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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...

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...

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...

The Greater Latrobe Partners in Education Foundation will celebrate its seven years of supporting school district programs at the organization’s first annual Loyal & True Dinner. Set for May 13 in The Conference Center at Saint Vincent College’s Fred Rogers Center, the 6 p.m. dinner will highlight the impact of...

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...

Gabe Monzo had a good reason for missing the Westmoreland County Airport Authority meeting Tuesday morning. He was in Pittsburgh, undergoing a life-renewing liver transplant through the UPMC Center for Liver Diseases. Family and friends reported on social media Tuesday evening that Monzo and a niece, who donated a portion...

Parking restriction signs soon will go up as part of an effort to help ease traffic concerns at Latrobe Elementary School. City council approved a trial that will prohibit parking on the south side of Cherry Street for the block between Ligonier and Pine streets, and on the north side...

PennDOT expects to spend more than $200 million to fix the region’s roads and bridges this construction season. In addition to ongoing projects, PennDOT District 12 officials are slated to seek bids for $122 million in new construction projects, which will include resurfacing of 126 miles of highways and repairing...

Mike Funyak, a 2011 Penn-Trafford High School alumnus who works in the amusement park industry, is looking for material for his proposed book about Allegheny County’s long-gone West View Park. Located in the North Hills from 1906-77, the park made an impression on Funyak through his mother, Rosanne, and her...

Area amusement parks have provided visitors thrills and summertime memories for more than a century. Pittsburgh-based writer and historian Jennifer Sopko hopes to reclaim some of that legacy for parks that have vanished from the Western Pennsylvania landscape. She is seeking stories, photos and documents for a proposed book on...

West Mifflin Area School District is set to begin renovation of its high school stadium in May. But safety concerns are the more important factor prompting officials to hold the school’s June 6 graduation ceremony inside the auditorium, according to district Superintendent Mark Hoover. “While we know many of you...

Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman has identified a woman found dead Friday morning by crews battling a fire at her Rayne Township home. Betty Ann Coleman, 77, was found dead in the kitchen as firefighters searched the home along Route 119, according to Overman. Investigators aren’t sure why she was...

A traffic stop in Indiana Borough Thursday resulted in two men being jailed for allegedly having more than 300 bags of heroin, Indiana Borough police said. Amir Mithcell, 21, of Wilkinsburg, already was wanted by authorities when Indiana police made the stop at about 10 a.m. in the 300 block...

Officials with the nonprofit Latrobe Community Revitalization Program hope there will be an allowance for aesthetics when new side barriers are installed as part of a replacement of the Brewery Bridge on Ligonier Street in 2021. Executive Director Jarod Trunzo said the nonprofit is working with Latrobe and Westmoreland County...

A serial arsonist is believed to be on the loose along Derry Ridge in Westmoreland County, a forest fire specialist with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry said Friday. A remote fire Thursday in Derry Township where police and military helicopters were called in to direct...

The transportation-themed Lincoln Highway Experience museum in Unity played host Thursday to a group of special visitors: Members of the Pennsylvania House Tourism and Recreational Development Committee, who are on a tour of Laurel Highlands attractions. The committee leaders, Republican Chairman David Millard, of Bloomsburg, and Democratic Chairman Mark Longietti,...

Guests age 21 or older are invited to pull a cork and raise some money for the Ligonier Valley Library at its May 3 Books and Brew tasting event. Introduced in 2017, the event was on hiatus last year during renovations at the library, at 120 W. Main St., Ligonier....

The public and the Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce will get a preview of what’s in store at area attractions this summer during the chamber’s annual tourism breakfast on Wednesday. The event begins at 7:45 a.m. at the Loyalhanna Watershed Association’s bank barn, off Route 30 on the western outskirts...

Dyeing hard-boiled eggs is a time-honored Easter tradition. But, when it comes to eating eggs for the spring holiday, the chocolate ones take center stage. In a recent CandyStore.com survey of more than 23,000 of its customers, two different variations on chocolate eggs — marketed by the same company —...

South Greensburg’s Pat Urda didn’t let obstacles stand in the way of being an active supporter of her family and her community. “She was resilient,” said her daughter, Karen Peltz. “She showed perseverance in the face of adversity. She was a fabulous role model.” Mrs. Urda survived a battle with...

Traffic delays are expected once again on Lloyd Avenue, one of the main entrances into downtown Latrobe, as crews begin preliminary work for replacing a small PennDOT bridge. Daytime lane restrictions are set to begin April 16 as contractor C. H. & D. Enterprises installs drainage along a section of...

Northbound traffic on a section of Route 119 will be restricted to one lane beginning April 11 in East Huntingdon. The restriction will be in place for about three days, between the Route 819 interchange and the point where Route 119 passes below Stanton Road (Old Route 119), to allow...

A report of a threat against Southmoreland High School was unfounded, Southmoreland School District Superintendent Vincent Mascia said Monday. Mascia told the Tribune-Review the district was alerted through Pennsylvania’s Safe2Say tip reporting program of “a rumor alleging a threat was made against Southmoreland High School.” He said school police and...

On-time arrivals of U.S. flights were down overall in January, but several airlines with area operations ranked near the top for sticking close to their schedules, according to the latest Air Travel Consumer Report from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Some airlines that serve Pittsburgh didn’t fare as well, falling...