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Update: Starek completed a two-year Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program and was ordered to pay about $3,000 in court costs. The records related to the case were expunged. Forward Township police said an 18-year-old Harrison City man sent an inappropriate image and messages to a 15-year-old girl. Police charged Jake Alexander...

Kids visiting downtown Latrobe on Dec. 4 will find Santa waiting to hear their Christmas wish lists, while people of all ages will be able to enjoy a variety of live music and entertainment. The in-person attractions will begin at 10 a.m., capping three days of activities as the annual...

A man was in stable condition early Saturday following a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Bedford Dwellings, according to Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz. The man arrived at a hospital by private vehicle shortly after midnight Friday with multiple gunshot wounds to the face and one to the back, Cruz said. No...

Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting that injured two people Friday night in the city’s Knoxville neighborhood. Officers responded shortly after 10 p.m. to the shooting reported in the area of Amanda Avenue and Bausman Street, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz. A female victim with a gunshot...

Whether they were naughty or nice, nearly 100 furry critters filed in with their pet parents this month to have their photos taken with Santa in Greensburg. The one-day event represented about a 40% increase over similar photo sessions held in pre-pandemic years at the Petagogy pet store. “We usually...

From the TribLIVE archive, this story was first published on Nov. 24, 2021. Ready to roast that Thanksgiving … swine? Turkey is the traditional centerpiece of Thanksgiving dinner, of course, but ham has become a leading contender among alternative entree choices. Ham is included in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s...

A shooting Monday evening in Pittsburgh’s Homewood South neighborhood left a man in critical condition, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman. Bystanders flagged down city officers at about 7:15 p.m. in the 7800 block of Frankstown Avenue following the shooting. The man suffered two gunshot wounds and was taken...

Downtown Greensburg merchants rang the curtain up on holiday shopping Monday by unveiling storefront windows specially decorated for the season. The event harkened back to window reveals that once were an eagerly awaited tradition for major department stores in Pittsburgh and other cities. That tradition was revisited in Greensburg last...

It’s appropriate that Latrobe’s new community entrance sign greets downtown visitors with the message, “Welcome to the neighborhood.” Illuminated for the first time Friday night, the sign is the work of homegrown talent from the city and neighboring areas — much of it donated. Motorists and pedestrians will spot the...

Advocates of French and German language programs at Greater Latrobe School District have gained a one-year reprieve before administrators consider shifting instruction from in-person to online. Relatively low district enrollment in French and German courses, compared to Spanish, prompted Superintendent Georgia Teppert to announce in May a proposal to phase...

Greater Latrobe School Board has selected a firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio, to help the district develop an updated facilities master plan. The board this week retained SHP to provide facilities master planning and visioning services. The company’s fee structure hasn’t been finalized but will “align with the district goals...

The downtown Latrobe business district is preparing for its annual Holly Jolly festive event with its third annual gingerbread house contest and an inaugural book drive. On all three Holly Jolly days, Dec. 2-4, visitors will be able to view locally crafted gingerbread houses at Westmoreland County Community College’s Latrobe...

Army veterans Donald Rauscher and Rich Marshall attended a Veterans Day dinner near Delmont clad in military uniforms and armed with fliers for their honor guard group. As they spread the news about the Armbrust Veterans Association, the pair gained some new friends among the more than 200 veterans and...

Decades of planning for an upgrade of the Route 981 corridor south of Route 30 bore fruit Friday as PennDOT officials and local leaders kicked off the first phase of the Laurel Valley Transportation Improvement Project. Dignitaries took part in a ceremonial groundbreaking at the Little League field in the...

State police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead Thursday in Beaver County. Brandon L. Murray, 36, of Aliquippa, was pronounced dead in his apartment in the 500 block of Linmar Terrace. Aliquippa police were dispatched to the apartment shortly before 11 a.m. to check on Murray’s welfare....

The Wilkinsburg Police Department is teaming up with the Wilkinsburg Sanctuary Project for Peace in an effort to reduce the number of firearms in the community in advance of the holiday season. A gun buyback event is slated for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 in the lobby...

A man and a woman from Pittsburgh have been charged in the Aug. 14 shooting death of a man in the city’s Beltzhoover neighborhood. A city SWAT team and the U.S. Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force on Thursday arrested Mariah Harrison, 19, of the city’s Fineview neighborhood, on charges...

About 200 veterans and their guests enjoyed a meal and music during an Honoring Our Veterans dinner on Veterans Day at The Lamplighter Restaurant in Delmont. It was the 23rd such dinner organized by Penn Township resident Marianne Caruso since March 2017, when about 70 attended. The diners were served...

Allegheny County Police homicide detectives are investigating the case of a man found dead Thursday along railroad tracks in Scott Township. County 911 dispatchers were informed just before 6 p.m. of an unresponsive man along the tracks, off Creek Street. First responders discovered the man was deceased, and county police...

Greensburg Salem School Board has filled the position of district superintendent by turning to the man who has served in that role on an acting basis since July. The board voted unanimously Wednesday to appoint Ken Bissell as superintendent for a term of up to five years, with a starting...

Unity Township looks to hold the line on property taxes next year under a proposed $9.1 million budget while planning to continue an expanded road paving program. Supervisor Mike O’Barto noted the supervisors this year drew upon about $2 million from the township’s first-ever bond issue to pave a number...

Selection of Latrobe’s fire chief will follow an appointment process similar to that used in naming the city’s other department heads. That’s the upshot of a code amendment city council approved this week, ending a practice of considering the results of firefighter votes for the department’s top line officer. “This...

Colleagues and parishioners in the Catholic Diocese of Greensburg are mourning and remembering the Rev. Thomas A. Federline of Mt. Pleasant, known for his strong faith and singing voice. Father Federline, 72, who was pastor of St. Pius X and Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary parishes in Mount Pleasant,...