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Latrobe property owners who are experiencing a financial hardship could have more time to pay the city’s new stormwater management fee. At its March meeting, city council is expected to consider authorizing city manager Michael Gray to approve modified payment dates in hardship cases. As it stands, payment of the...

Visitors heading north on Route 981 to downtown Latrobe could soon be welcomed by a new community sign. Latrobe’s proposed “Welcome to the neighborhood” sign is one of seven projects that have received mini-grants this year from the nonprofit Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, headquartered in neighboring Unity. The grants of...

Hempfield Area School District officials are trying to gauge how many students will choose the district’s full-time cyber program next school year. District leaders on Tuesday posted a survey that will determine how many parents would like to have their students attend the Hempfield Area Cyber Academy during the 2021-22...

Fundraiser • The Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce will host its 11th annual Soup’s On Walk from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 20 in downtown Ligonier. Soups will be available for tasting around the Diamond Park area. Ticket are $20 and will go on sale Feb. 25. No tickets...

The Westmoreland Conservation District’s recent video recognizing its 2020 Conservation Farmer of the Year award winner has, in turn, won an award. The local conservation district created the video, saluting the Ralph Frye family of Pleasant Lane Farms in Unity, because covid-19 pandemic precautions prevented it from holding its annual...

Brides, here’s an opportunity to find the wedding dress of your dreams at a price you won’t believe. The St. Vincent De Paul Society Thrift Store in Monessen, located at 1701 Grand Blvd., is having a Say “Yes” to the Dress Sale from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday....

A Jeannette man will serve up to 20 years in prison for raping a child. Ronald Lee Rice, 61, pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony charges of rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse in connection with claims made by a teenage girl who told police she was repeatedly sexually assaulted for...

The U.S. Post Office in the Hempfield village of Wendel closed 10 days ago, forcing 100 customers who got their mail at that site to travel 5 miles to the post office in Manor. The Postal Service closed the office on Feb. 13 because it lost its lease on the...

A historic firearms show typically held in Penn Township in late January has been pushed to April due to the covid-19 pandemic. “With this covid, it’s been pretty difficult,” said Bill Vance, manager of the Bushy Run Historic Arms Show. “We usually have the show in late January but, because...

A missing elderly man from Latrobe has been found safe, according to state police. Authorities said Anthony Mileca, 84, was located just about 1 a.m. Missing Endangered Person Advisory UPDATE: Mileca was located and is safe. The MEPA is canceled. Thank you for the RTs.— PA State Police (@PAStatePolice) February...

As some Western Pennsylvanians awoke Sunday morning with temperatures close to zero, they got the heat and power they needed from their natural gas service and electric power plants to keep warm. Meanwhile, millions of Texans were freezing in flooded homes. That catastrophe did not happen in the Northeast and...

Six community members are stepping up to the (pie) plate in support of The Palace Theatre and Westmoreland Cultural Trust. They’re willing to take a “Pie for The Palace” during the Trust’s Party at The Palace virtual fundraising event Saturday, beginning with a VIP party at 7 p.m. and main...

A Mt. Lebanon man was jailed Tuesday after North Huntingdon police said they found drugs and guns inside the car he was driving, according to court papers. Christian Alexander Lowe, 29, is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, drug offenses, driving with a suspended license and summary vehicle code...

Covid case averages continue to decline in Westmoreland County, according to new data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. As of Tuesday, the seven-day average of cases was 62 and seven-day case count was 436 in the county. Those numbers are the lowest since October, when the seven-day average was...

A Westmoreland County Prison inmate is accused by county detectives of swallowing four stamp bags of suspected heroin she had in her cell after being committed there earlier this month, according to court papers. Elizabeth June Cramer, 35, of Greensburg, is charged with contraband and tampering with evidence. A fifth...

Two wards at Adelphoi Village’s Saxman House were arrested on assault charges after both were stabbed with scissors during an altercation in the non-profit’s group home for adjudicated males in Unity, according to state police. Timothy S. Rice, 20, was ordered held in the county prison on $5,000 bond Monday...

Two homes on land owned by Hempfield Township might be demolished to make way for possible future development. Supervisors on Monday unanimously voted to apply to the Westmoreland County Demolition Program to clear the homes along Route 136 near Hempfield Area High School. The parcel was previously designated as a...

The hand-scrawled sign hanging in the window of a Unity home over the weekend read, “Call 911.” After seeing it, someone did just that. State police arrived Saturday at the Pearl Lane home for a reported domestic assault. Inside, troopers reported finding a woman “visibly distraught” and “still bleeding from...

Latrobe officials didn’t have to look beyond the city municipal building to find a new code enforcement and zoning officer. City council on Monday hired Shannon Cypher Hart for the job, at a salary of $46,000 plus benefits. She was a legislative aide in former state Rep. Joseph Petrarca’s Latrobe...

Hempfield supervisors approved a zoning change that could pave the way for future development at the former Valley Green Golf & Country Club site. Supervisors on Monday unanimously approved a zoning shift from agricultural to suburban residential on 144 acres of the closed 18-hole golf course in the township. The...

Sophia King told a Westmoreland County jury Tuesday she had no problem identifying the Black man she claims robbed her at gunpoint in a Hempfield shopping center parking lot more than four years ago. “I see his eyes,” King said as she pointed out a mask-wearing Norman Jack in a...

Greensburg Salem High School seniors now have the option to return to school four days a week, and the rest of the district’s students will likely follow suit April 1. About 260 people participated in a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday at which teachers, administrators and board members shared information...

Westmoreland County commissioners’ plan to create a covid-19 vaccine registry is on hold as county leaders search out a potential third party to help craft a waiting list for inoculations. Commissioners said Monday Excela Health will not participate in the creation of a registry and that it is unlikely the...