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Westmoreland County covid cases continue downward climb
Westmoreland County has added triple-digit new coronavirus cases for all but four days this month, but cases are on an overall downward trend. The county had 141 coronavirus cases and three deaths added to its totals Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The county has averaged 106 cases...
Hempfield schools preparing for possible staff vaccinations
Staff at Hempfield Area School District could be next in line to receive the covid-19 vaccine. According to a letter by Superintendent Tammy Wolicki, district leaders are working with Hayden’s Pharmacy in Youngwood to provide an opportunity for staff to receive the vaccine early next month. “We are supporting this...
Hempfield supervisors remove Jeannette EMS from service; area to be covered by Mutual Aid
Jeannette EMS will no longer cover parts of Hempfield after township supervisors chose to stop using the ambulance service. The area covered by Jeannette EMS, which includes parts of North Hempfield, High Park and Grapeville, now will be serviced by Greensburg-based Mutual Aid Ambulance Service. Mutual Aid already services parts...
Greensburg pavilion rentals open Feb. 1
Pavilion rental season has returned in Greensburg. Reservations are available on a first-come, first-serve basis starting Feb. 1. The city saw its income from pavilion rentals dip a bit in 2020 due to the pandemic, but many renters chose to hold their events anyway, particularly in late summer when case...
Annual Westmoreland prayer breakfast planned via FacebookLive
Prayer breakfast • The Westmoreland County Prayer Breakfast … for Dinner will be at 6:46 p.m. Jan. 28 online on FacebookLive. Phil Koch from the Pittsburgh Foundation/Community Foundation of Westmoreland County will be the speaker. For reservations, visit facebook.com/events/431696631344807. Submissions from nonprofit organizations for Briefly Speaking can be emailed to...
Westmoreland creates website for vaccine info
Westmoreland County has created a page on its website with a list of vaccine providers, how to contact them and a link to the state health department’s interactive map of vaccine providers. Information on how to register for the covid vaccine and a quiz to determine when a person is...
Norwin High School to close Wednesday
Norwin High School will be closed Wednesday, as required by the state when a school has six confirmed covid cases within a 14-day period, the district said. Under the district’s hybrid education model, no students were scheduled to be in the building on Wednesday. From Jan. 18-26, Norwin reported that...
Saint Vincent College staff get covid-19 vaccine as spring semester nearsVideo
Many faculty and staff at Saint Vincent College received initial doses of the covid-19 vaccine about a week before students are set to return to campus for the spring semester. The college partnered with Mainline Pharmacy Group’s Blairsville Pharmacy on Tuesday to provide the Moderna vaccine to registered members of...
Youngwood man charged with possession of ‘large amount’ of methamphetamine
A 29-year-old Youngwood man accused of selling “large quantities of methamphetamine” out of his mobile home was hiding under a bed as state troopers raided his residence last week, according to court documents. Kyle A. Bumbalough was arraigned Saturday on charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession and delivery...
Jeannette woman’s appeal of murder conviction rejected
A three-judge panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court rejected the appeal of a Jeannette woman sentenced last year to serve up to 30 years in prison for the third-degree murder of her 19-year-old boyfriend. Crystal Belle, 41, was convicted by a Westmoreland County jury for the June 2016 beating death...
Troopers accuse Mt. Pleasant man of stealing car, resisting arrest
State police accused a Mt. Pleasant man of fighting with troopers and resisting arrest as he was being taken into custody on car theft charges over the weekend, according to court documents. An area man drove to the Sherwin-Williams paint store in the Countryside Plaza in East Huntingdon around 10...
Penn-Trafford, Jeannette region sees 44 new covid cases
The Penn-Trafford-Jeannette area had 44 confirmed new covid cases in the last week, continuing a downward trend after the holiday surge, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Since the pandemic began in March, the six ZIP codes covering most of the three communities have seen a total of 1,593...
State Rep. George Dunbar elected caucus chair
A fellow Westmoreland County lawmaker has been elected to fill the Republican caucus leadership post left vancant by the death of state Rep. Mike Reese. Rep. George Dunbar, R-Penn Township, will serve as majority caucus chair for the 2021-22 legislative session, a caucus spokesman said Tuesday. Reese, 42, of Mt....
North Huntingdon police say traffic stop yielded same drug linked to overdoses
North Huntingdon police report that during a traffic stop this week they discovered stamp bags of drugs that have been linked to numerous overdoses and deaths in the area. Police arrested Moziah Sharron Harris, 29, of Jeannette after discovering 246 stamp bags — 11 of which had the specific “Chucky”...
Westmoreland County sees lowest number of new reported covid cases since October
There were 52 new covid-19 cases reported in Westmoreland County on Tuesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. That number represents the lowest amount of new reported cases this month and the least since Oct. 11, when 52 cases were also reported. Tuesday’s figures bring the seven-day covid case...
Jeannette man posts bond after drug arrest
A man who police accuse of dealing crack and cocaine out of a Jeannette home posted $50,000 bond Monday, according to online court records. Michael Larrell Jackson, 29, of Jeannette, was arrested Friday on drug and related charges after, police say, they made an undercover drug purchase at a North...
Bell woman charged with endangering children
A Bell woman was jailed Monday after state police said they found two children outside her home this month in cold weather. Police said Melissa Ann Chaya, 41, reportedly ingested prescription medication and yelled at the children, who fled outside to hide. She is charged with two felony counts of...
New videos explain recycling at Westmoreland Cleanways center in Unity
If you’re not sure what electronics you can recycle at Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling, the Unity-based nonprofit has a video for you. As Westmoreland Cleanways Executive Director Ellen Keefe notes in one of four new informational videos posted on the organization’s website, among the most frequent calls received at its...
Latrobe officials debate fee for garbage bag stickers; quarterly collection rate set to rise
Latrobe Council is considering a 2% increase in residential rates for household trash collection, but city officials are divided on whether to also raise the cost of stickers required for garbage bags. Council is expected on Feb. 8 to vote on a revised schedule of various city fees, including the...
Hempfield leaders table rezoning vote on former Valley Green propertyVideo
Hempfield supervisors tabled a vote Monday night to rezone the former Valley Green Golf & Country Club. The rezoning from agricultural to suburban residential would pave the way for a new housing development at the site, of which 144 acres is located along Valley Green and Albrights Lake roads in...
Minor injuries reported in Blairsville-Saltsburg school bus crash
Minor injuries were reported after a Blairsville-Saltsburg School District bus slid off an icy road Tuesday morning and crashed, according to Trooper Cliff Greenfield. The crash was reported at 8:30 a.m. along Chestnut Ridge Road in Burrell Township, Indiana County. Five students were aboard at the time, Greenfield said. The...
Covid grants awarded to Westmoreland fire, EMS companies
Additional covid relief money is headed to Westmoreland County emergency medical service companies and volunteer fire departments left out of previous funding rounds last year. County commissioners have approved more than $600,000 in grants, including $343,500 to 16 fire companies and $60,000 to four rescue units, to cover coronavirus-related expenses...
Latrobe bond refinancing could help repair parking garage, replace trash compactor
Latrobe is considering refinancing a 2016 bond issue to take advantage of low interest rates and possibly help pay for capital projects at the city’s parking garage and solid waste transfer station. City council is expected to begin the refinancing process by selecting a bond counsel and underwriter at a...
Monroeville ICU nurses treated to taco lunch from Irwin eateryVideo
A group of intensive care unit nurses who have been on the front lines of treating covid patients at Allegheny Health Network’s Forbes Hospital in Monroeville got a treat Monday from an Irwin restaurant that delivered shrimp tacos, rice, beans, queso salsa and Mexican Coca-Cola to them. “They will really...
New administrator named at Westmoreland Manor
Abby Testa has first-hand knowledge of what it’s like to have loved ones who live at Westmoreland Manor. As three of her grandparents called the Manor home in 2013, Testa, then a college student, volunteered at the Hempfield nursing home to help care for family and other residents. For more...
