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Fundraisers • The Rosary Altar Society at St. Paul Parish, Greensburg, will hold its annual Christmas sale from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Nov. 13 at the church, 820 Carbon Road. There will be food, a basket raffle and bake sale. • Level Green Lions will sponsor an all-you-can-eat...

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...

When U.S. Air National Guard veteran Deb Krall heard in October that the YWCA in Greensburg planned a program recognizing the county’s female veterans on Veterans Day, she was thrilled. The Youngwood resident immediately emailed her daughter with the news. Jodie, 37, of Greensburg also is a veteran with the...

In the United States, more than 6,200 veterans committed suicide in 2019. And the suicide risk for veterans that year was 52.3% higher than that of the general population, according to the Veterans Affairs Department’s 2021 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Report. Veteran David Rogers of Ligonier wants more people to...

A 37-year-old Hempfield man is in the county prison without bail after state police charged him with assaulting a woman and two children during a domestic altercation early Thursday. Justin R. Worthy had to be forcibly taken into custody during the 4:45 a.m. incident at his home on the 2500...

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...

Like athletic teams preparing to play for a championship, the Norwin High School Band went through a dress rehearsal Wednesday night of the show it will perform at a national band competition in Indianapolis over the next three days. Playing before several hundred people under the lights at the high...

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...

A third lawsuit has been filed against Westmoreland County over the newly built Giant Slide in Mammoth Park. Katherine McClelland of Fayette City, in court documents filed this week, claims she broke her ankle and suffered other injuries as a result of a ride down the slide July 14, 2020....

Norwin has reached tentative contracts with its teachers union and its cafeteria workers. The school board is expected to vote Monday on the contract with the Norwin Education Association and the agreement with Service Employees International Union 32 BJ. Details of the agreements were not listed on the agenda for...

Robert Levin, chairman of Levin Furniture, was a fan of solar energy long before it could earn him tax incentives. Levin had a solar array installed at his Monroeville furniture store in 2004. Almost two years ago, he had solar installed at his home. On Wednesday, Levin flipped the switch...

State police accuse a patient at Torrance State Hospital of raping a mentally disabled man there in an effort to be moved to a jail, according to court papers. Keith Lloyd Saltonstall, 50, formerly of Glenmoore, Chester County, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday on charges of sexual...

A resource officer responding to a report of someone vaping marijuana in a bathroom at Greensburg Salem High School on Wednesday morning made another discovery: a loaded handgun hidden inside a student’s backpack, authorities said. City police continued questioning a 15-year-old student into the afternoon. Capt. Shawn Denning said the...

A McKeesport couple accused of selling 282 stamp bags of heroin to an undercover police officer in North Huntingdon told police they were “only runners” who received heroin for making deliveries, according to court papers. The couple, Eric Carbonneau, 39, and Erin K. Manning, 43, were taken into custody by...

Typically, election winners have to wait until the new year to take office. Jeff Cunningham barely had to wait a week. The Republican candidate earned a seat on Delmont council in last week’s election. But in the absence of Councilman Bill Marx, who resigned earlier this fall to take a...

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,...

An adult student was arrested at Westmoreland County Community College’s Mt. Pleasant campus on Tuesday, after state police say he tried to stab a teacher with a screwdriver. State police responded to WCCC’s Advanced Technology Center in East Huntingdon shortly after 2:30 p.m. for a report of an assault. When...

A Jeannette man awaiting trial on homicide and arson charges will have new lawyers. Westmoreland County Public Defender Wayne McGrew said he, along with assistant Jennifer DeFlitch, will serve as primary attorneys for Brian Rendon as he continues to weigh a potential plea deal or going to trial next year...

Former NFL player and Jeannette football star Terrelle Pryor waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday and will stand trial on charges that he struck a woman in a Penn Township home they shared early Oct. 6. Neither Pryor, 32, nor his attorney, Stephen Colafella of Beaver, commented on...

A Unity man suspected in the 2018 disappearance of Cassandra Gross pleaded guilty Tuesday to unrelated federal weapons violations. Thomas George Stanko, 51, pleaded guilty to two counts of illegally having guns because he is a convicted felon. His admission came in a video conference hearing from the Allegheny County...

Regional artisans will offer an array of gift-giving options at the annual Holiday Mart, set for Friday and Saturday at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. The event will feature returning makers and those new to the event, said Dwi Bartlebaugh, the museum shop manager. Merchandise will be set up...

A Rostraver couple agreed in federal court to pay $281,029 in back wages, plus $1,762 in civil penalties, for intentionally shortchanging two gas station employees over 30 months. U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn J. Horan in Pittsburgh approved the consent decree between Om Shiva Enterprises Inc. which owns and operates...

Two military airplanes will visit Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in June for rides and tours, said Gabe Monzo, Westmoreland County Airport Authority executive director. The B-29 Superfortress, named Fifi, and a B-24 plane will make the trip to Unity through the Commemorative Air Force, a Texas-based museum of military aircraft....