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Work is set to begin next week on security improvements at the Unity Township Municipal Authority office near Pleasant Unity. Marmat Inc. was awarded the project contract, at a cost of $96,545, and is expected to start by adding an emergency exit at the rear of the building. According to...

A 40-year-old Greensburg man being evicted from his residence under a protection from abuse order Wednesday was arrested on multiple charges after scuffling with three sheriff’s deputies and then exposing himself, according to court records. Eric W. Cummings was arrested on charges of obstruction of government functions, open lewdness and...

Plans to convert a Greensburg mansion into a group home for former mental health patients at Torrance State Hospital was approved this week over objections from neighbors who claimed the project could lower nearby property values. The city’s zoning hearing board voted to grant a special exception that clears the...

A Westmoreland County jury on Thursday rejected a Scottdale man’s claims that his physical limitations prevented him from having sexual activity and rendered him unable to have repeatedly raped a young girl. Dylan Chiaramonte, 27, was convicted of rape of a child, two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated...

All staff at Westmoreland Manor will again be tested for coronavirus. Commissioners on Thursday cut a deal with Excela Health to test the staff of the county owned nursing home in Hempfield as part of a federal mandate put in place this week. The county will pay Excela $105 per...

A pry bar and screwdriver left behind in a car that crashed near the scene of an attempted burglary at a gun store led Rostraver police to connect an Elizabeth man to the crime, according to court papers filed this month. Authorities said they identified Kristopher Cerniga, 33, as the...

Westmoreland County has 18 new coronavirus cases Thursday, per the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Of the new cases, nine are confirmed and nine are probable. One new covid-19 related death was also reported, which resulted in the county reaching 50 total deaths. Prior to Thursday, there had not been a...

Sounds of honking horns, cheering crowds and bouts of “happy birthday” wafted through normally quiet neighborhoods this year as friends and family, not letting the coronavirus pandemic stop them, celebrated loved ones turning 100. The number of centenarians around the world is on the rise, data show, a generation of...

A Jeannette native is spearheading efforts to raise money for educational scholarships for families of military service people who have died or have been disabled while on active duty. Michael Popella of Grove City founded the Folds of Honor of Western PA Chapter after meeting the national organization’s founder, Lt....

With horns honking and balloons waving from their windows, dozens of cars drove down Greensburg’s Alwine Avenue to wish Catherine Campolongo a happy 103rd birthday. Campolongo was a baby during the flu pandemic of 1918, and on Wednesday celebrated a socially distant birthday during another historic pandemic. Her secret to...

Animal Friends of Westmoreland currently has 152 animals in their care. Since its inception in 2006, the nonprofit has rescued more than 5,700 animals. Like most nonprofits, Animal Friends relies on donations and they could not be happier to have received a $4,200 donation recently — the proceeds from the...

The 90-year-old patriarch of a Pittsburgh family connected to gambling operations in Western Pennsylvania for more than a half century agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve charges the family operated a sports betting and numbers running business dating back to 1994. Robert “Bobby I” Iannelli, of Pittsburgh, along with his...

Children in the Greater Latrobe School District students can get two free meals a day through a U.S. Department of Agriculture program. Greater Latrobe joined other area school districts that are taking advantage of the meal program. Picking up where a similar effort ended in June, the pandemic-prompted program provides...

A Sutersville man allegedly used a crossbow arrow to puncture tires on two vehicles parked near his apartment on Tuesday and then threatened to stab one person who confronted him about it, police said. Rickie Linn Case, 58, was arraigned on charges of aggravated assault, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, harassment,...

North Huntingdon police say a Derry man repeatedly tried to make a woman crash her car as she drove through Westmoreland County on Monday. Police arrested Jason M. Thomas, 30, on charges of harassment, reckless endangerment, simple assault and making terroristic threats following the alleged 7:30 p.m. assault inside the...

The American Dairy Association North East partnered with Schneider’s Dairy and The Salvation Army to distribute 1,000 gallons of milk in Jeannette on Wednesday through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. Each vehicle that participated in the drive-thru distribution at the Magee Avenue parking lot received two gallons of milk. Some...

The St. Vincent de Paul thrift store in Jeannette appears to have found a new home. The store, which was forced to close its Clay Avenue location in December, will be setting up shop at the intersection of North First Street and Harrison Avenue. President Marilyn Lander said she hopes...

Jury selection started Wednesday in the attempted murder trial of a Penn Township man accused of firing a rifle at police who responded to a domestic call at his home more than four years ago. The case against Jody Martz, 56, was delayed for years as attorneys argued a series...

Westmoreland libraries will provide around the clock free Wi-Fi as part of a program that county officials said will help to ensure residents have expanded access to the internet. A $145,000 grant will be made to the Westmoreland County Federated Library System to install equipment that will broadcast hotspots for...

Latrobe is moving ahead with a comprehensive review of the city’s zoning ordinance but will have to wait until next year to repair erosion along Loyalhanna Creek. City council this week finalized an agreement with Scenic Pittsburgh to serve as a consultant in the zoning review, at no cost to...

Westmoreland County on Wednesday surpassed 2,000 total coronavirus cases. The county saw 10 new confirmed cases added, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, bringing the total to 2,003 since the first cases were recorded in the county in March. The county’s death toll remained at 49, where it’s been...

Two more people were charged this week in connection with a daylight break-in and attack at a North Huntingdon home. Quaise M. Rhodes-Wilson, 21, of Wilkinsburg, and Martell Crosby, 25, of Jeannette, are charged with burglary, aggravated assault, terroristic threats and related offenses. Rhodes-Wilson is being held in the Westmoreland...