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Norwin adds 8 more covid cases; nears 200
Norwin School District added eight more cases to its covid count among students on Tuesday as the rising number of cases among students and staff is closing in on 200 since classes began in late August. In this latest round of covid announcements, five Stewartsville Elementary School students tested positive...
Hearing loss no reason to exclude Delmont man’s confession to sexual assault charges
A Delmont man’s confession regarding the alleged sexual assault of guest in his home was legally obtained by police, a judge ruled. Robert Pantalone, 55, is awaiting trial on six sex-related counts that claim he forced himself on a woman as she slept on an air mattress in the basement...
Westmoreland events include calendar sale, live Nativity
Fundraiser • Jeannette Area Historical Society is selling 2021 calendars featuring the theme, “Now & Then Again” with historical photographs and photographs of volunteers. Cost: $10, plus $5 mailing fee. Orders: send a check payable to Jeannette Area Historical Society to 415 Clay Ave., Jeannette PA 15644 or stop in...
Greater Latrobe forms health committee amid covid-prompted remote instruction
Greater Latrobe School Board is gaining a health and safety committee as it copes with the impact of the covid-19 pandemic. The board, at a Tuesday meeting that was held virtually, also moved to bolster its school police force while offering an early retirement incentive for veteran instructors. Board member...
Westmoreland Commissioner Gina Cerilli tests positive for covid-19
Westmoreland County Commissioner Gina Cerilli has tested positive for covid-19, county officials said Tuesday. Cerilli informed the county of her positive test results Tuesday and is following isolation recommendations. Cerilli told the Tribune-Review Tuesday was the second day she experienced symptoms including a “terrible headache” and an elevated temperature. She...
Derry school board member, Excela social worker partner to host ‘Christmas on the Frontlines’ benefit
Sean Kemmerer was disappointed when he didn’t receive any committee assignments in his role as a member of the Derry Area School Board, so he decided to find another positive way to help the community, forming the Derry Area Philanthropy Committee earlier in the fall. “I’ve taken my position on...
Voice of Westmoreland to air local public health concerns in Zoom forum
A grassroots activist group will host a public Zoom forum with Westmoreland County commissioners Wednesday evening to air local concerns and urge them to take an active role in battling the region’s growing public health crisis. Although the county does not have an independent public health department, a spokesman for...
Man accused of choking woman in Latrobe, damaging police station holding cell
A 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly assaulting and choking a Latrobe woman and damaging a city holding cell as he waited to be questioned by police. Donald E. Kunkle III of Donegal was arrested by police on charges of harassment, institutional vandalism, simple assault and strangulation in connection with...
Populations continue to decline in Westmoreland, Allegheny counties
As populations across Pennsylvania increased over the past 10 years, Westmoreland and Allegheny counties have seen the opposite effect. New data from the American Community Survey shows that from 2010-19, Westmoreland County lost more than 16,000 people with the population of Allegheny County dropping by about 7,500. Those numbers aren’t...
Westmoreland County preps for vaccine distribution, which could begin Friday
Westmoreland County officials said Tuesday that plans have been formulated to vaccinate nursing home patients and staff and first responders once they are notified that doses are available to distribute locally. Distribution of about 97,500 vaccine doses in Pennsylvania started this week, and the first could arrive in the county...
Sen. Bob Casey, North Huntingdon mother highlight need for continued pandemic relief
Victoria Murrell had her ducks in a row last winter. The 32-year-old from North Huntingdon had spent four years waiting tables and attending classes at Seton Hill University on a full academic scholarship. She was on track to graduate with a degree in human resources. Then the covid-19 shutdown hit....
Man accused by troopers of threatening girls in Unity with sledgehammer
A 37-year-old Allegheny County man is accused of breaking into a Unity woman’s home Monday and threatening two 12-year-old girls inside with a sledgehammer, state police said. Keith D. Wilk of Scott Township was arrested on charges of burglary, criminal mischief, making terroristic threats and resisting arrest. Troopers said the...
Westmoreland’s Torrance psychiatric hospital can’t recruit enough workers, jeopardizing funding
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — A state-run psychiatric hospital with a long history of struggling to employ enough workers is now so short-staffed that...
Masks, social distancing can’t stop the fun of Westmoreland Shop With A CopVideo
The smiles were evident Tuesday even behind the protective masks worn by young shoppers and their chaperones — police officers — at the Westmoreland County Shop With a Cop event at the Walmart in East Huntingdon. “This is by far my favorite day of the year,” said veteran Westmoreland sheriff’s...
St. Emma Monastery celebrates Christmas with outdoor light display in Hempfield
The sisters of St. Emma Monastery will not let the trials of 2020 take away their Christmas spirit. “Christ is stronger than covid,” said Mother Mary Anne Noll, prioress of the Benedictine women’s monastery in Hempfield. “Covid does not overcome Christmas, it only makes us more creative in the ways...
Excela recognized for efforts focusing on workplace wellness
For the ninth consecutive year, Excela Health has been recognized among the Healthiest Employers in Western Pennsylvania, and for the fifth year in a row named a Healthiest 100 Workplace in America, in an awards program presented by Healthiest Employer. The Healthiest Employer awards program, powered by Springbuk, was created...
More than 30% of Westmoreland County covid cases, deaths have come in December
December continues to become the worst month of the pandemic statistically in Westmoreland County. With Tuesday’s new reported covid cases and deaths, there have been 5,541 cases and 105 deaths reported so far this month. The December figures make up 37% and 34% of totals, respectively. There were 542 new...
Landmark Unity farmhouse opens as home furnishings storeVideo
A landmark of Westmoreland County’s farming tradition is entering a new chapter as a home furnishings store. Just in time for Christmas shopping and, unfortunately, new pandemic-related restrictions on retailers, Frye Farm Place had a soft opening last week on Frye Farm Road in Unity. Operated by Unity residents Dave...
Covid numbers tallied for Penn-Trafford area
The state Department of Health reports there have been 1,067 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Penn-Trafford area since the start of the pandemic in March. The department on Monday released data on confirmed cases of the virus in the six Penn-Trafford area ZIP codes, showing an increase of 549...
Norwin teen’s Eagle Scout project rehabbing field named for his grandfatherVideo
A North Huntingdon teen’s Eagle Scout project at St. Agnes Church in North Huntingdon has special meaning for him and his family. William N. McCabe, 17, chose rehabbing the area around the William T. McCabe Field because it is named for his grandfather, who founded the St. Agnes Athletic Association...
Norwin area covid cases jump 24%; 60% since post-Thanksgiving
The spike in coronavirus cases in the North Huntingdon-Irwin-North Irwin area continued the past week, rising 24% from Dec. 7-14, and a staggering 60% jump from Thanksgiving week, based on state Department of Health data from four ZIP codes covering most of the area. The North Huntingdon-Irwin-North Irwin area, with...
Latrobe holds line on taxes, eyes shared code enforcement officer
Latrobe Council adopted a $6.5 million budget for 2021 that holds the line on real estate taxes. Though the tax will remain at 21.5 mills, property owners will begin paying a new stormwater management fee. The fee, assessed at $90 per equivalent dwelling unit, is meant to help cover the...
Greensburg keeps property taxes flat in uncertain budget year
Greensburg will need to be financially flexible in 2021 due to the uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic recovery, according to Randy Finfrock, councilman in charge of accounts and finance. Council unanimously approved an $11.8 million budget Monday at a virtual meeting held via the Zoom videoconferencing platform....
Post-Thanksgiving covid spike continues at Norwin schools
Norwin’s coronavirus cases increased over the weekend, with the school district reporting 14 more cases among students and staff, boosting the post-Thanksgiving total to about 79 cases. Eleven of the 14 cases were among staff: six at Hillcrest Intermediate, three at the high school and one each at Sheridan Terrance...
Penn-Trafford closes middle school, Harrison Park Elementary for the week
Penn Middle School and Harrison Park Elementary in the Penn-Trafford School District will be closed through Friday after students at each school tested positive for the coronavirus. Students will receive remote instruction during that time. Penn-Trafford Superintendent Matthew Harris said Monday the closures are in keeping with covid-19 pandemic guidelines...
