Jeff Himler stories, Page 74

Unity officials hope to leverage state and federal funding to help improve a hazardous intersection on Route 30 and to replace four deficient bridges. Township supervisors on Thursday authorized Dan Schmitt of engineering consultant Gibson-Thomas Engineering to apply for a grant from PennDOT’s Automated Red Light Enforcement funding program. They...

A Unity couple is taking steps to move a flock of 20 hens and roosters from their home along Range Street, which would end a zoning chicken fight with township officials. Jeff Kuhns on May 26 filed a land-use appeal in Westmoreland County Court, seeking to reverse a decision by...

Greater Latrobe Drama Club’s innovative approach that allowed the show to go on for last fall’s high school play was recognized with a Telly Award. The club and Headspace Media, the Latrobe firm that filmed the play “”Love… No Barriers” for an online presentation during the covid-19 pandemic, received a...

Greater Latrobe School Board next week will consider final approval of a proposed 2021-22 budget, including a 1.17% increase in spending and a 1-mill property tax hike meant to cover a projected revenue shortfall of $345,000. On Tuesday, the board also will look to renew district insurance coverages, with an...

Visitors to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport will have an opportunity to donate non-perishable items to the Westmoreland County Food Bank during a food drive through July 10. Three marked collection bins will be placed in the terminal at the airport in Unity beginning Thursday. Most needed items include: peanut butter;...

Warm weather on Tuesday enticed local residents to explore activities at Latrobe’s Legion Keener Park. Children enjoyed a story time while patrons browsed the town’s weekly farmers market. About 90 kids combined attended two story sessions, sponsored by Adams Memorial Library and WQED as part of Latrobe’s Mister Rogers Family...

Officials with the Greater Latrobe-Laurel Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce hope to provide a delicious week in the neighborhoods for those who visit Latrobe and surrounding communities this week. The chamber kicked off the inaugural Greater Latrobe Restaurant Week on Monday, modeling it after similar promotions in Greensburg and Pittsburgh....

Visitors to the Laurel Highlands expressed an increased interest in exploring the region’s outdoors this past year, amid the social distancing that was a priority during the height of the covid-19 pandemic. Wherever their interests have led them, visitors and residents alike who captured images of their surroundings will have...

Paper Heart Affairs, a Latrobe party supply shop, is preparing for expansion, with a move around the corner to a former church outreach center. Emily Pasqualino is planning a moving sale at the store’s current location, 337 Main St., from Wednesday through Saturday, June 12, during the town’s Mister Rogers...

The annual Saltsburg Canal Days festival is back this weekend after going on hiatus in 2020, during the covid-19 pandemic. The event, which features a parade, entertainment, vendor booths and fireworks, will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday and continue at noon Sunday. The largest annual happening in Saltsburg, it celebrates...

Arnold Palmer Regional Airport closed May 2021 with the highest passenger numbers during that calendar month that it has seen in six years. But the Unity airport also ended the month with an air show that was hampered by poor weather and ticket sales that turned out to be less...

Latrobe again will celebrate the legacy of native son Fred Rogers with activities and entertainment in the town where the iconic television host grew up. Inspired by the classic “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” series and today’s animated “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” show, weeklong activities from Monday through June 12 will include a...

Latrobe won’t have a Fourth of July parade this year but is planning a number of holiday activities for July 3, including fireworks and a car cruise. The inaugural Fourth of July Celebration car cruise is set for 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Stadium parking lot. The...

Latrobe Farmers Market opens for a new season Tuesday, with some new vendors on board and plans ahead for special activities. The market will be open — rain or shine — from noon until 4 p.m., through Oct. 12 near the wooden playground at Legion Keener Park. It’s open to...

Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting in the city’s Allentown neighborhood that wounded a male victim. Police said the victim, who was shot in the leg, was in stable condition when he arrived at a hospital by private means just before 3:45 a.m. Officers later discovered the crime scene outside...

Three male victims were reported in stable condition after being shot early Sunday in Pittsburgh’s South Side. City police found one of the victims, who had been shot multiple times in a leg, when they responded just after 2:30 a.m. to the 1700 block of East Carson Street. Officers applied...

Beaver County native Andrew Young and his team members do their best work under a canopy. It just happens to be a collective canopy they form with parachutes while jumping from a height of up to 8,000 feet above the ground. If weather conditions permit, Young, 35, and fellow members...