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A high-tech start-up manufacturing company is expected to occupy two parcels at the Westmoreland County Technology Park II in Hempfield. County officials this week approved an option agreement for a company that represents Fossil Industries to purchase two parcels on nearly 11 acres at the industrial park. The company will...

Construction will begin within the next month on a new Dunkin’ site in East Huntingdon’s Countryside Plaza. Customers will be able to order their favorite brew, along with other beverages and pastries, by summer, says Audra Mitchell, a representative of the Savvy Group in Pittsburgh, Dunkin’s regional marketing agency. “It...

Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County board members on Friday awarded a $7.2 million contract to an Allegheny County construction firm for a three-year project to replace water and sewer lines in Youngwood. Authority officials said Jet Jack Inc. of Oakdale submitted the lowest of six bids for the work expected...

Westmoreland County Community College officials are seeking nominations for the school’s 2020 Distinguished Alumnus Award through Feb. 13. The award recognizes and honors alumni who have distinguished themselves through professional accomplishments, significant community based service, and support or service to the college. It will be presented at the college’s commencement...

After a plea from the victim’s mother, a Derry man was sentenced Friday to serve up to 14 years in prison for his role in a friend’s fatal overdose in Greensburg more than two years ago. Glenn Levtzow, 38, appeared in court a week after he failed to attend a...

An undercover cocaine purchase outside the Beehive Showbar in Salem Township resulted in the arrest of the strip club’s front desk clerk, police said. Jeremiah J. Edwards, 50, of Salem, is charged with multiple counts of possession with intent to deliver and possession of cocaine, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Police...

State police on Friday searched wooded areas in Unity, continuing a quest to find a woman who has been missing for nearly two years. Kathe Gross, mother of Cassandra Gross, said searchers were focusing during the morning on an area where her daughter’s dog, Baxter, was found. “I believe they’re...

Gennaro Piraino believes the solution to Westmoreland County’s problems starts with a simple question: What would Fred do? Piraino, speaking at the 45th annual Westmoreland County Prayer Breakfast on Friday, said Westmoreland County’s “economic crisis” is being driven mostly by a loss of population — which means new people need...

Skin cancer, the most common type of cancer in the United States, will be the topic of an informational program Wednesday in Latrobe. The 6 p.m. presentation by Dr. Melissa Pugliano-Mauro, residency program director in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Dermatology, is part of an ongoing series of health-related...

Police have arrested one man and are looking for another accused of robbing the Sheetz on Harvey Avenue in Greensburg Thursday evening. Four men entered the store around 6:15 p.m., according to police. Tywone McClain Jr., 21, of Greensburg, allegedly demanded money from the cashier, saying he had a gun...

Jill Urbani Sorrels has a vivid recollection of something her father said years ago about Jeannette’s future. It would take an entire generation for the city to bounce back from a decline, Urbani Sorrels remembers him saying. “ ‘It will come back through the eyes of the artists,’ ” she...

Westmoreland County has started treating water sources at its nursing home in Hempfield to remove what officials say is the likely presence of bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease. Preliminary tests revealed earlier this week the likely presence of the Legionella bacteria in water at Westmoreland Manor. Those tests were initiated...

A Derry Township man will serve up to 10 years in prison for assaults against a lawyer and a witness during an eviction hearing more than two years ago. Kevin Cole, 34, pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts each of aggravated assault and simple assault in connection with allegations he...

Westmoreland County Commissioner Gina Cerilli on Thursday accused a fellow commissioner of breaking a campaign promise less than one month into his first term in office. Cerilli, a two-term Democrat, said Republican Doug Chew’s vote to award seven contracts, to upgrade and install new air conditioning units at locations throughout...

Nine additional properties along Route 981 near the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport are being targeted for rezoning from a residential classification to a regional commercial designation, as Unity Township looks to amend its zoning ordinance to support more development opportunities near the airport. The nine parcels, stretching northeast from the...

Editor’s note: Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Diocese of Greensburg announced that “The Well” has been rescheduled for May 9, 2020. Six hundred Catholic men attended the Diocese of Greensburg’s 2019 men’s conference “The Well,” so local church leaders decided to hold another one. The second annual gathering, whose...

A Hempfield Area High School student admitted she was clandestinely using a vaping device in a bathroom stall Jan. 15 when she accidentally ignited papers in a garbage can, causing the school to be evacuated, according to a state police fire marshal. The student, Diamond J. Johnston, 18, was charged...

Gordmans will hold grand opening events at several former Peebles store locations in the region, including giveaways and donations to area school districts, according to a release. Ribbon cuttings are set for 9 a.m. Feb. 18 at local stores including Belle Vernon, East Huntingdon, Ellwood City, Allegheny Township, New Castle...

Growth across Hempfield was a main topic Wednesday when members of the Hempfield Area School Board and township supervisors hosted a joint meeting for the first time in years. “This meeting is an opportunity for the township and the school district to come together and begin to discuss future growth...

When visitors try their luck playing blackjack at the new casino under construction at Westmoreland Mall, chances are they will compete against dealers trained by Westmoreland County Community College. College trustees have approved a letter of intent to offer instructional courses for casino dealers in partnership with the Maryland-based company...