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Excela Health officials are working on maintaining a sought-after designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center after first earning it in 2019. Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Helen Burns said the System Magnet Designation was the culmination of a lot of paperwork and perseverance by the entire staff....

Tracy Alaia has seen firsthand the kindness expressed to small businesses during the covid-19 pandemic. As owner of Feathers Artist Market and Gifts in Irwin, Alaia predicts that kindness to continue during this weekend’s Small Business Saturday, when crowds are expected at locally owned shops to kick off holiday shopping....

A vacant Hempfield supervisor seat set to expire at the end of the year will be filled by a supervisor-elect whose six year term starts Jan. 1. Bill Bretz, who ran unopposed in the Nov. 2 election, was unanimously appointed to fill the term that ends Dec. 31. “About five...

A Virginia couple who authorities believe were caring for a 3-year-old girl when she died were sentenced this week in Westmoreland County court on receiving stolen property, drug and related charges. Assistant District Attorney James Lazar said Travis R. Brown, 29, and Candi Jo Royer, 41, both of Waynesboro, Va.,...

Holiday rock opera The Wizards of Winter super-group will present the holiday rock opera, “The Christmas Dream,” at 4 and 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Lamp Theatre in Irwin. The 11-member ensemble includes former members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Def Leppard, Blue Oyster Cult, Rainbow, Trixter and the Ted Nugent...

Westmoreland County leaders are touting Live! Casino Pittsburgh as an “incredible economic engine” after the facility pumped millions of dollars into the economy during its first year of operation. Located in Hempfield’s Westmoreland Mall, the casino has seen economic impact investments totaling almost $135 million since opening last November, officials...

The Norwin School District says it will need 30 days to release details of the recently approved six-year contract with the Norwin Education Association and a five-year agreement with building principals and administrators not represented by a collective bargaining agreement. Norwin Superintendent Jeff Taylor stated in a Nov. 22 email...

Jacob Onoffrey knows marching in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as part of Macy’s Great American Marching Band is the chance of a lifetime. When the Hempfield Area High School senior found out he was chosen to be part of the event, he was shocked. “It was the biggest spark...

Whenever legendary jazz musicians Slide Hampton and Harold Betters got together or spoke over the phone, the renowned trombonists frequently spoke of their Western Pennsylvania roots, said Betters’ daughter Cheryl Kelly. “Oh, Dad and Mr. Hampton were super close for a very long time. They were great friends and actually...

There is a lot of speculation and misinformation about the menu of the first Thanksgiving dinner, held in 1621 at Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts. Was turkey on the table? “We don’t think so,” according to npr.com. “Turkeys are a possibility, but were not a common food in...

Fundraisers • St. John United Church of Christ, 1320 Brownstown Road, Larimer, North Huntingdon, is accepting orders for a cookie sale. Varieties: raspberry almond shortbread, snickerdoodles, nut horns, peanut butter blossom kiss, thumbprints, tassie nut cups, peanut butter cup, lemon cookie bar and seven layer, $5 per dozen. Order deadline:...

State police in Greensburg are looking for a man they say robbed an East Pittsburgh Street bank Wednesday morning. The robbery at the Key Bank branch at 800 E. Pittsburgh St. occurred at 10:09 a.m., according to surveillance video footage. Investigators believe the suspect exited the bank and...

Jeannette officials are considering tax breaks in an effort to spur redevelopment in specific areas. Establishing one or more Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance zones around the city could allow developers the opportunity to get a break on increased property taxes in exchange for investing in dilapidated parcels. Fire Chief...

After completing a rigorous five-month program, 13 cadets graduated Tuesday from Westmoreland County Community College’s Municipal Police Officers’ Training Academy. Wearing their gray-and-black uniforms, the cadets celebrated the end of their 930-hour program that trained them to become police officers in municipalities and cities across the state. “I truly believe...

A Kentucky doctor who admitted reaping more than $500,000 in illegal kickbacks from the owner of a now-defunct Westmoreland County drug testing lab will serve two years of home detention, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. John Baird, 55, a Louisville physician who specializes in physical medicine, rehabilitation and pain management,...

Jeannette is seeking applicants for the controller position after a woman selected through a lottery last week declined the job. Solicitor Tim Witt said letters of interest and resumes are being accepted. Someone will be appointed to the four-year post at council’s Jan. 3 reorganization meeting. The move came after...

An Ohio woman is facing child endangerment charges after she and her son were found Monday evening wearing wet clothes and wandering near the lake at Keystone State Park in Derry Township while temperatures were near freezing, according to court documents. The boy, whose age was not listed in the...

A Hempfield teen charged in connection with an attempted knife attack last month in a Greensburg park was granted an unsecured bond and released from custody on Tuesday. Janis Biller, 16, was charged earlier this month as an adult with multiple counts of aggravated assault, robbery and conspiracy based on...

A 37-year-old Hempfield man will serve up to 20 years in a state prison after pleading guilty Monday to shooting and killing a man outside a Forest County hotel in 2020 during a confrontation over a woman. Richard M. Gardner Jr., 37, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in connection with...

Although it’s now recommended that children 5 and older get covid-19 vaccines, they won’t be able to get one in a Franklin Regional School District building. The school board voted 7-2 this week to ban the use of district facilities as covid-19 vaccination sites for students. While other schools in...

Downtown Greensburg merchants rang the curtain up on holiday shopping Monday by unveiling storefront windows specially decorated for the season. The event harkened back to window reveals that once were an eagerly awaited tradition for major department stores in Pittsburgh and other cities. That tradition was revisited in Greensburg last...

A Hempfield man had a $206K luxury SUV delivered to his home last week but paid for it with a bad check, state police said. Jordan C. Steward, 22, of Arona Road in Hempfield, was arrested Sunday and charged with receiving stolen property, theft by deception and writing bad checks...

Westmoreland County commissioners on Monday certified votes from the Nov. 2 election, including those for the judge of the Commonwealth Court that were subject to a recount. Commissioners unanimously approved the final certification of the municipal election results with the exception of judges of election and inspector of election —...

In 2020, Tom Grove of the Cheesecake Connection in Youngwood said the business delivered about 160 prepared turkey dinners to needy families, but the logistics of delivering and arranging pickups of prepared meals was “really, really difficult.” Enter the Blue Knights motorcycle club, which is comprised of members who are...