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First-time candidate Tay Waltenbaugh on Wednesday night conceded the race for the 39th District State Senate seat to incumbent Kim Ward, who had built a sizable lead as vote counting neared an end. “For nearly a year and a half, we have worked diligently to achieve victory on Nov. 3,”...

U.S. Rep. John Joyce, R-Blair County, appears poised to win a second term in office. On Wednesday afternoon, Joyce held a commanding lead over Democrat Todd Rowley of Donegal Township in Westmoreland County. According to unofficial results with more than 92% of state precincts reporting, Joyce received nearly 78% of...

A motorcyclist was seriously injured Wednesday when he crashed in a work zone along Route 119 North in New Stanton, according to a 911 dispatch supervisor. The accident occurred about 2 p.m. near Hepler’s Hardware, where the highway merges into one lane because of ongoing construction work in Youngwood. The...

President Trump is on his way to another big victory in Westmoreland County. According to unofficial results, with more than 77% of the vote counted, Trump continued to hold a commanding lead over former Vice President Joe Biden among county voters. With all 307 precincts reporting votes cast in-person on...

Westmoreland County reported 90 new coronavirus cases and two deaths on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The 90 new cases — 68 confirmed and 22 probable — bring the county’s total to 4,761 since the first cases were reported in March. Wednesday’s PCR test positivity rate —...

Two coronavirus cases were reported at Hempfield Area High School this week, district officials said. According to Superintendent Tammy Wolicki, one high school teacher and one student tested positive for the virus. Those who were determined to have been in close contact with the infected individuals were contacted by the...

A Derry Township woman alleges she was held at knifepoint, beaten and choked by her boyfriend in a domestic assault that began late Monday and lasted until she was able to flee Tuesday afternoon. Randy S. Authier, 22, was arraigned on multiple charges filed by by state police at Kiski...

Arts • Prime Stage Theater is sponsoring a Create Your Own Holiday Theme Mask contest through Nov. 11. Visit primestage.com/events to register. Create your own holiday artwork and send a JPG or PDF of it to PST@primestage.com by Nov. 11. Fee is $10. Winners will be announced Nov. 15 and...

Republican incumbent state Rep. Eric Davanzo has defeated Democrat Robert Prah Jr. in the race for a full two-year term representing the 58th state House District in central and southern Westmoreland County, according to unofficial results from Westmoreland County. With all votes counted, Davanzo received slightly more than 63 percent...

Republican incumbent Rep. Guy Reschenthaler of Peters defeated Democratic challenger Bill Marx in his bid to hold on for a second term representing the newly formed 14th Congressional District, which includes a large portion of western Westmoreland County, along with portions of Greene, Washington and Fayette. Though some mail-in ballots...

Three-term incumbent Ryan Warner holds a strong lead in the race for the 52nd District in the state House, holding off a challenge from Harry Young Cochran, according to unofficial voting results Thursday morning. Warner, a three-term incumbent, captured nearly 71% of the vote, leading by more than 12,000 votes.....

Republican challenger Jason Silvis maintained a 6-point lead over 13-term incumbent state Rep. Joe Petrarca on Thursday morning in Pennsylvania’s 55th state House District, according to unofficial and incomplete returns. Silvis, a film stuntman, has collected 53.1% of the votes counted compared with Petrarca’s 46.9%, a margin of about 1,800...

Westmoreland County elections officials took special precautions Tuesday as a family infected with the coronavirus appeared at the courthouse to cast ballots in the 2020 election. Two parents and their adult son called ahead to make arrangements to vote, said Commissioner Doug Chew. “I was the designated covid commissioner and...

Incumbent Kim Ward was holding on tight to her 39th District State Senate seat Wednesday afternoon, leading opponent Tay Waltenbaugh by more than 50,600 votes. Ward, a 64-year-old Hempfield Republican who has served in the Senate for 12 years, had about 70% of the votes with 144 out of 206...

Kennametal Corp. lost $20.8 million as sales fell about about 23% in the quarter ending Sept. 30, compared to a year ago, the company said Tuesday. There is much uncertainty in the market and it is difficult to predict when there will be a full recovery, CEO Christopher Rossi said...

A Latrobe couple has been charged with corruption of minors for allegedly assisting a 17-year-old runaway from an Adelphoi Village group home in a plan to flee to Georgia in September. Eric L. and Michele L. Mallin, 50 and 48, are charged by state police with assisting the girl. The...

Westmoreland County continues to see covid-related deaths reported on a daily basis, with three new such deaths added Tuesday. It is the 20th straight day the county has recorded at least one covid-related death. In that time, 45 deaths have been recorded. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 70 new...

A Laughlintown man was sentenced Tuesday to two to four years in prison for setting his Ligonier Township home on fire last year. Brian W. McVicker, 55, was ordered to pay the former owners of nearby Washington Furnace Inn on Route 30 $125,000 in restitution. Chad Granatire said he has...

The most recent state data shows 215 people in the Murrysville area have had confirmed cases of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic in March, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The confirmed cases show an increase of 13 since Oct. 27. The health department on Monday released...

Coronavirus cases in the North Huntingdon-Irwin area increased by about 20% in the past week, a trend that has continued the last several weeks, according to data reported this week by the state Department of Health. The number of virus cases in North Huntingdon, Irwin and North Irwin, which has...

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg will usher in the holiday season with its annual Holiday Mart from Friday through Sunday. The Museum Shop will offer 10% savings on all regularly priced items, a Maker Meet and Greet, a curated selection of merchandise from the featured makers, live...