pa. Turnpike in Penn Township sends 1 to hospital
One person was taken by ambulance to a local hospital after a three-car wreck Sunday morning on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Penn Township, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatch supervisor. The crash was reported at about 9:15 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the turnpike at mile marker 61,...
New housing development approved in Hempfield
Hempfield supervisors have OK’d plans to bring 76 new homes to the northern part of the township. The development, which received conditional approval, will be located at the corner of Blank School Road and Harvey Avenue, across the street from the Hannastown Golf Club. “It’s a great piece of property...
High school senior, local kids have hand in Greensburg’s new ‘butterfly’ art
A kaleidoscope of multicolored butterflies brightened the day for many who visited Greensburg’s Art in the Alley on Saturday. The newest in a variety of outdoor art pieces exhibited along Wilcox Way, next to The Palace Theatre, the butterfly display was installed in time for Saturday’s townwide Arts Walk event...
Large turnout expected for Trump-Oz rally at Westmoreland Fairgrounds
Westmoreland Fair officials were told to expect as many as 20,000 people to descend upon the 170-acre facility in Mt. Pleasant Township on Friday for a rally featuring former President Donald Trump. It will be Trump’s first return to Westmoreland County since campaigning here in the lead up to the...
Delmont Busy Beaver’s grand opening a hit; CEO looks to expand
The loss of a Delmont-area venue for moviegoers has provided a new destination for the growing numbers of residents with home improvement plans. Shoppers at the newest Busy Beaver Building Centers store filled the 350 parking spaces at the Salem Township outlet and stretched in a line around two sides...
2 injured in Unity crash involving motorcycles
A crash involving two motorcycles Saturday in Unity sent two people to area hospitals, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatch supervisor. The wreck was reported shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Marguerite Road near Cougar Lane. One person was taken by ambulance for treatment and the other was flown by...
Former reporter, Franklin Regional grad pivots from journalism to fiction writing
After majoring in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, Sindya Bhanoo is quite literally living out the title of her debut book, “Seeking Fortune Elsewhere,” having pivoted to a career as a fiction writer. “I studied computer science at Carnegie Mellon, but even back then I was interested in storytelling,”...
New Bushy Run Battlefield facilitator is pre-Revolutionary War history buff
The Bushy Run Battlefield and museum near Harrison City will have a new leader, a soon-to-be University of Pittsburgh graduate with a history degree who will oversee day-to-day operations at the Penn Township site of the 1763 battle between British and colonial soldiers and Native Americans. Elizabeth Staab, 22, of...
Out & About: Latrobe Art Center serves up ‘Taste of the Neighborhood’
Sometimes the simplest recipes are the best. Start with good food and add good music, good company and good weather. Those ingredients cooked up to a heaping helping of fun at Taste of the Neighborhood on Friday at the Latrobe Art Center. The come-on was simple: “Can’t decide which local...
Mt. Pleasant councilwoman rebuffs calls for resignation
Patience Barnes believes preparations for Mt. Pleasant’s Glass and Ethnic Festival shouldn’t include municipal workers and their taxpayer funded time year round, and the borough councilwoman isn’t backing down — even as other council members moved to have her booted from her elected position. The 76-year-old plans to “continue to...
Youngwood Top Dog founder remembers pup who was ‘co-owner’ of business
When Army veteran Rodney Little was fighting for his life in a hospital bed in 2016, his dog Sarge was at home, anxiously awaiting his owner’s return. Sarge wouldn’t eat or sleep. After a few days, Little’s family brought the shepherd-Labrador mix to Forbes Hospital for a visit, hoping it...
No one injured in Southwest Greensburg attic blaze, fire chief says
Southwest Greensburg firefighters responded to an attic fire on Oakland Avenue on Friday evening. According to a Westmoreland County dispatcher, the fire was reported at around 5:20 p.m. Fire chief Bill Wright Jr. said no one was injured in the blaze, despite initial reports to the contrary....
Probation ordered for Mt. Pleasant man who said teen bullying led to revenge porn
A Mt. Pleasant man told a judge Friday he posted nude pictures of a former girlfriend to the internet because she and her friends bullied him years earlier while in high school. Frank Sebek II, 25, was ordered to serve three years on probation as part of a plea deal...
Westmoreland officials suit up to get firsthand look at emergency services
Westmoreland County Commissioner Sean Kertes has had to extinguish a lot of small political fires in his first term, but admitted Friday was the first time he ever entered a burning building. “I’ve never even worn this type of fire gear before,” Kertes said minutes after going through the decontamination...
Man accused in 115 mph Hempfield chase didn’t have valid license, police say
A Fayette County man is accused of leading state police on a chase early Friday on Route 119 with speeds that surpassed 100 mph, according to court papers. Clarence Spackman, 33, of Bullskin, is being held at the Westmoreland County Prison on charges of fleeing from police, driving under the...
Animal Friends of Westmoreland dance-off returns live to The Palace
Amateur and professional dancers will once again tread the boards of The Palace Theatre, as the popular Dancing With the Celebrities competition returns live on May 6. A signature fundraiser of the Animal Friends of Westmoreland, the dance-off was canceled in 2020 and presented in virtual form in 2021. “It’s...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County: April 29-May 1
Friday evening music The Friday Evening Music Club of the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra will present a recital titled “April in Paris” at 7:30 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church of Greensburg, 15 E. Second St. The program includes: • Pianist Dr. T.J. Maroon, first movement of Debussy’s “Suite Bergamasque”...
Still a pandemic? Endemic? Becoming like the flu? Whatever the term, covid-19 has become more manageable
Experts in the Pittsburgh region generally agree with Dr. Anthony Fauci’s assessment this week that the United States is “out of the pandemic phase” of covid-19, the virus whose death toll is closing in 1 million in the U.S. alone. “ ‘Over’ is a strong term,” said Dr. Donald Whiting,...
