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Western Pa. libraries prepare for upcoming chess tournamentsVideo
At 12 years old, Sidd Ramineni is understandably a little shy when it comes to discussing his accomplishments. But with a display shelf at his Murrysville home that’s filled with chess trophies, he certainly would have plenty to brag about. “I like the strategy you have to use,” said Sidd,...
Hempfield man accused of hitting Irwin bar patron with his truck
Police accused a Hempfield man of hitting another man with his pickup truck during a fight outside an Irwin bar last month, according to court papers. Adam Charles Walters, 26, was arrested on charges of aggravated assault by vehicle, reckless endangerment and related offenses. He is free on a recognizance...
Participants needed for 3 focus groups with Westmoreland aging agency
Participants are needed for three focus groups next month to help the Westmoreland County Area Agency on Aging develop a four-year plan. Sessions will be held in Monessen, Latrobe and New Kensington. Participants will help the agency identify needs of older adults around the county while discussing existing services and...
Pirates legend Bill Mazeroski’s house in Hempfield goes on auction block
The Westmoreland County home of Pittsburgh Pirates legend Bill Mazeroski and his wife will go to the highest bidder, with the sale coming less than three months after memorabilia from his Hall of Fame career and other household items attracted hundreds of people to a New Year’s Day auction. Bids...
Westmoreland Historical Society hosts open house for potential volunteers
The Westmoreland Historical Society is looking for volunteers and is inviting those who may be interested in helping out to attend an open house at the society’s headquarters, at Historic Hanna’s Town in Hempfield. The session is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 29 in the History Education...
Mt. Pleasant High School students win statewide award for suicide prevention videoVideo
Still grieving over the suicide death of a friend and classmate last year, three Mt. Pleasant Area High School students jumped at the chance to help promote suicide awareness and prevention. Senior Jillian Gearhart and sophomores Ashlynn Scherer and Bryce Jaworkski were told during a school assembly for the Council...
Cops: Youngwood woman charged with child endangerment after 2 incidents
A 40-year-old Youngwood woman was cited for child endangerment, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct after state police made welfare checks twice in three weeks and reported her apartment being “in deplorable condition.” Trooper Nicholas Parker filed the complaint against Mandy M. Kinnaird after troopers were called to the home twice...
New Stanton area hemp processor CAMO closes, stranding farmers
A company that seemed poised to make Westmoreland County a hemp hub has folded, leaving local growers with nowhere to sell their crops. Commonwealth Alternative Medicinal Options shut down its 45,000-square-foot CBD processing facility near New Stanton as the price of hemp collapsed. “The bottom line on it is, we...
1803 Hempfield school house restoredVideo
New life has been breathed into a Hempfield schoolhouse originally built in 1803. After sitting vacant for 15 years, the Middletown School House — along School House Lane — was purchased by Donna Acito in 2017. Originally planning to tear down the structure, Acito decided to restore it after learning...
Noteable: Beth Lechman confident county will be ready for voting changes, 2020 elections
As voters and candidates waited for days to get results of this month’s Iowa caucuses, Beth Lechman sat hundreds of miles away in her Westmoreland County home and imaged the nightmare that state’s elections officials were enduring. It is one Lechman hopes to avoid in April, when Pennsylvania voters go...
Sons of the American Legion remember a friend and toast veteransVideo
On a chilly Sunday morning before the sun came up, about a dozen of Mike Osenkowski’s friends gathered at the American Legion hall that houses Post 982 in Unity. Just hours after the bar closed, guys like Dave O’Barto and Patrick “Rabbit” Quinn, members of the Sons of the American...
Police: Uniontown woman hurt after vehicle goes into woods off Route 51
A Uniontown area woman was hurt after her vehicle went off the road and into the woods in Rostraver early Sunday morning, authorities said. Rostraver police said the 27-year-old woman was flown to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. The extent of her injuries wasn’t immediately known. The crash was reported...
Greensburg man might be the sharpest knife in the drawerVideo
Of all the words Kevin Sheftic might use to describe his life, “dull” is not one of them. After decades in the corporate world, Sheftic decided to pursue an entrepreneurial path providing services people rarely think about. In 2016, he founded Line Pro Striping, a company that paints lines on...
Late Jeannette policeman to be added to National Law Enforcement Officers MemorialVideo
It was Jeannette police Officer Allen “Jack” Capozzi’s last call. He and fellow Officer Carl Shifko went to the Piedmont Bar to break up an argument between two men Oct. 18, 1978. The officers separated them when something went wrong. “He just collapsed,” Shifko said. “He had a heart condition...
Hempfield to host first health and wellness fair Feb. 29
Hempfield is hosting its first health and wellness fair. Located at the township’s athletic complex, the Feb. 29 fair will offer the community the opportunity to meet with organizations and health providers while also learning about youth sports organizations and programs and facilities offered by the parks and recreation department....
Young chess players polish their skills at Ligonier library as tournament draws nearVideo
Saturday morning, while many of their friends were still noshing Frosted Flakes, Bethany Horman and Matthew Smith were staring down a chessboard and mastering the fine points of castling and capturing en passant in the basement of the Ligonier Public Library. Horman, 7, of Ligonier and Smith, 10, of Derry...
Latrobe attorney takes on another brutally cold, long Alaskan wilderness run
Latrobe labor attorney Tim Hewitt is at it again, putting his body through yet another outrageously long journey through the Alaska wilderness in the middle of winter. He set the record for running the famed Iditarod Trail Invitational, billed as the “world’s longest winter ultra-marathon,” having covered more than 1,000...
Police seek 3 suspects in pair of armed robberies that left 2 IUP students injured
Authorities are seeking three masked men in connection with a pair of armed robberies Friday evening in Indiana that left two Indiana University of Pennsylvania students who lived in off-campus housing injured. One was shot in the neck. Indiana Police said they were responding to the reports of a armed...
Crews responded to working fire in Hempfield Friday night
Firefighters responded to a house fire in Hempfield Friday night, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. Crews responded to 141 Brush Creek Road at about 9:50 p.m. for a roof fire. The fire was out before 10:20 p.m. However, further details were not immediately available....
Officials will review Ligonier Beach renovation costs, solicit public input
The public will have an opportunity to weigh in on plans for reviving the shuttered Ligonier Beach entertainment site during two planned meetings, including one this week. The sessions are set for Wednesday and March 25, each beginning at 7 p.m., in the Fort Ligonier history education center at 200...
Ligonier-area workshop will address farmland preservation
Protecting farmers and farmland will be the focus of a Feb. 25 workshop at the Loyalhanna Watershed Association’s Nimick Family Education Center, along Old Lincoln Highway just west of Ligonier. Scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the workshop is being organized by the watershed group with the Westmoreland County...
Unity couple sues to block Greater Latrobe reassessment policy
A Greater Latrobe Area School District policy that seeks reassessments of some newly purchased properties is the target of a lawsuit filed in Westmoreland County. Unity residents Randolph and Vaune Gounder contend the school district improperly challenged the tax value of a home they bought in July for $585,000 as...
YWCA Westmoreland to teach business skills to ‘makers’
YWCA Westmoreland County is calling knitters, potters, blacksmiths, jewelry makers and other artisans who want some help making a living with their work. The new YWCAmakers program will help “makers” of all kinds learn business skills and sell their creations, said program specialist Alexis Hough. “There’s a lot going on...
Greensburg looking for ‘hometown heroes’ to feature on banners
Greensburg is looking for some hometown heroes to feature on banners adorning the city’s lamp posts. The Greensburg Community Development Corporation organized the design and hanging of banners in the city and the borough of Southwest Greensburg for more than a decade, but this year it’s trying something new, said...
Derry Area elementary gets 2nd annual nod for top student achievement, growth
Derry Area School District’s Grandview Elementary School, for the second year in a row, scored top points with the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Division of Federal Programs. Officials recently named Grandview among 94 Distinguished Title I schools in Pennsylvania for 2019, an honor the school also received in 2018. According...
