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Guy Fieri could bring his Taco Joint to planned casino at Westmoreland Mall
Hempfield could land a little star power along with a mini casino planned for Westmoreland Mall. Celebrity chef Guy Fieri’s Taco Joint could be one of the options among entertainment options planned to go into the former Bon-Ton department store space. The Cordish Co., the Baltimore-based group heading the proposed...
Planned restaurant near Westmoreland Mall gets new name: IronRock Tap House
An upscale restaurant planned for outside Westmoreland Mall is getting a new name. Originally proposed as Sedona, the yet-to-open restaurant will now be called IronRock Tap House. This comes after its marketing team and owner Greg Cammerata decided the new name is a better fit for the vision and concept....
Student art from 1940s gives glimpse of Manor Borough history
Nestled behind desks and under a water pipe in Hempfield Area High School’s basement sat five pieces of Manor history in the form of original art. The paintings give a glimpse into what the borough looked like in 1943-44 from the perspective of Manor School students. “You see the age...
Meeting set on gas well failure near Beaver Run reservoir
The failure of CNX Resources Corp.’s gas well near the Beaver Run Reservoir in Washington Township in January and its impact on the community will be discussed by environmental groups during a public meeting this month in Delmont. The incident involving CNX Resources Shaw 1G Utica shale gas well resulted...
No injuries reported after gun fired inside South Greensburg business
No one was injured Friday when a shot was fired inside a South Greensburg tax law office, according to police Chief Scott A. Fanchalsky. Attorney Jeffrey Burzawa, 59, was charged with reckless endangerment and discharging of a firearm in an occupied structure. He was freed on $5,000 unsecured bond after...
‘Augmented reality’ artist will be featured speaker at AAUW meeting in Murrysville
Award-winning photographer and “augmented reality” artist Christopher Ruane will be the featured speaker at the Thursday meeting of the Murrysville Area American Association of University Women. “I was messing around with photography ever since I was younger,” Ruane said in a 2014 Tribune-Review interview. “Since I got out of high...
Bids too high for Bolivar boat ramp project
Boaters and fishermen who like to ply the Conemaugh River in the northeast corner of Westmoreland County may yet have a new place to launch in Bolivar. But the project likely faces a delay because the three bids borough officials opened Thursday were higher than anticipated to build a 30-foot...
Fire that damaged Youngwood toy business ruled arson
A state fire marshal has ruled a blaze that damaged a Youngwood toy business Thursday night was intentionally set, according to state police spokesman Trooper Stephen Limani. Youngwood Fire Chief Lloyd Crago said the owners of Gene and Troy’s Toys, who live nearby, had not been in the South Seventh...
Latrobe Police seek help identifying BP robber
Latrobe police are trying to identify a man who robbed the BP gas station-convenience store early Friday. Police said the store at 204 Lloyd Ave. was robbed about 12:30 a.m. The suspect wore a gray, hooded sweatshirt, gray gloves, black pants and white shoes, said police Chief John Sleasman. Police...
Inclusive theater troupe will hold auditions for upcoming season on March 24
Acting Up, an inclusive theater troupe for people of all ability levels led by Megan Nelson of Export, will hold auditions for its upcoming season on March 24 in Murrysville. Actors in grades 1 through 5 will be asked to introduce themselves, recite a poem or tell a joke and...
Girls on the Run club encourages positivity among Hempfield elementary students
A new running club at Hempfield’s Stanwood Elementary School is empowering girls and teaching them their potential. Girls on the Run, a club for girls in third through fifth grade, is part of a nonprofit organization started in Charlotte, N.C., in 1996. The program quickly spread across the country, hosting...
Free fly fishing event for veterans planned near Stahlstown
A free fly fishing event for veterans will be held near Stahlstown on May 11. The event at Foggy Mountain Lodge Lake in Cook Township is for all veterans, including those with disabilities. Six hours of fishing will get underway at 9 a.m. Adaptive equipment, fishing tackle and restroom facilities...
Fire guts vacant East Huntingdon farmhouse
No one was injured Thursday night when fire gutted a stone farmhouse in East Huntingdon. Firefighters battled the blaze from outside since the building was fully engulfed when units arrived, East Huntingdon Fire Chief Brian Kite said. Half of the second floor collapsed, he said. The fire was reported around...
Workers fill in Rostraver sinkhole near Route 51Video
A once-expanding sinkhole along a busy stretch of Route 51 in Rostraver no longer worries PennDOT, municipal officials and passing motorists — because it no longer exists. The crater that had been inching toward the state highway near a storm drain, reportedly growing more than 10 feet deep, was filled...
Fire marshal to investigate fire that damaged Youngwood toy business
A state police fire marshal will investigate the cause of a fire Thursday night that destroyed an adjoining storage shed and caused mostly interior smoke damage at a Youngwood toy business. According to Youngwood Fire Chief Lloyd Crago, the owners of Gene and Troy’s Toys, who live nearby, had not...
Norwin Rotary kicks off 9th annual Chili Cookoff & Wing Thing
“Chili or wings?” Cheyenne Moyer asked a group of people who walked into Cafe Supreme in downtown Irwin. In front of her were two flavors of wings and a pot of chili, ready to serve the line of people that made their way down the hallway. Cafe Supreme was just...
Learn sheep and goat production at Penn State Extension in Hempfield
A workshop aimed at teaching people about sheep and goat production is headed to Penn State Extension in Westmoreland County on March 22. Attendees will learn how select animals based on performance data, use the National Sheep Improvement Program, identify livestock structure and learn about the importance of breed character....
Unity woman gets probation for boyfriend’s shooting
A Unity woman pleaded guilty Thursday to shooting her boyfriend during a domestic dispute last year. Brandy Harr, 41, told a judge it was in her best interest to plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of simple assault in connection to the March 9, 2018, shooting in her apartment that...
Lawyers want 1990 New Kensington rape case against John Kunco dismissed
Lawyers for John Kunco, the former Harrison man who served nearly three decades behind bars for the rape of a New Kensington woman, wants a judge to dismiss the case. In court motions filed Thursday, lawyers contend missing evidence and the loss of testimony through the deaths of the alleged...
Banner day as Hempfield students’ art goes on display at New Stanton Turnpike plaza
Six silk banners swayed softly Thursday inside the New Stanton Turnpike Service Plaza as 13 Hempfield Area High School students who created them looked up in admiration. The banners celebrate Westmoreland County’s landscape and history as well as the creative minds behind them. “I was so proud of this group,”...
Chipotle restaurant to open outside Westmoreland Mall
Chipotle Mexican Grill is opening another location in Hempfield, but this one will be outside of Westmoreland Mall. The chain restaurant will be built outside of J.C. Penney’s in an auxiliary parking lot next to Applebee’s along Route 30. Plans for the project originally showed a space big enough to...
Pothole patching season again keeps crews busy around Westmoreland County
That annual bone-rattling, suspension breaking, rim-bending season is back. PennDOT District 12 and the Westmoreland County Public Works Department report they have broken out the cold patch and are likely headed to a pothole near you. “Pothole patching this time of year is weather dependent, but we’ve certainly been getting...
Sears at Westmoreland Mall set to close March 17
The Sears department store at Westmoreland Mall is set to close March 17, a mall spokeswoman said. That date could change, according to Stacey Keating, a spokeswoman for CBL Properties of Chattanooga, Tenn., which owns the mall on Route 30 in Hempfield. Neither a Sears store official nor a spokesman...
Police: Woman stabbed at North Belle Vernon bar sustained life-threatening injuries
A woman who was stabbed in a North Belle Vernon bar early Thursday suffered life-threatening injuries, according to police. The woman and two men were taken to area hospitals after an apparent fight at 1:30 a.m. inside Just A Tavern on Broad Street. “We determined there was an altercation that...
Delmont scout troop’s veteran memorial recognized with statewide award
Rebecca Shissler’s 97-year-old grandfather fought in World War II, and honoring the military is important to her and her family. That’s how a project, whose original goal was simply mapping the grave sites at Eastview Union Cemetery in Delmont, grew to include a veterans’ memorial with a bench, a paver...
