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Seton Hill to offer RN to BSN program online
Seton Hill University is joining the growing list of colleges and universities offering online bachelor of science programs for registered nurses. Officials at the Greensburg private university said the new program will offer working professionals the ability to complete a bachelor’s degree in a flexible format. The move comes as...
Latrobe Police looking for SUV involved in hit-and-run
Latrobe Police are asking the public’s help identifying the driver of an SUV that struck a building on Lincoln Avenue Sunday and fled. Police reported the crash occurred about 9 a.m. when the white vehicle struck the Holzer’s Deli store at 1700 Lincoln Ave., at the intersection of James Street....
Delmont library captures $40,000 grant for solar panels, geothermal system
Delmont Public Library officials were excited when they broke ground on a new building in mid-November. Now they will have an additional $40,000 to help install solar panels and other “green” features. The library received a West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund grant, which will go toward the purchase of...
Award-winning writers kick off Pitt-Greensburg series
Writers curious about publishing, performing and getting their work into print can learn more on Feb. 4 as the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg opens its Written/Spoken Series. The program at 7 p.m. in the Hempfield Room at the 150 Finoli Drive campus includes several award-winning writers and the editors...
Police: Online scammer bilked Loyalhanna woman out of $45K
It started with some messages exchanged with a new Facebook connection. A 60-year-old Loyalhanna Township woman believed she was talking to a man in Denmark. He told her he needed some money to help his daughter, who supposedly was attending a private school in West Africa, according to state police....
Route 711 in Ligonier reopens after crash Sunday morning
Part of Route 711 in Ligonier Township was closed due to a multi-vehicle crash, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. There were four or five vehicles involved in the crash. No injuries were reported. Route 711 was closed in both directions between Two-Mile Run and Slater Road....
Police arrest man accused of robbing Hempfield Walmart
State police have arrested a man who they accuse of robbing the Hempfield Walmart last week. Christopher John Hilty, 31, of Greensburg was arrested Saturday and charged with robbery and other offenses. He is being held at the Westmoreland County jail. Police said Hilty entered the Walmart at Greengate Circle...
Lutheran pastor from Stahlstown leans on 37 years in pulpit for new bookVideo
In 1975, Jerry Nuernberger was a 17-year-old high school senior in Illinois who had dreams of becoming a high-powered corporate lawyer and enjoying the fame and wealth he imagined came along with it. He had the grades. He was valedictorian of his senior class. School counselors and community leaders urged...
Westmoreland municipalities banding together before census
A little less than a year after the Westmoreland County Complete Count Committee was founded, officials are gearing up efforts to help municipalities prepare for the upcoming census. “It’s federal funding; it’s state funding; it’s representation in Congress. The census number plays into all of that and we want Westmoreland...
Westmoreland County residents attend concealed carry seminar, obtain gun permitsVideo
As presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg prepares to air an $11 million Super Bowl commercial touting gun control, more than 100 Westmoreland County residents who want to legally carry a gun in public came out Saturday to learn how. About 120 people from across the county attended a “concealed carry” seminar...
Mammoth Park’s new ‘Giant Slide’ complex expected to open in May
Cold weather and muddy conditions forced the ongoing $1.1 million Mammoth Park renovation project into hibernation, but county bureau of parks and recreation officials expect work to resume “in a few weeks,” allowing the much-anticipated Giant Slide complex to open by late May. “We’re basically shut down for winter right...
Police seek suspect who robbed Hempfield Walmart
An armed robber fled with an undetermined amount of money Friday night from the Walmart at Greengate Circle along Route 30 in Hempfield, state police at Greensburg said. The robber was wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans and gloves and displayed a gun to the cashier at the store’s customer...
Hempfield industrial park eyed by high-tech start-up manufacturing company
A high-tech start-up manufacturing company is expected to occupy two parcels at the Westmoreland County Technology Park II in Hempfield. County officials this week approved an option agreement for a company that represents Fossil Industries to purchase two parcels on nearly 11 acres at the industrial park. The company will...
Dunkin’ plans to be brewing in East Huntingdon by summer
Construction will begin within the next month on a new Dunkin’ site in East Huntingdon’s Countryside Plaza. Customers will be able to order their favorite brew, along with other beverages and pastries, by summer, says Audra Mitchell, a representative of the Savvy Group in Pittsburgh, Dunkin’s regional marketing agency. “It...
Youngwood to get new water, sewer lines
Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County board members on Friday awarded a $7.2 million contract to an Allegheny County construction firm for a three-year project to replace water and sewer lines in Youngwood. Authority officials said Jet Jack Inc. of Oakdale submitted the lowest of six bids for the work expected...
Westmoreland County Community College seeks nomination for distinguished alumnus award
Westmoreland County Community College officials are seeking nominations for the school’s 2020 Distinguished Alumnus Award through Feb. 13. The award recognizes and honors alumni who have distinguished themselves through professional accomplishments, significant community based service, and support or service to the college. It will be presented at the college’s commencement...
Derry man gets 7 to 14 years for friend’s overdose death
After a plea from the victim’s mother, a Derry man was sentenced Friday to serve up to 14 years in prison for his role in a friend’s fatal overdose in Greensburg more than two years ago. Glenn Levtzow, 38, appeared in court a week after he failed to attend a...
Cops: Undercover cocaine buy outside Salem strip club results in worker’s arrest
An undercover cocaine purchase outside the Beehive Showbar in Salem Township resulted in the arrest of the strip club’s front desk clerk, police said. Jeremiah J. Edwards, 50, of Salem, is charged with multiple counts of possession with intent to deliver and possession of cocaine, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Police...
Pittsburgh Zoo brings ‘Radical Reptiles’ to MurrysvilleVideo
Is it cold blooded? Does it have scales? If so, it might have been in the gymnasium at Mother of Sorrows School on Friday as students learned all about “Radical Reptiles” at a program presented by the Pittsburgh Zoo’s Zoomobile. Zoo conservation education specialist Katie Campbell, along with Connor Bamrick...
State police, Seton Hill University students continue search for missing Unity woman
State police on Friday searched wooded areas in Unity, continuing a quest to find a woman who has been missing for nearly two years. Kathe Gross, mother of Cassandra Gross, said searchers were focusing during the morning on an area where her daughter’s dog, Baxter, was found. “I believe they’re...
Franklin Regional superintendent stresses need to welcome new residents at Prayer Breakfast
Gennaro Piraino believes the solution to Westmoreland County’s problems starts with a simple question: What would Fred do? Piraino, speaking at the 45th annual Westmoreland County Prayer Breakfast on Friday, said Westmoreland County’s “economic crisis” is being driven mostly by a loss of population — which means new people need...
Week in review: Speakeasy busted; Legionella found in nursing homeVideo
Investigators shut down a Pittsburgh speakeasy for illegal alcohol sales, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto pitched new ways to get around the city, and residents at the Westmoreland Manor nursing home are drinking bottled water after Legionella bacteria was discovered. Here’s a look back at the week’s top stories. Penn Trafford...
Latrobe presentation will focus on skin cancer
Skin cancer, the most common type of cancer in the United States, will be the topic of an informational program Wednesday in Latrobe. The 6 p.m. presentation by Dr. Melissa Pugliano-Mauro, residency program director in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Dermatology, is part of an ongoing series of health-related...
1 suspect arrested, another sought in Greensburg Sheetz robbery
Police have arrested one man and are looking for another accused of robbing the Sheetz on Harvey Avenue in Greensburg Thursday evening. Four men entered the store around 6:15 p.m., according to police. Tywone McClain Jr., 21, of Greensburg, allegedly demanded money from the cashier, saying he had a gun...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend: Jan. 31-Feb. 2Video
This weekend you can celebrate women’s contributions to art or make your own, rock to live music and enjoy the sweet soundtrack of a princess and her prince. This weekend is a full one. Let’s get started. The art of women Jeannette art gallery You Are Here will host “Women’s...
