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No new coronavirus cases, deaths reported in Westmoreland County
Health officials on Wednesday reported no new coronavirus cases and no new virus-related deaths in Westmoreland County. The case count stands at 419, and state data has caught up with the county coroner’s count of virus-related deaths: 32. Of those deaths, 25 individuals previously tested positive for covid-19, according to...
Charges filed in Greater Latrobe junior high hazing incidents
Two Greater Latrobe Junior High School wrestling coaches were charged Tuesday with child endangerment and failure to report January hazing incidents that were captured on surveillance video, according to court papers. Cary James Lydic, 29, of Greensburg was the head coach and David Francis Galando, 44, of Youngstown was his...
Greensburg to resume parking enforcement Monday
Greensburg will resume parking enforcement next week as businesses start to reopen. In mid-March the city eased up on parking tickets, allowing drivers to stay at metered spaces for up to an hour without paying. Those who lingered longer would still get tickets, which drew complaints from some who work...
Hempfield senior wins performing arts scholarship, awardVideo
Talent is only a portion of what makes a performer successful, says Tony Marino, founder and artistic director of Stage Right School for the Performing Arts in Greensburg. It also takes hard work, discipline, attitude and integrity — all of which he says Stage Right student/performer Grace Rusnica has in...
Hempfield woman gets jail, house arrest in sex assault of 2 teen boys
A Hempfield woman was sentenced to two months in jail and a year on home electronic monitoring in connection with sexual assaults on two teenage boys last year, according to court records. Brandy Lynn Sturtz, 35, pleaded guilty last week to statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors and providing alcohol...
Longtime Franklin Regional band director to retire this yearVideo
When Kevin Pollock was hired as the Franklin Regional high school band director, he found himself in a brand-new position with a week before summer band camp rehearsals began. “With so little time to plan and prepare, we fell back on a patriotic show theme I’d used at two previous...
Pleasant Unity man charged with threatening Gov. Wolf over business closures
A Pleasant Unity man has been arrested and charged with threatening Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, officials in York County announced Tuesday. Rocco Anthony Naples, 28, faces a third-degree felony charge of threats and other improper influence in official and political matters and related misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats and harassment,...
Airport authority awards Arnold Palmer taxiway project, eyes terminal, parking expansions
The Westmoreland County Airport Authority has selected Derry Construction Co. to modify three taxiways as part of the runway widening project at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. The work won’t proceed until the authority receives approval of needed funding from the Federal Aviation Administration. The firm submitted the sole bid of...
Penn Township manager resigns; interim manager named
Penn Township’s secretary-manager for the past six years resigned earlier this month and an interim replacement has been named. Alexander Graziani, 49, of Greensburg, resigned from his post on May 4, said Michael Korns, township solicitor. “The township will do well and it has good leadership,” Graziani said when contacted...
Arnold Palmer airport eyes return of direct flights to, from Orlando
Positive customer response to restored air service between Orlando, Fla., and Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, by way of Pittsburgh International, is expected to bring direct round-trip flights back next month from Westmoreland County to Florida. Spirit Airlines launched a circular Orlando-Pittsburgh-Unity route on May 3 — nearly a month after...
Texas firm eyes several Levin Furniture stores in bankruptcy deal
The Mt. Pleasant flagship store that was the foundation for the century-old Levin Furniture empire may reopen — but only as part of a new furniture chain under a pending bankruptcy court deal. A Texas-based private equity firm bid $6.7 million to buy leases and unsold furniture in 27 Art...
1 new coronavirus case, no additional deaths reported in Westmoreland County
State health officials reported one new coronavirus case in Westmoreland County on Tuesday as the statewide total neared 58,000. County coroner Ken Bacha’s death count remained at 32, while the state’s data — which has lagged behind county reporting throughout the pandemic — lists the death toll at 30. The...
Cops: Woman who crashed in North Huntingdon parking lot with 2 kids in car charged
An Irwin woman is accused of driving under the influence and endangering the welfare of children after she crashed into a car in a North Huntingdon hotel parking lot and hit a curb with two young children in the backseat. Township police stopped Kristina L. Nottingham, 29, a short distance...
Idlewild extends 2020 season passes to include all of 2021
Though an opening date for this year has not been set, Idlewild & SoakZone has announced that it will extend all 2020 season passes through the entire 2021 summer season. Dining passes and other perks also be extended at the Ligonier Township amusement park. The 2020 season passes that include...
Business rally for loosening covid-19 restrictions set for Saturday in UnityVideo
A small-business rally is planned Saturday in Westmoreland County to urge less stringent restrictions from Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to phase in segments of the state’s economy curtailed during the coronavirus pandemic. About 60 small-business owners and supporters braved unseasonably cold temperatures Monday night outside Sharky’s Cafe on Route 30...
Audio of Westmoreland County coronavirus task force meeting available online
Audio from the latest meeting of Westmoreland County’s coronavirus task force is available on the county’s website. State legislators, county commissioners, members of the county departments of public safety, finance and human services and others attended the May 6 meeting. Speakers provided updates about responses to the pandemic ranging from...
84 Lumber builds addition for recovering Salem teenVideo
As a Salem teenager fights to regain the life she knew just a few short months ago, she has a brand-new, handicap-accessible wing in her home thanks to the generosity of 84 Lumber. In early January, Autumn Zundel, 13, was diagnosed with an anterior mediastinal mass between her heart and...
Latrobe awards contract for long-awaited Mary Street paving
Plum-based Tresco Paving is slated to resurface deteriorating Mary Street and some intersecting streets and alleys in Latrobe this summer in a project that was delayed for several years while city officials awaited funding. Council on Monday approved Tresco’s low bid of $156,976. City manager Michael Gray said the project...
Irwin Council to hold virtual meeting
Irwin Borough Council is joining with other municipalities when it holds a virtual meeting for its government business at 6 p.m. Wednesday . The meeting will be streamed live on the Irwin Borough Facebook page. Borough offices remain closed to the public during the coronavirus-related shutdowns, but borough officials are...
Redstone staff in Murrysville arranges 100th birthday parade for 2 residentsVideo
For the staff at Redstone Highlands senior community in Murrysville, the simple act of throwing a 100th birthday party for residents is a complicated affair these days. “It’s been challenging, just to make sure I’m crossing all my T’s and dotting all my I’s,” said Redstone Care Partner Megan Henninger,...
Westmoreland Cleanways opens its new recycling center in UnityVideo
Half an hour into the first day of operations at the new Westmoreland Cleanways recycling center in Unity, dozens of desktop computer monitors and disused televisions were piled up inside the main drop-off building. “Man, this is great it’s back open. I’ve been waiting for it to reopen,” said Mark...
1 more coronavirus case, no new deaths reported in Westmoreland County
One new coronavirus case in Westmoreland County has pushed the total to 418, while the statewide case count surpassed 57,000 on Monday. The 543 new cases reported statewide between 12 a.m. Sunday and 12 a.m. Monday bring the running tally to 57,154. State health officials reported 24 new deaths for...
Have a weird talent to share? Yinzfest is looking for you
Do you have an unusual, eclectic or downright weird talent that you’d like to share? Yinzfest 2020, coming Aug. 15 to Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale, could be just the place for you. “The mission of the festival has always been to book interesting and different talent in Pittsburgh that...
Cops: Man stopped for suspended license in Greensburg carrying nearly 2 bricks of heroin
A Jeannette man pulled over in Greensburg Saturday after an officer suspected him of driving with a suspended license was found with nearly two bricks of heroin, police said. Moziah S. Harris, 28, was stopped driving his 2015 Honda about 2:25 a.m. along the 100 block College Avenue by Patrolman...
State police withdraw stay-at-home violations against 2 in Westmoreland
Citations have been withdrawn against two people who were accused of violating Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order last month. The citations against Kara Lee Lawson, 27, of Bell, and Scott James Renwick, 28, of Loyalhanna, were withdrawn May 1, according to online court records. It was unclear why the citations...
