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Although the Holocaust ended 76 years ago with the Allied liberation of Nazi Germany concentration camps where around 6 million Jews were killed, the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Memorial program on Wednesday at Congregation Emanu-El Israel in Greensburg is another opportunity to remind people anti-Semitism did not die in the ruins...

A mother and son were killed in their Salem Township home early Sunday morning when fire engulfed the two-story structure, collapsing the second floor onto the first floor, a fire official said. Helen W. Staats, 84, and Davd J. Staats, 57, both of 1666 Route 819, were pronounced dead at...

“Pure terror — but also exciting!” That’s how Jocelyn Gunia of Bethel Park described the first time a shot came whizzing directly at her in goal while she was playing dek hockey. Gunia, 30, spent most of the past decade as a casual hockey fan, watching alongside her husband. These...

A Sewickley Township woman has been identified as the person who was killed Friday night in a two-vehicle crash along Route 136 in Hempfield. The woman, Joann Wardzek, 58, of Wolfe Lane, was pronounced dead at the scene along Route 136 between Edna Road and Lower Lane at 8 p.m....

Allegheny and Westmoreland counties on Saturday each saw their highest new number of covid cases since mid-January. Allegheny County added 653 cases, the highest since 670 were added on Jan. 13, while Westmoreland’s 214 additional cases were the most since 277 on that same day in January. Pennsylvania’s 5,343 new...

As the Christian world celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ this Easter, local ministers say they will remind their congregations that the events that took place almost 2,000 years ago remain important today. “There is nothing like the story of Easter and the reality of Christ’s resurrection that demonstrates God’s...

One person died and another was airlifted by a medical helicopter following a crash on Route 136 Friday evening, a Westmoreland emergency dispatcher confirmed. The crash, which occurred around 7:10 p.m., closed the road between Lower Lane and Edna Road, near the Hempfield Area School district bus garage. State police...

For the second time this week, a Westmoreland County parolee was arrested for trying to fake a court-ordered drug test. Greensburg police charged Robert B. Nix-Williams, 34, of Arnold with a misdemeanor count of furnishing drug-free urine after attempting to falsify a drug test at the state parole office. He...

Bullet, a 5-year-old Shetland sheepdog, is what Mike Lamont refers to as “a real rags-to-riches story” when it comes to dog adoption. “His former family was on a camping trip, and Bullet broke his leg at four months old,” said Lamont, who is founder and executive director of the nonprofit...

A multi-vehicle accident Thursday night on an icy Route 30 bridge over Route 119 in South Greensburg closed of some of the road’s lanes. The closure occurred between the Route 136 entrance ramp on the eastbound lanes and the westbound ramp at the Cedar Street entrance, according to dispatches from...

A New Stanton man was charged Thursday after police said he used a homemade device to simulate urination as part of a botched attempt to falsify a drug test at the Westmoreland County Courthouse. Dennis Shank, 43, was charged by Park Police with a misdemeanor count of furnishing drug-free urine...

A former Hempfield woman told a judge on Thursday she never really knew the man who died from the drugs she sold him in 2019, but, in the two years since his overdose, she got sober, got married, gave birth to a daughter and has turned her life around. Hollie...

A Latrobe woman wanted on charges of selling a small amount of methamphetamine to a police informant last month was apprehended walking downtown this week as she carried more than a brick of heroin and suspected cocaine, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, according to court documents. Megan M. Ashbaugh, 26, was...

Covid-19 cases in Pennsylvania took an upswing in March, though nothing like what was experienced last fall through the beginning of this year. The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Thursday reported 3,893 additional cases; and the seven-day average of cases in the state ticked up to 4,073. The seven-day total...

Saint Vincent College junior Justin Massetto of Murrysville was accepted to the prestigious International Opera Academy in Bologna, Italy, becoming the second member of his family to gain entry. Massetto is a music performance major, with minors in sacred music, mathematics and computer science, and a graduate of Franklin Regional...

The American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion stimulus package signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, includes funding for counties and local municipalities. The money, which will be sent in two batches, must be spent by the end of 2024 on projects that include reimbursement and expenses...

More than a year after the covid-19 pandemic first impacted Westmoreland and Monroeville malls, both locations are set to return to more normal hours. Starting Thursday, hours at both malls will be extended to 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, mall officials announced. The malls are currently open...

A former Jeannette man on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the city and a police officer, contending he was the victim of a false arrest in July 2018. Richard Berger, 53, now of Hempfield, in the two-count lawsuit filed in Westmoreland County said police acted without probable cause and with...