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Westmoreland officials said Wednesday that five more residents tested positive for coronavirus at the county-owned nursing home in Hempfield. Cases at Westmoreland Manor have steadily increased since the middle of September and now 117 residents, or more than a third of those who live there, have tested positive. The facility...

Westmoreland County’s 911 dispatching operations were split into two operational locations Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning after officials discovered two employees tested positive for coronavirus. Public Safety Director Roland Mertz said 911 operations were uninterrupted even as the county instituted mitigation efforts and implemented its emergency response plan to...

Due to overwhelming response, Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling Center announced this week it would hold two household hazardous waste collections this fall. In addition to the Oct. 24 collection, a second collection was added for Nov. 21. Ellen Keefe, executive director of the nonprofit environmental organization, said it took just...

Get ready to do the time warp again. Stage Right Theatre Company will stage “The Rocky Horror Show Live” under a big top tent on Oct. 23-24 and 30-31. There will be a few pandemic-driven changes to the company’s long-running Halloween season production, including the outdoor venue, said director and...

A Greensburg man is being held in the county jail after police said he broke into an office building at Seton Hill University, ransacking it and using the basement as a hiding place. Joseph Donald Lawrence, 27, is charged with burglary, theft and criminal trespass in the August incidents. University...

A 38-year-old Jeannette man wanted on multiple arrest warrants dating back to March is accused of fighting a state trooper this week after he was found hiding out at a New Stanton motel with his girlfriend and 2-year-old daughter. James V. Villi was jailed on $50,000 bond on charges of...

Westmoreland County on Tuesday became Pennsylvania’s 16th county to surpass 3,000 coronavirus cases. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 60 new cases in the county, bringing the total to 3,053. The state didn’t add any new deaths, leaving the county’s total at 64. The county added 309 test results, with...

Delmont residents passing by the Rose Wigfield Parklet in recent weeks may have noticed a stone pillar, with a small glass fixture set into a spherical opening, has been moved to a much more prominent spot. While it certainly bears little resemblance to its modern cousins, the pillar controlled traffic...

A court ruling cleared the path for a major renovation of the Sheetz in New Stanton after a dispute between the company and the borough over how long trucks should be allowed to park there. The company plans build a larger facility on its Center Avenue site with the capacity...

Victoria Piekut is going to Graceland — but not to pay homage to The King. Crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2020 in November, the Irwin resident will be traveling to Memphis for the Miss USA 2020 competition. Piekut will arrive in Memphis around Nov. 1 for a round of rehearsals and promotional...

Latrobe residents will have about three months to pay the city’s new annual stormwater management fee after they receive their bill at the beginning of each year. City Council on Tuesday set the billing cycle for the fee that is meant to support Latrobe’s efforts to comply with a state...

Fundraisers • A rummage sale will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Fairview Church of God, 2202-2206 Route 982, Mt. Pleasant Township. All items in the first building will be half off. Meeting • Rostraver Sportmen Association will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday at...

State police and firefighters were searching for a missing person late Tuesday night in the Bolivar area. According to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher, police called for assistance in the search shortly after 9 p.m. Bolivar firefighters responded, along with the county Rough Terrain Support Unit Team. The search remained...

Greater Latrobe School District buildings are remaining open for full-time, in-person instruction despite new positive coronavirus cases reported at the senior high and at Latrobe Elementary School. Nine students have tested positive for the coronavirus since the school year began on Aug. 30, Superintendent Georgia Teppert told the school board...

Penn-Trafford High School is set to reopen as planned on Wednesday despite an increase in coronavirus cases at the school from two to five. District Superintendent Matthew Harris reported Tuesday that three students at the high school had tested positive for the coronavirus, in addition to two other positive cases...

Westmoreland commissioners on Tuesday earmarked more than $7.7 million in federal stimulus money to pay for staff salaries at the county jail and to purchase equipment needed to keep government operating amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The federal money is part of the $31.5 million allocated earlier this year from...

Pennsylvania National Guard members, stationed a Westmoreland Manor since late September, departed the county-owned nursing home over the weekend even as coronavirus cases there continued to grow. County officials said Tuesday another five residents tested positive since Saturday at the 400-bed home in Hempfield. There have now been 112 residents...

The coronavirus outbreak at Westmoreland County Prison continued to grow over the Columbus Day weekend and, on Tuesday, officials said the number of cases could result in overcrowding at the Hempfield lockup. Another 33 inmates and two more guards tested positive for the virus since late last week, county commissioners...

Two cases of coronavirus were reported Tuesday in the Belle Vernon Area School District, according to a letter to parents from Superintendent Michele Dowell. The cases were from the same household, one in the high school and the other at the middle school, she said. Contact tracing was not necessary...

A Somerset man is accused by police of asking a fellow inmate to claim that someone else was involved in the 2018 shooting of an Arnold man during a robbery, according to court papers. Nicholas J. Haynes, 24, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of criminal solicitation and attempted fabrication of...

A female inmate in the Westmoreland County Prison was arraigned Tuesday on nine criminal counts for allegedly assaulting three guards who were attempting to search her cell last month. Kara Rose Guy, 22, of Swissvale, was charged with six counts of aggravated assault and three counts of simple assault by...

Herzl Real Estate should not be held liable for damages a Jeannette packaging company claims were the result of odors from a hemp drying outfit just because it leased space to both groups, attorney Derek Mayhugh argued Tuesday. Herzl Real Estate was “merely the landlord” and not responsible for the...

Two Mon Valley men were ordered to jail in lieu of $100,000 bond each after allegedly threatening a Monessen man with a stolen 9 mm handgun and then trying to hide it from city police. Micah A. Craig, 23, of Charleroi, and Aliziah I. Feliberty, 20, of Monessen, were arrested...

Westmoreland County added 89 new covid-19 cases Tuesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. There were no new coronavirus-related deaths reported. Cases now near the 3,000-mark with 2,993 total cases as of Tuesday. The death total remains at 64. Westmoreland County coronavirus by dayInfogram In the county, there are...