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Nowhere else in Pennsylvania saw more Democratic voters switch their party allegiances to Republican than in Westmoreland County during the first week of January. From Jan. 4 through Jan. 11, there were 189 registered Democrats who became members of the GOP, according to figures from the Pennsylvania Department of State....

Construction of Elliott Group’s $60 million cryogenic pump test stand is on schedule and is expected to be completed this spring, according to spokeswoman Christy Bash. The facility should be in full operation this summer, she said. Crews have been working through the winter at the former site of the...

As Eugene Hunter was being wheeled to an ambulance on a gurney Thursday afternoon, he handed state police a cellphone he said contained a photo of the driver who ran him down in a Hempfield parking lot. Trooper Tristan Tappe reported in court documents that the photograph, taken moments before...

Westmoreland County on Friday reported 153 additional cases of covid-19, the fewest in nearly two weeks. That dropped the seven-day case average to 217, the lowest since New Year’s Day. Of the new cases, 101 were confirmed from 457 PCR tests while 52 were listed as probable by the Pennsylvania...

Security at Westmoreland County government facilities will be tightened as part of a $2.4 million project approved Thursday. Commissioners unanimously approved a contract with Dagostino Electronic Services of Homestead to install new systems that consolidate cameras and other security features at the courthouse complex in Greensburg, Westmoreland Manor, the county...

Monessen city officials have extended protections to members of the LGBTQ community through a nondiscrimination ordinance. The action, which council passed unanimously this week, forbids discrimination in housing and employment based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Protections previously were based on race, gender and religion. “Monessen’s a...

A Southwest Greensburg firefighter was injured while battling a house fire Friday morning, according to Greensburg Fire Chief Tom Bell. The fire at 231 Painter Street in Greensburg was reported around 2:30 a.m. The firefighter collapsed while on the roof of the home, according to Bell. He was taken to...

An early morning garage fire broke out on the 100 block of Flowers Road in Derry Township, according to Westmoreland County 911. The fire was reported shortly after 5 a.m. Friday. New Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department and other neighboring departments responded and had the fire under control within about 30...

Firefighters battled a blaze early Friday morning at a Derry Township home, according to Westmoreland County 911. The fire on the 600 block of Pizza Barn Road was reported shortly before 4 a.m. Firefighters had it under control before 5 a.m., according to 911. No injuries were reported. Pizza Barn...

Ralph Snyder had just moved his family from Norvelt to West Point in 1977 and signed up his oldest daughter, Renee, in the West Point Little League. His daughter made the West Point fast-pitch all-star team in 1978 and competed in the state tournament in Williamsport. West Point was overmatched....

A North Huntingdon restaurant was open for business Thursday despite an order to close over alleged violation of state rules meant to mitigate the spread of covid-19. “We’ve been reported because people don’t have the mask,” Cenacolo Restaurant owner Steve Salvi said, referring to the face coverings the state requires...

Two men were arrested when an ongoing feud resulted in a daylight brawl Wednesday along a main thoroughfare in Latrobe, city police said. Police said one person allegedly used pepper spray and a small knife during the fight along the 1900 block of Ligonier Street near Latrobe Elementary School about...

Most Westmoreland County employees won’t see additional pay this month for working during the covid-19 pandemic, but commissioners Thursday agreed to a bump in wages for workers from a private company providing care at the county-owned nursing home. The pandemic pay was included in a contract extension with Dedicated Nursing...

State police are investigating a vehicle-pedestrian accident Thursday in a Westmoreland County Housing Authority complex in Hempfield. An unidentified man was taken by Mutual Aid Ambulance to Forbes Hospital in Monroeville with multiple injuries after being hit by a vehicle along Lenhart Avenue in the West Hempfield Townhomes complex, according...

Westmoreland County on Thursday added 14 additional covid deaths and 203 cases, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported. The newly-reported deaths bring the county’s death toll to 516. The county passed 500 reported deaths on Wednesday. There have been 93 deaths attributed to the virus this month in the county....

A basement fire was quickly extinguished Thursday at a Yukon home, according to Yukon Fire Second Assistant Chief John Stants. When firefighters arrived in the South Huntingdon village, they saw “smoke coming out of pretty much every window in the house,” Stants said. Firefighters breached a basement door just feet...

Derry Area School District will end a month of full remote instruction Tuesday, when in-person lessons once more will be offered to elementary students five days per week. A switch to online learning in the district started Dec. 7. Students at the middle and high schools may opt for a...

An Allegheny County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to repeatedly raping a teenage girl in 2019. Police said that starting in June 2019, Daniel E. Powell, 37, of North Versailles forcibly raped a 17-year-old girl and continued the sexual assaults through September. According to court records, the victim in February told...

Westmoreland County elections officials Wednesday morning started counting more than two dozen provisional ballots cast in November but just recently discovered by staff during routine inspections of voting equipment. Elections bureau staffers, serving as appointed members of a reconstituted provisional board, reviewed and qualified 20 ballots cast in North Huntingdon...

There have been lots of prayers for relief from the coronavirus pandemic coming from the nuns at Caritas Christi in Hempfield. “I’ve been praying every night and every morning,” said Sister Mary Agnes Kirsch, 85. A bit of hope came to the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Seton...

A man accused in a Southwest Greensburg hit-and-run was arraigned on the charges Wednesday and is being held in the Westmoreland County Prison. Bond for Justin Lamont Hudspath, 38, of Greensburg was set at $35,000, according to online court records. Hudspath was arrested a week ago at a home north...

A Unity man awaiting trial on charges of locking his 9-year-old son inside a closet and nailing it shut was arrested this week by state police, who accused him of raping a girl. Shawn L. Waulk, 33, who was free on $25,000 unsecured bond on the 2020 complaint, was ordered...

The Penn-Trafford-Jeannette area had 107 confirmed new covid cases in the last five days, raising the total count for the area by almost 5%, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Since the pandemic began in March, the six ZIP codes covering most of the three communities have...

Westmoreland County topped 500 deaths related to the coronavirus Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The state added 11 new deaths to the county’s total, bringing it to 502. Westmoreland became the 12th county in the state to reach 500 deaths. The county’s death rate per 100,000 residents...