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It’s that time again, the weekend is here and we’re all looking for something fun to do. Options are more numerous than usual this time of year, as the holiday season quickly approaches. Looking for unique gifts? Wreaths Across America — North Huntingdon will hold its second annual craft and...

Children will be able to experience a colonial style holiday celebration at the Children’s Christmas Party, which will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Bushy Run Battlefield, Route 993, Penn Township. Attendees will make natural Christmas decorations and decorate the Bushy Run Christmas tree that...

Gingerbread will be a featured ingredient in this year’s annual Holly Jolly Christmas in Latrobe. A gingerbread house contest is part of the downtown event, to be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 7. Also, children will have the opportunity to make a gingerbread cookie craft, an activity...

A Youngwood couple sued two local hospitals and medical personnel, claiming doctors and nurses failed to properly identify and treat a prenatal condition blamed for their son’s death in late 2017. In a 20-count wrongful death lawsuit, Joanie and Samuel Adams contend an ultrasound performed at UPMC Magee Womens Hospital...

Students from five Westmoreland County schools will compete Monday for $12,000 in scholarship money to attend the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg at the college’s Science Scholar Showdown. The four-member teams will put their scientific knowledge and teamwork to the test as they participate in three rounds of competition. Students...

A Greensburg man was arrested Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl last spring after a forensic test revealed his DNA was on her clothing, police said. Michael T. Walker, 37, was arraigned on charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault on a person...

Two of Greensburg’s former mayors will lead the way at the city’s 28th annual Holiday Parade on Saturday. The city chose all of Greensburg’s past mayors to serve as grand marshals for the parade. Scott Brown, who served for most of the 1980s, and Dan Fajt, who served in the...

Penn-Trafford was ranked in the top 2% of the state’s 605 schools districts, based on the results of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment and the Keystone Exams, the school district said. The Westmoreland County school district ranked 11th out of 605 statewide, according to scores released in October and...

North Huntingdon officials rejected a request to transfer an expired liquor license from the former Winghart’s Burger Beer & Whiskey Bar in Hempfield to a closed tavern in North Huntingdon. The township commissioners on Wednesday unanimously rejected a request from Prasad Margabandhu and his brother, Sivram Bandhu, both of Pittsburgh,...

An Export man was seriously injured Tuesday after being thrown from a motorcycle during a crash, state police said Thursday. Daniel H. Loughner, 35, was taken to AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville after the crash on Kennedy Avenue at 1:16 a.m. Troopers said Loughner was traveling at 45 mph near...

Two inmates at the Westmoreland County Prison were arrested this week after county detectives said they hid paper containing synthetic marijuana inside a jar of peanut butter, according to court papers. Jail guards found the paper inside a cell occupied by Dameon Jerod Hill, 30, and Allen Coker III, 25,...

A fire in Seward involving two buildings Thursday morning was extinguished in about 30 minutes, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. The fire on Keystone Street was reported just after 6 a.m. It started in a garage and spread to another structure, dispatchers said. Two people were evacuated from apartments...

North Huntingdon property owners will likely see their township takes remain steady next year. Township commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved a $14.7 million tentative general fund budget, which holds the line on property taxes at 11.3 mills. Of that tax levy, the revenue generated by 9.3 mills will be allocated...

A Westmoreland County judge ruled the evidence presented against a Hyde Park man at his June sexual assault trial was sufficient to support the guilty verdicts rendered by jurors. In a 16-page opinion issued Wednesday, Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio rejected the appeal by Larry Lee Redmond. Redmond, 40, was convicted of...

Westmoreland County elections officials will meet Friday at noon to break ties in 10 local municipal elections. Elections Bureau Director Beth Lechman said multiple candidates in the Nov. 6 election finished with identical vote totals for council seats in Arona, Hyde Park, Laurel Mountain, North Irwin, Penn and Sutersville along...

Planners have identified 123 road, bridge and transportation improvements needed in southwestern Pennsylvania, and said a list of priority projects — including a handful in Westmoreland County — will be adopted by next summer. The Southwest Pennsylvania Commission, or SPC, and PennDOT on Wednesday afternoon outlined proposals that could be...

Rita Ruffner was all about Christmas, so much so that she wanted her son, a former Hollywood set designer, to make a Santa’s sleigh for her front yard. Jeffrey Michaels, 51, of Las Vegas started work on the sleigh this summer. He finished days before his mother’s 80th birthday Oct....

A Greensburg couple is accused of multiple drug delivery and possession charges after city police seized 577 THC vape cartridges and a container of THC gummy bears that were delivered in two parcels to their home earlier this month. Malachi U. Redhawk, 25, and Ashley M. Martin, 23, were charged...

The Salvation Army says it is losing a week of Red Kettle fundraising as a result of the late Thanksgiving holiday. “That one week will affect our fundraising abilities since most of our locations don’t start until (Nov.) 29th,” said Lt. Cheyenne Martinez, assistant corps officer of the Greensburg Salvation...

A Florida woman allegedly involved in a group that targets affluent suburbs for thefts and financial crimes is facing charges in Westmoreland County after cashing a stolen check at a Hempfield bank, according to state police. Emily Elizabeth Helmer, 31, of Bradenton, was arraigned Wednesday on charges of dealing in...

Harbor Freight Tools will open a new location in Rostraver Township on Dec. 7 at 8 a.m., according to company officials. The first 500 customers at the store at 120 Finley Road will receive a free tape measure. The store is in a building that previously housed a Kmart, which...

Jeannette firefighters are getting body armor to protect them during calls where violence might be a factor, said Fire Chief Bill Frye. The department is getting 18 vests at $875 each for paid and volunteer firefighters. Frye said the department’s relief association is footing the bill of more than $13,000...