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After pulling over a Delaware driver on Friday in Mt. Pleasant Township for following another vehicle too closely on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, state police discovered seven bulk packages of suspected heroin hidden inside a compartment built into his SUV, according to court documents. Jaime Cruz, 40, of Wilmington, was driving...

Seton Hill University is joining the growing list of colleges and universities offering online bachelor of science programs for registered nurses. Officials at the Greensburg private university said the new program will offer working professionals the ability to complete a bachelor’s degree in a flexible format. The move comes as...

Latrobe Police are asking the public’s help identifying the driver of an SUV that struck a building on Lincoln Avenue Sunday and fled. Police reported the crash occurred about 9 a.m. when the white vehicle struck the Holzer’s Deli store at 1700 Lincoln Ave., at the intersection of James Street....

Delmont Public Library officials were excited when they broke ground on a new building in mid-November. Now they will have an additional $40,000 to help install solar panels and other “green” features. The library received a West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund grant, which will go toward the purchase of...

Writers curious about publishing, performing and getting their work into print can learn more on Feb. 4 as the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg opens its Written/Spoken Series. The program at 7 p.m. in the Hempfield Room at the 150 Finoli Drive campus includes several award-winning writers and the editors...

It started with some messages exchanged with a new Facebook connection. A 60-year-old Loyalhanna Township woman believed she was talking to a man in Denmark. He told her he needed some money to help his daughter, who supposedly was attending a private school in West Africa, according to state police....

Part of Route 711 in Ligonier Township was closed due to a multi-vehicle crash, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. There were four or five vehicles involved in the crash. No injuries were reported. Route 711 was closed in both directions between Two-Mile Run and Slater Road....

State police have arrested a man who they accuse of robbing the Hempfield Walmart last week. Christopher John Hilty, 31, of Greensburg was arrested Saturday and charged with robbery and other offenses. He is being held at the Westmoreland County jail. Police said Hilty entered the Walmart at Greengate Circle...

A little less than a year after the Westmoreland County Complete Count Committee was founded, officials are gearing up efforts to help municipalities prepare for the upcoming census. “It’s federal funding; it’s state funding; it’s representation in Congress. The census number plays into all of that and we want Westmoreland...

Cold weather and muddy conditions forced the ongoing $1.1 million Mammoth Park renovation project into hibernation, but county bureau of parks and recreation officials expect work to resume “in a few weeks,” allowing the much-anticipated Giant Slide complex to open by late May. “We’re basically shut down for winter right...

An armed robber fled with an undetermined amount of money Friday night from the Walmart at Greengate Circle along Route 30 in Hempfield, state police at Greensburg said. The robber was wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans and gloves and displayed a gun to the cashier at the store’s customer...

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...