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Jury deliberations to resume in sexual assault and rape trial of Allegheny Township man
A Westmoreland County jury will continue deliberations Friday morning in the rape and sexual assault trial of an Allegheny Township man. Jurors in the cases against Eric Alan Wright, 49, deliberated more than eight hours Thursday before they were sent home for the night by Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge...
Chiropractor guilty of animal cruelty for 2019 shooting of dog in Monessen
A Rostraver chiropractor was convicted Thursday of two misdemeanor offenses in connection with the shooting of a dog two years ago in Monessen. A Westmoreland County jury deliberated nearly 11 hours over two days before reaching a mixed verdict that found James Scirotto, 48, guilty of animal cruelty and reckless...
Westmoreland Food Bank partners with DoorDash for deliveries to senior citizensVideo
The boxes of food can be heavy or maybe transportation is an issue. Whatever the roadblock standing in the way of a senior citizen being able to pick up items from the Westmoreland County Food Bank, there’s now an answer — delivery. A partnership with online food ordering and delivery...
Winning Match 6 ticket worth $750k sold at Belle Vernon grocery store
A jackpot Match 6 Lotto ticket worth $750,000 was sold at a Belle Vernon grocery store this week, according to Pennsylvania Lottery officials. Lottery officials said the ticket, purchased from Duritza’s Market at 735 Henry St., correctly matched all six winning numbers, 4-30-33-43-47-48, during Tuesday’s drawing. The store will earn...
Greater Latrobe School Board inks 3-year contract with support employees
Greater Latrobe School Board and the union representing 67 of its support employees agreed on a three-year contract extension. The agreement, which the board ratified this week, is retroactive to July 1 and continues through June 30, 2024. According to a joint release by the district and the union, the...
Resident escapes burning home in Murrysville
A resident was able to escape a burning Murrysville home Thursday morning, according to White Valley Fire Chief John Bohinc. The blaze on Sinan Drive, a rural road near Murrysville Community Park, was reported around 9 a.m. Bohinc said there were flames through the roof in the rear corner of...
Is everything fine? Westmoreland Museum program delves into reality
Someone asks, “How are you?” and you automatically say, “Fine.” But are you really? Six Pittsburgh-area women artists will get to the root of the question during “Everything Is Fine,” an outdoor performance art event set for 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in...
More fun on tap for last half of Greensburg Craft Beer Week
Days into this year’s Greensburg Craft Beer Week, beer lovers are venturing out to get a taste of the latest local brews. The weeklong event, which began last Friday and runs through Sunday, has attracted “a pretty good turnout” so far, said organizer Jessica Hickey of the Downtown Greensburg Project....
Signature Dishes: Filet mignon, crabcakes the JCorks way in GreensburgVideo
This is part of an ongoing series highlighting Signature Dishes at locally owned restaurants in the region. See Trib Total Media’s new online directory of restaurants, Dine Local, at dinelocal.triblive.com. Michael Stewart knows JCorks in Greensburg is not the only restaurant that serves filet mignon and crabcakes. But the executive...
Power outage sends Franklin Regional secondary students home
Franklin Regional School District sent senior high students home Thursday morning after the secondary campus experienced a power outage just before 7 a.m. According to information posted on the district website, the district planned to dismiss senior high students to return home at 9:30 a.m. District spokeswoman Tina Gillen said...
Unity bicycle enthusiast recovers from fall, preps for rugged charity ride in Utah
Ray Charley is ready to ride again — and this time it will be “a ride to the sky.” On Oct. 3, the Unity man, who co-owns a number of local Shop ’n Save supermarkets, plans to head out with several fellow adventure bikers on a 12-day, 440-mile mountain bike...
Westmoreland 911: Crews respond to gas leak near Hempfield Dairy Queen
Emergency crews responded to a gas leak on Wednesday night near a Dairy Queen in Hempfield, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. Officials responded to the 7500 block of Route 30 shortly after 7:40 p.m. There were eight people in the building, and four patients, a dispatcher said Thursday morning....
No verdict Wednesday: Jury considers animal cruelty charges filed against Rostraver chiropractor
A Westmoreland County jury was sent home Wednesday night without reaching a verdict in the animal cruelty case filed against a Rostraver chiropractor charged with shooting a dog in Monessen two years ago. During the three-day trial, prosecutors said James Scirotto, 48, recklessly fired as many as seven shots from...
Prosecution rests in rape and sexual assault trial of Allegheny Township man
Two more women told a Westmoreland County jury on Wednesday they were raped by an Allegheny Township man. Their testimony came during the third day in the trial of Eric Wright, 49, who prosecutors claim sexually assaulted and raped three juveniles and three adult women, dating back to the early...
Solicitor advises Greater Latrobe School Board to honor mask mandate as protests continue
Greater Latrobe School Board this week amended its health and safety plan to formally include a state mask mandate that has been in place since Sept. 7. Several residents called for the school board to contest it, but solicitor Ned Nakles advised the panel to honor the order while legal...
Algae bloom dissipates in Twin Lakes Park
Signs warning visitors about a harmful algae bloom at the lower lake in Twin Lakes Park are expected to be taken down this week as the conditions dissipate, according to Westmoreland County Bureau of Parks and Recreation director Brandon Simpson. He said the signs were put up a couple weeks...
Greensburg Art Center show delves deep into ‘Third Dimension’Video
Greensburg Art Center is traveling into “The Third Dimension” for an exhibition of the same name, opening with a free reception from 6-8 p.m. Saturday in the gallery at 230 Todd School Road, Hempfield. It’s the first time in recent memory that the center has mounted a show of all...
Westmoreland news: art exhibit, quilt show and blood drive
Art • Greensburg Art Center will have a free exhibit, “The Third Dimension,” Sept. 25 to Oct. 22 at the center, 230 Todd School Road. Works will include sculpture, artisan craft and 3D relief work. A free opening reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 25. Details: greensburgartcenter.org...
Ligonier Township man accused of assaulting officer investigating domestic dispute
A Ligonier Township man is accused by police of assaulting an officer who was investigating a domestic violence report, according to court papers. Jonathan O. Hillen, 33, is charged with assault of a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. Ligonier Valley police were called to his Route 30 home Tuesday...
Jeannette gallery’s ‘Bat Country’ show explores scary, goofy, creepy themes
Even though “Bat Country Revisited” is the name of the new exhibition at You Are Here in Jeannette, the art space won’t look entirely like a Halloween store. Some of the artwork will include bats and other fantastical, Halloween-adjacent creatures, but some of it will use the bat theme metaphorically,...
Unity solicits input on plans for Wimmerton intersection; meeting turnout disappointing
Low turnout disappointed Unity township officials this week people to weigh in on options for improving the intersection of Wimmerton Boulevard and Route 30. “If you’ve got 400 homes in the Wimmerton development and 50 people showing up, the numbers were a little disappointing as far as what we expected,”...
Va. authorities believe missing 3-year-old girl died in care of couple arrested in South Greensburg
Virginia authorities investigating the disappearance of a 3-year-old girl believe she died while in the care of a couple police arrested in South Greensburg this month. Augusta County Sheriff Donald L. Smith said the determination came after a Monday search of a Virginia home where the couple lived. Investigators were...
1 dead, 1 flown to hospital after head-on collision in East Huntingdon
A head-on collision between a car and a pickup truck killed a Mt. Pleasant Township woman and severely injured another person Tuesday in East Huntingdon, according to the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office and a fire official. Brandalyn Pomaibo, 35, died at the scene of the Water Street crash reported at...
Monessen woman testifies wounded dog not aggressive, disputes claim it attacked neighbors
Carley Layhue told a Westmoreland County jury she still doesn’t understand why her dog was shot after he escaped the backyard of her Monessen home two years ago. “He is the best dog. I couldn’t ask for a better dog for my children,” Layhue testified Tuesday during the second day...
3 more women testify they were sexually assaulted by Allegheny Township man
A pediatrician testified Tuesday that no signs of physical abuse were discovered during an examination of a pre-teen girl who claimed she was raped multiple times by an Allegheny Township man in 2019. Dr. Jennifer Wolford, a child abuse specialist at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, told jurors that lack...
