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Area residents who want to prepare for a potential repeat of last year’s heavy rainfalls may want to attend a storm water management presentation April 30 in Latrobe. Set for 1 p.m. in the city council chambers, the Westmoreland Conservation District program will offer strategies homeowners can consider to address...

Irwin residents who are active volunteers with one of North Huntingdon’s fire departments or North Huntingdon EMS/Rescue, and even those who join in the future, will get a tax break under an agreement the borough’s solicitor will prepare. Irwin Council on Wednesday authorized Solicitor Zachary Kansler to prepare an agreement...

Registration is open for Greensburg’s largest-ever Easter Egg hunt. Volunteers will hide 30,000 eggs around St. Clair Park, 10,000 more than last year. The free event begins at 11:15 a.m. April 20 and is open to kids ages 1-12. Participants will be divided by age, with the youngest children getting...

The Greensburg Salem School Board has approved a slate of improvement projects at its middle school and Amos K. Hutchinson Elementary at a cost of just over $500,000. A new handicap-accessible entrance to the administrative offices at the middle school will cost $57,000. The contract was awarded to Vince Building...

A landslide on Caruthers Lane in Irwin needs to be fixed before the road sustains more damage that could lead to closing it while it is being repaired, an engineer told borough officials this week.. The crack in Caruthers Lane, which has occurred above the Norwin Public Library, has expanded...

Brother Norman Hipps plans to step down as the 17th president of Saint Vincent College in June, at the end of his ninth year in the role. Hipps, 75, was first affiliated with the Catholic liberal arts and sciences college in Unity in 1972, when he joined the faculty as...

A Texas truck driver was paroled Wednesday after he was sentenced to serve up to 23 months in jail related to a crash and house fire that damaged a North Belle Vernon home last year. Nathaniel Smyth, 27, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment and causing property damage...

A Jeannette woman awaiting trial in a murder case pleaded guilty Wednesday to unrelated theft charges. Crystal Belle, 39, was charged nearly four years ago with financial crimes related to checks police said she forged to steal money from the Westmoreland County Housing Authority. It was while she was free...

Ligonier Township hopes to resurrect the iconic Ligonier Beach property. Supervisors voted unanimously this week to make an offer to buy the private pool and restaurant off Route 30 from Sherry and Steven Kozar. The Ligonier couple could not be reached for comment. The pool had operated for more than...

Combined-cycle natural gas power plants like the one that opened in South Huntingdon in December are tipping the scales of U.S. electrical power capacity more toward natural gas and away from coal, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday. The EIA said that generating capacity from natural gas-fueled power plants...

Paul Morrison, culinary consultant for Sysco Foods Pittsburgh, was all set to cook a beautiful dish at last year’s “CHOPeration” fundraiser, where doctors are paired up with local chefs in a competition style after Food Network’s popular “Chopped” series. But when Dr. Amit Tevar of the Starzl Transplantation Institute arrived...

Motorists headed south on Route 119 from Youngwood toward Uniontown will encounter a short detour beginning Monday in New Stanton. PennDOT announced it will close for repairs a ramp and exit drivers normally use to continue south on Route 119. The ramp — at the interchange with the Toll 66...

Giant Eagle is joining what appears to be a growing national trend: incorporating robots into the daily routine of its grocery stores. Going by the name Tally, the black, white and blue robot will roll up and down aisles alongside customers, counting inventory, detecting products that are running low or...

A lottery mail scam was thwarted this week in Murrysville when a Maryland man tried to pick up $100,000 from a resident and then struck the man with his vehicle as he tried to flee, according to court papers. Clint OBrian Robinson, 47, told investigators he had driven 3-1/2 hours...

A Greensburg attorney charged with stealing nearly $50,000 from a Fayette County fraternal organization where he served as treasurer entered into a plea agreement this week and will serve 18 months on house arrest. Donald Blake Moreman, 58, of Bullskin Township, pleaded guilty Monday in connection with the thefts from...

Westmoreland County native and certified firearms instructor Rodney Smith is returning to the area in June to offer more security training to interested churches. Although the 16-hour firearms course is full, two shorter training sessions are still available: House of Worship Leadership Training — June 21, 9 a.m. to 2...

Trash hauler Republic Services wants to add 74 cents to every Delmont customers’ bill through a provision in the borough’s hauling contract. Borough solicitor Dan Hewitt, however, is not certain they’ve met the threshold required to hike prices under the contract’s “equitable adjustment” provision. Republic Services Municipal Service Manager John...

The Westmoreland Heritage Trail committee is planning a Trail Towns Festival for June 1 in Trafford and Slickville. Similar to a trip along the trail itself, the festival will begin at 10 a.m. in Trafford’s B-Y Park, running until 3 p.m. After that, the party will continue from 4-8 p.m....

Norwin officials want the state to make it illegal to sell vaping products to minors as well as for students to vape or have electronic smoking products at school. The administration has asked the school board to consider approving a resolution Monday showing support for amending state House Bill 97....

A mini-walk preview of the anti-drug abuse Reality Tour, plus health screenings, food and drug awareness vendors, will be part of the Norwin School District’s free Health, Wellness & Nutrition Expo planned for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 27 at the Norwin High School, McMahon Drive, North Huntingdon. There...

Norwin high school sports teams, marching band and physical education classes will have a safer field on which to play and march with new artificial turf at Knights Stadium, officials said. School board members this week indicated they support replacing the stadium’s eight-year-old turf as well as repainting its track....

Area residents can rid themselves of potentially harmful scrap tires at a reduced price on Saturday. Unity-based Westmoreland Cleanways will knock $1 off its normal fees for recycling worn tires in an effort to get them out of backyard scrap piles, where they can fill with rainwater and serve as...

Westmoreland County prosecutors want a Hempfield woman accused of arranging a drug deal that led to a fatal overdose to remain in jail until her trial. Hollie A. Schreiber, 39, was charged in January, along with two men, with drug delivery resulting in death counts in connection with the Jan....

Planet Fitness in Rostraver is set to open its doors and to celebrate they’re making a donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region. During the April 11 ribbon-cutting ceremony, a $5,000 check will be presented to the non-profit organization aimed at providing services to kids through mentorship...