Jeff Himler stories, Page 71

The Westmoreland County Airport Authority will be giving two travelers a free ticket for a southern trip as part of a Steelers Week promotion beginning Monday in Unity and Latrobe. Visitors to the authority’s Arnold Palmer Regional Airport may enter for a chance to win a round-trip ticket to any...

This year’s planned banana-themed festivities in Latrobe have grown to include a second day of activities. The Downtown Latrobe Banana Split Celebration will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20. The day will include live entertainment, activities for kids and, of course, helpings of the frozen...

Loyalhanna Watershed Association will hold its annual Harvest Dinner outdoors for the second year in a row. Compared to past indoor, chef-prepared meals, the outdoor a la carte format Saturday, Aug. 7, allows more people to attend while maintaining social distancing during the pandemic. “We had over 250 people last...

Residents and business owners in Latrobe and Unity are being challenged to show how they “Bleed Black and Gold” in a decorating contest that will be featured as part of a Steelers Week promotion Monday through Aug. 6 in the two neighboring municipalities. Sunday is the deadline to register for...

Greater Latrobe School Board has voted 6-3 against requiring face coverings for students or staff when a full schedule of in-person classes begins Aug. 30 for the 2021-22 school year. According to the district health and safety plan, recommended by Superintendent Georgia Teppert at a special Tuesday meeting, face coverings...

Mt. Pleasant’s Night Out will be back Aug. 3, after a year off because of pandemic restrictions, and organizers expect the event to be bigger, and better, than ever. It’s part of the National Night Out campaign that is held on or around the first Tuesday in August in many...

First Commonwealth Bank’s Unity branch will reopen at 9 a.m. Wednesday, ending a temporary closure caused when an SUV crashed into the building early Friday evening. No injuries were reported in the wreck that occurred shortly before 5:30 p.m. along Route 30 at Sharky’s Drive. Brian Schultheis, chief of the...

Latrobe hopes to tap a Westmoreland County grant program to help demolish three vacant, dilapidated houses. The funding originates with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and is administered by the county redevelopment authority. If approved, it would require a $250 local match for demolishing a house the...

Five cannons, 10 presenters, a regimental band and a working telegraph station will help bring the mid-19th century back to life during a Civil War battle reenactment and encampment Saturday and Sunday at Historic Hanna’s Town. Hempfield resident Bob Sidley is helping to organize the weekend event as a member...

Robert “Stuffy” Forish said he intends to continue serving on Latrobe Council while he defends theft charges relating to his previous role as treasurer of the city fire department’s Goodwill Hose Company. “The people voted me in,” Forish, 58, told the Tribune-Review prior to council’s Monday agenda session. He added...

Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra continued its Live on the Lawn outdoor summer concert series Friday with a performance by the Westmoreland Winds. In their second season, the concerts are presented at the Smail Auto Group Amphitheater at Hempfield Park. This week’s concert featured an ensemble including Tom Godfrey, flute; Renate Sakins,...

A branch of First Commonwealth Bank in Unity was damaged when it was struck by a small SUV that swerved off Route 30 early Friday evening. No one was injured, but the building on Sharky’s Drive was extensively damaged in the crash that occurred shortly before 5:30 p.m., according to...

Late fashion icon and Everson native Barbara “B.” Smith will be laid to rest next to her parents Saturday in the Scottdale Cemetery. The private ceremony and interment of Smith’s ashes will be attended by family, including her younger brother, Dennis, and his four grown daughters. Smith, 70, died Feb....

About 25 classic and antique car enthusiasts brought their prized rides to the inaugural Car Show and Cruise Thursday at the William Penn Continuing Care Campus in Penn Township. “We were looking for something different, to be able to bring the community together,” said Lauren Houston, administrator of the facility’s...

Idlewild and Soak Zone is extending park operating hours on remaining Fridays and Saturdays in July while welcoming the return of live shows for kids and families. The family-oriented park in Ligonier Township announced Thursday it will remain open an extra hour, until 8 p.m., on Fridays and Saturdays for...

Motorists in Unity might soon share the road with all-terrain vehicles, if township supervisors give their approval. Jim Yokopenic, who lives on Bruno Road, has asked the township to allow ATV use on his road and three others nearby, in the vicinity of the village of Marguerite — Pond, Coke...

The best day of the year is here for those who dig dogs — hot dogs, that is. National Hot Dog Day will be celebrated on Wednesday, bringing windfalls for wiener lovers at regional and national restaurant chains. Sheetz has issued a promotional email to its card members, offering two...

Motorists will encounter a detour and lane restrictions in Youngwood and additional restrictions on Route 30 in Hempfield beginning Monday, as work proceeds on PennDOT road projects. In Youngwood, beginning at 6 a.m. Monday, a section of Depot Street, between northbound Route 119 (Third Street) and South Second Street, will...

Latrobe-based nonprofit Laurel Faith in Action is inviting area residents to take a break from the heat outside to join in a virtual Fun in the Sun online auction. Set for Monday through July 23, the fundraising event includes about 50 items up for bid. Participants also can check out...

Greensburg Salem School District has every intention of offering students in-person instruction five days per week when classes resume Sept. 1. But, in the event covid-19 pandemic concerns force a return to a hybrid instructional model, the district has a plan that will provide slightly more time in the classroom...

Greensburg Salem School Board will rely on district staff to search for a new superintendent rather than spend $15,000 for a search service offered by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association. The board also hired a new instructor for the district’s music department, as provided for in the 2021-22 budget. With...

Thirty-five acres of former farmland in Unity soon may provide homes for the area’s growing senior population. Latrobe-area homebuilder and developer Jim Thomas is planning to construct 131 patio homes, known as Frye Farm Estates, on an L-shaped piece of ground with entrances off both Frye Farm and Beatty County...