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Norvelt firefighters giving back with donation-only fish fry
Norvelt firefighters are giving back to those who have supported them during Lent by frying up fish Saturday for a cash donation-only drive-thru takeout. The fire department and its ladies auxiliary had to unexpectedly cancel their fish fry this year because of state-mandated social distancing restrictions related to the coronavirus...
Norwin group to resume Meals on Wheels
Norwin Area Meals on Wheels, which stopped delivering meals o March 25 because of fears of spreading the coronavirus, will resume deliveries Tuesday, but with modifications to meet social distancing requirements, a spokesman said. Because of limited space in the New Hope Presbyterian Church kitchen in North Huntingdon where the...
Westmoreland County adds 2 new covid-19 cases, no new deaths
Westmoreland County reported two additional cases of covid-19 on Sunday, bringing the total number of people to test positive for the virus to 417, according to Pennsylvania health officials. No new deaths from the virus were reported. Westmoreland County is one of the counties that will shift to the yellow...
Garage damaged in Loyalhanna Twp. fire
A fire damaged a garage in Loyalhanna Township late Saturday night, the Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety said. The owner of the house on Steele Road was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation as result of the fire, which was reported at 11:20 p.m. a Public Safety supervisor...
Jeannette man jailed in high-speed pursuit through 2 counties
A Jeannette man was jailed in Armstrong County Saturday after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase through two counties that ended when the car he was driving crashed into a vehicle that was occupied by a family. Rasheed Gordon, 28, was arraigned early Sunday on charges of possession with...
Latrobe parishioners celebrate priest’s 50th anniversary but keep social distanceVideo
For a man accustomed to praying for the health and well-being of others during a career of 50 years in the ministry, a Latrobe priest was the subject of countless prayers when he was treated recently at Excela Latrobe Hospital for covid-19. “I was hospitalized for three days. I guess...
New Westmoreland recycling center opens Monday in Unity
Westmoreland Cleanways will open its new recycling center just south of Route 130 in Unity at noon Monday, while following all of the prescribed Centers for Disease Control guidelines, the organization announced. The organization has been able to work on the recycling center at 355 Pleasant Unity-Mutual Road, during the...
Westmoreland County adds 2 new covid-19 cases, deaths remain at 32
Westmoreland County confirmed two more cases of covid-19 between Friday and Saturday, bringing the countywide total to 415, state health data show. The state has confirmed that at least 30 people in the county have died from the disease. Westmoreland County Coroner Ken Bacha, whose tally has been higher than...
State lawmakers say there is pain ahead as coronavirus restrictions begin to ease
State lawmakers say the social and economic pain from the coronavirus shutdown is not over and that there are still many questions as Southwestern Pennsylvania prepares to move from red to yellow zone status Friday. Gov. Tom Wolf, who imposed statewide stay-at-home orders as covid-19 cases began cropping up in...
Muncipal Authority of Westmoreland County reminds businesses to flush water before reopening
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County has warned businesses to make sure their water is safe when they reopen after a long closure. MAWC treats its water with a disinfectant, but that can dissipate after a long time stagnant. This can lead to biological growths, bad taste and a discoloration,...
Blaze destroys garage, equipment at Murrysville home
Flames destroyed a garage and equipment stored inside Friday afternoon in Murrysville. No one was injured in the blaze reported after 4:30 p.m. at a home in the 4000 block of Bulltown Road. Sardis Fire Chief Cody Paiano said an adjacent outbuilding sustained some exterior charring but no interior fire...
Greensburg, Pittsburgh Catholic dioceses announce slightly relaxed rules starting May 15
Catholic churches in both the Greensburg Diocese and Pittsburgh Diocese will be permitted to reopen their doors for private prayer beginning May 15, diocese officials have announced. Pittsburgh Diocese officials also eased restrictions on weddings and funeral Masses from having no more than 10 people in attendance to no more...
Survey to gauge impact of coronavirus on Greensburg businesses
The Greensburg Community Development Corporation is conducting an anonymous survey of city business owners to learn more about how they’ve been affected by the coronavirus shutdown. “We know they have been negatively impacted, but we want to see how Greensburg compares to the rest of the country,” said corporation Executive...
Cops: Hempfield man arrested for assaulting woman
A woman had to be airlifted to a Pittsburgh hospital this week for treatment of a serious head injury after allegedly being assaulted by a Hempfield man, state police said. Brian J. Halko, 38, was charged by state police with aggravated assault, criminal mischief, harassment and simple assault after the...
87-year-old Unity golfer scores 1st hole-in-one after coronavirus banVideo
At 87, Don Ferlin thought he’d never sink a hole-in-one. Heck, with the coronavirus pandemic dragging on and golf courses declared off-limits by Gov. Tom Wolf until May 1, the Unity man wondered whether he would ever tee off again. But Thursday, Ferlin and his longtime golfing buddies, Sonny Baughman...
Westmoreland-based nonprofits bide time through fundraiser cancellations
Both the Westmoreland Cultural Trust and Old Joe Club Charities were able to hold their largest annual fundraisers before the coronavirus prompted a statewide lockdown. The Trust’s Party at the Palace and Old Joe’s Men’s Night Out both took place in February, about a month before event cancellations began to...
Monroeville company cleans Westmoreland emergency vehicles for free
Nearly 150 emergency service vehicles in Westmoreland County got a thorough cleaning for free last month from Premier Automation in Monroeville. Nine employees at the engineered solutions company volunteered for more than a week to clean 148 fire trucks, police cars, ambulances and other vehicles, according to an announcement from...
Flags headed to Westmoreland County veterans’ graves, with help of local groups
Seven pallets of graveside flags were distributed Friday at the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg to veterans groups, which are to place them in area cemeteries in time for Memorial Day, according to county Veterans Affairs Director Matt Zamosky. Members of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association and the Westmoreland County...
Delmont fire company plans mini-parade through borough to honor moms
Fire department volunteers are among the first responders in their communities, and with Mother’s Day coming up on Sunday, Delmont librarian Denni Grassel approached members of the borough fire department with an idea. “She mentioned that moms are kind of like the ‘first responders’ of the household,” Delmont Fire Chief...
Hempfield fire stations face ‘growing pains’ as township supervisors enforce service agreements
A Hempfield fire station might be forced to pay debt on one of its vehicles if it doesn’t agree to follow a plan laid out by township supervisors at the start of the year. Members of the High Park Volunteer Fire Department are asking the township to pay nearly $62,000...
Collaboration between WCCC, Hempfield allows students to graduate with associates degree
Hempfield students are now able to graduate with more than a high school diploma. A new collaboration between the school and Westmoreland County Community College allows students to obtain an Associates of Arts degree from the college’s School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Public Services while still attending high school....
Hempfield recognition ceremony moved online due to coronavirus
Almost 130 Hempfield middle school students were honored virtually this week after an annual Academic Breakfast was canceled because of the coronavirus. Each year, students from Harrold, Wendover and West Hempfield middle schools who finish in the top 10% of their classes attend the breakfast where they are awarded for...
Greensburg woman charged with stalking sheriff’s deputy
Westmoreland County detectives have issued an arrest warrant for a woman who allegedly stalked a sheriff’s deputy and made a fake 911 call that brought police to the deputy’s mother’s home. Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Deputy Casey Cameron told investigators he’s never met Nishee Sanford, 41, but that her behavior has...
Cops: Couple jailed on $200K bond after chase, shooting near Saltsburg
A Westmoreland County woman and her boyfriend were jailed on $200,000 bond each after a vehicle chase and shooting Wednesday. The incident began in Indiana County and ended along Route 981 in Westmoreland County, according to state police. Cheyenne S. Nipps, 21, of Loyalhanna Township, and her boyfriend, Steven Aukerman,...
Westmoreland Museum offers free face coverings, pen pal program
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art has developed two new outreach programs, one to supply face coverings to community members and another to to keep in touch with senior citizens during the covid-19 quarantine. Several staff members applied their sewing talents to the Free Face Coverings Project, creating masksfor people...
