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An anonymous complaint to a statewide child abuse hotline led to charges being filed against a Greensburg woman. Detective Sgt. John Swank charged Amarette L. White, 39, with child endangerment and simple assault after interviewing her and the alleged teen victim. Swank reported in court papers that police received a...

For Tina Grossman, the challenges of training for a 70-mile, three-day hike have been akin to the challenges life has thrown at her these past two years. In that time span, she lost both her husband and her mother. “This was my year of finding me,” she said. “I was...

Two more cats in Westmoreland County have tested positive for rabies in separate incidents this month in Irwin and the Mt. Pleasant area, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The recent confirmations make three cases of rabid cats reported in the county this year. In the Mt. Pleasant area...

Officials with Central Westmoreland Habitat for Humanity are taking a leap of faith that their partnership with Thrivent Financial’s Building on Faith 2019 initiative will draw 100 or more volunteers this weekend to revitalize a Greensburg neighborhood park. Volunteers will meet at the Coulter Park and Playground on the corner...

Fans attending Jeannette’s home football games at McKee Stadium will be required to enter through the main gate on Park Street to be checked with a metal-detecting device, the school district said Wednesday. Superintendent Matthew Jones announced the heightened security in the wake of the fatal shooting of a Jeannette...

State police have found a Hempfield woman who was missing overnight. Virginia Lillian Nemec, 84, drove away from her home on Hahntown Wendel Road around 5 p.m. Tuesday and did not return, police said. Nemec has dementia and diabetes. She did not have her medicine when she left home, according...

The third annual Westmoreland County Food Truck Festival should have something for every palate — include some dishes that might be new to Westmoreland County foodies. “I can’t imagine somebody coming out and not finding something they like,” says event organizer Kelly Simon, of Simon Event Management in Greensburg. Along...

After working with Indiana University of Pennsylvania students on possible routes to close a gap in the Westmoreland Heritage Trail between Export and Delmont, members of the Delmont Visionary Committee are turning their focus to a potential trail spur leading into Delmont. “However the trail comes to the borough, it’s...

Latrobe residents will have new procedures to follow this autumn for removing fallen leaves from their yards. In past seasons, residents bagged leaves for collection by the city’s contracted waste hauler. This year, city crews will collect the leaves, using Latrobe’s new vacuum equipment, and residents will have options for...

The criminal fraud trial of an elderly Unity woman will be delayed because her son and co-defendant remains in federal custody on unrelated offenses. Almira Stanko, 83, is awaiting trial in Westmoreland County on three felony counts, including conspiracy and fraud, in connection with allegations she attempted to use her...

A sprawling former state prison that sits on 96 acres along Route 119 in Hempfield is scheduled to be sold at a Westmoreland County sheriff’s sale in January. Notice of the sale that went out Tuesday cited an action by First Commonwealth Bank of Indiana, Pa., to foreclose against Verdant...

Today, he’s a supervisor in the Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety’s emergency dispatch center. On Sept. 11, 2001, John Shaw was a young dispatcher in the newly opened 911 center. It was 18 years ago that he took a 78-second call from Edward Felt, a passenger on United Airlines...

The CEO of the Eye and Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh will visit Latrobe later this month to provide an update on local research that is under way to combat macular degeneration and other conditions that can lead to vision loss. Lawton Snyder, who is originally from Greensburg, will present a...

A New York City man failed in an attempt to convince police he was at Fletcher’s Outdoor Power Equipment Co. in Delmont on Sunday to check on the well being of his father, who he said worked there. Borough police arrested Elquan D. Jones, 26, of Brooklyn, after officers called...

The Westmoreland County Airport Authority has a contractor in place to widen the runway at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, but work on the project can’t proceed until federal funding is approved. The authority Tuesday awarded an $11.9 million contract for the widening project to Golden Triangle Construction, contingent on the...

Penn-Trafford will recognize active military personnel and veterans, as well as first responders and their families at the high school football game Friday. A light dinner will be served at 6:15 p.m. and a pregame ceremony to honor the guests will begin at 7 p.m. The Penn-Trafford band will play...

Thirty years before farmers and distillers in Western Pennsylvania rebelled against an unpopular federal tax on their cash product — whiskey — British and colonial troops defeated a force of Native Americans at the Battle of Bushy Run in August 1763, in what is now Penn Township. Fast forward some...

A hazmat team was called to Donegal Township on Tuesday when a truck started leaking battery acid on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, according to Westmoreland County 911. The truck was travelling east on the turnpike, carrying pallets of batteries, according to 911. The driver noticed acid leaking from the truck around...

Hempfield Township officials are hosting their first classic car cruise this weekend as part of their final summer concert at Hempfield Park. The event will kick off Saturday at 5 p.m., and performers will include Aubrey Burchell, who competed on American Idol last year, and Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers,...