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(Editor’s note ‘What’s That?’ is a recurring feature in the Tribune-Review’s Westmoreland Plus edition. If there’s something you’d like to see explored here, send an email to gtrcity@triblive.com.) A garden of five metal sculptures greets people who people who hike, bike and run along the Great Allegheny Passage through the...

Avid Sewickley Creek boaters Marc Rexrode and Tawni Wilson learned Saturday that the creek where they love to kayak on, from Yukon to the Youghiogheny River, may be carrying pollutants from a hazardous waste treatment facility and storage site just off the stream. “I had no idea it was here....

Spring apparel will be on display during a luncheon and fashion show set for April 6 at Latrobe Country Club. Returning after a four-year hiatus, Latrobe Art Center’s Art of Fashion: Spring Fling fundraising event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the club on Arnold Palmer...

A 25-year-old Washington County woman was killed Saturday morning in a two-vehicle crash along Interstate-70 in Rostraver, the Westmoreland County coroner said. The victim, Tori L. Demo of Allenport, was fatally injured about a mile west of the Route 51 exit when her eastbound car was truck from behind by...

With Westmoreland County’s 250th birthday in the rearview mirror, local leaders are eyeing the United States’ semiquincentennial in 2026. Commissioners last week approved a plan to divert more than $1.3 million in local hotel revenue to fund tourism programs this year. But they also are looking ahead to celebrations planned...

Westmoreland County’s new warden, on the job for less than a month, has been given an $11,000 raise. Commissioners and Controller Jeffrey Balzer, acting as the county’s salary board this week, approved raises for a series of department heads and supervisors in what they said was an effort to retain...

An off-duty Westmoreland County detective who noticed suspicious activity in his Unity neighborhood this week helped state police identify two men they believe stole a handgun, a Louis Vuitton wallet and $340 from four vehicles, according to court documents. Arrest warrants have been issued for the suspects: Dominyck S. Sims,...

A veterinary sedative that can’t be counteracted with anti-opioid medication contributed to 42% more deaths in 2023 than the year before, continuing a troubling trend even as Westmoreland County’s overall overdose figures decline. Accidental drug overdose deaths continued to drop in 2023, but the number of deaths caused by xylazine...

Storyz Studios, a nonprofit theater company, will host auditions for its upcoming production of a murder mystery, “Whispers in a Dark Manor: A Whodunnit.” Auditions will take place March 21 from 7-8:30 p.m. and March 23 from 2-4 p.m. at the SpringHill Suites, 115 Arnold Palmer Drive in Unity. Auditions...

An open house at the Westmoreland County office of the Pennsylvania Game Commission is set for April 30. The public will be able to interact with staff members and ask questions at the Fairfield office at 4820 Route 711, north of Ligonier, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. There are no formal presentations...

Luck is in the air. With a certain Irish-centered holiday being the talk of the town, community groups will be hosting celebrations all over town this weekend in Westmoreland. ‘Rhythm of the Dance’ Marking the 20th anniversary of the dance company, “Rhythm of the Dance: The National Dance Company of...

Kennametal Inc.’s top officer will retire and the president of its metal cutting segment will take charge of the global corporation that generated almost $2.1 billion in sales in its 2023 fiscal year, the Pittsburgh-based company said. Sanjay Chowbey, a Kennametal vice president, will succeed Christopher Rossi, who decided to...

A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Thursday for his role in the events that led to the July 2022 shooting death of a man outside a New Kensington apartment building. Raquan Carpenter, 20, was among the seven men and teens charged with criminal homicide in connection with...

Parents of adopted children told two Westmoreland County judges that months-long delays in the processing of paperwork filed with the Register of Wills Office led to major life interruptions. “It’s been a disaster,” one parent said. Another testified, “Due to the negligence of the office, we had to self-pay for...

Westmoreland County’s Republican delegation used a news conference Thursday to assure residents the county is no place for undocumented immigrants in trouble with the law. The county prison board unanimously approved a new policy that formalized standard operating procedure related to undocumented immigrants held at the jail. Officials at the...

Derry police are working under a new three-year contract approved by borough council on Tuesday. The contract covers five police officers and runs through the end of 2026. The officers had been working under the terms of a previous agreement that expired in July. “We’re happy with the contract,” said...

Delmont council members authorized their solicitor to take legal action against a Latrobe construction company hired to perform work in the Apple Hill neighborhood. Council contracted with Butz Masonry and Excavation in 2021 for a detention pond project between Dogwood and Stotler drives. Nearby residents, who were initially upset at...

Two drivers were injured Thursday morning when their vehicles collided on Route 30 in Ligonier Township. A man who was driving an SUV was taken by ambulance to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Ligonier Valley Police Sgt. James Friscarella. He said a woman who...

An Irwin man was sentenced Monday to 15 months in a federal prison for looking at computer-generated and anime-type images of infants involved in sexually explicit conduct. Thomas W. Crosby IV, 30, was on supervised release in two child pornography possession cases when he viewed the explicit content, according to...

Shawn Denning, the former police chief in Greensburg, and retired patrol Officer Regina McAtee are expected to plead guilty to federal charges in connection with drug investigations, court paperwork shows. Denning, 42, of Delmont was arrested by federal investigators in January 2023. Charges filed against him Wednesday included conspiracy to...

Officials are planning a major terminal expansion at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport and gifted students from seven Westmoreland County school districts have created their own concepts for accommodating and attracting travelers. The students’ scaled-down models of what the terminal in Unity could look like took center stage this week in...

A former Greensburg police officer is charged in federal court with conspiring to sell methamphetamine. Regina McAtee, who was suspended in late 2022 before retiring last year, was charged with a single count by the U.S. Attorney’s Office Wednesday. McAtee is represented by defense attorney Charles Porter, who said Wednesday...

Westmoreland County’s juvenile detention center is expected to reopen this month after being largely closed since June because of staffing shortages and operational problems, officials said Wednesday. The 16-bed facility that houses juvenile criminal offenders closed following a series of state inspections. Those findings prompted county leaders to shutter the...

The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra will perform the third installment of its inaugural Academy Concert series Thursday. The performance, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Greensburg Garden and Civic Center, is titled “Dances and Madrigals.” It is free to the public, but donations will be accepted. The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra was...

Derry police are working under a new three-year contract as they look to bolster their enforcement abilities with new communications equipment and weapons designed to cause less harm in confrontations with suspects. Borough council on Tuesday approved the new pact that covers five police officers and runs through the end...