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Plan for outdoor area at Latrobe Hospital tabled as officials await more from Independence
Plans for an outdoor activity area at Latrobe Hospital won’t be approved until Independence Health System shares more information with the city’s planning commission about how it will be used. Representatives from Independence Health’s Johnstown-based engineering consultant, H.F. Lenz Co., told the planning commission last week the 2,500-square-foot fenced-in activity...
Saint Vincent College, Westmoreland Intermediate Unit to host career expo for aspiring teachers
After hosting an educator career fair last spring, Saint Vincent College and the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit knew they needed to take a different approach. “I think we both recognized the need to try to target a couple of different audiences,” said Tracy McNelly, chair of the college’s education department, “because...
Controversial Norwin director faces censure vote again over graphic social media language
A controversial Norwin school director faces a possible censure vote and a demand to resign Monday over language deemed offensive toward fellow board members in his online publication. Director Alex Detschelt, a Republican, is being targeted for censure for his Jan. 24 post on his Substack page. The resolution before...
Westmoreland museum marks Black History Month with art-filled observance for all
It was celebration time Sunday for Laurie Johnson-Wade of New Kensington, who brought her seven grandchildren and two of her daughters to Greensburg for a lesson in Black history — the arts, singing, painting and poetry. “It’s a celebration of all things good about our history,” said Wade, a descendant...
Westmoreland happenings: Spaghetti dinner, comedy dinner nights, more
Church News • Greensburg Church of the Brethren hosts a night of fun and fellowship for individuals and groups with developmental disabilities from 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays at the church, 554 Stanton St., Southwest Greensburg. Dinner is included. Participants must be accompanied by a family member or caregiver. Donations...
‘Our Own Work, Our Own Way’ exhibit will kick of Year of Women Artists at the Westmoreland Museum
Providing an exciting beginning to their “Year of Women Artists,” the Westmoreland Museum of American Art will open the exhibit “Our Own Work, Our Own Way: Southern Modern Women Artists” this Sunday. The traveling exhibit will take up residence at the Greensburg museum from Feb. 9 to May 18. Drawn...
Greensburg Salem 6th graders foster collaboration, school spirit under new ‘house’ system
A group of 13 Greensburg Salem sixth grade students stood at the front of a middle school classroom this week, waiting for the district’s school board members — seated in wooden chairs — to blindly select a set of colored beads from a box. The color of the beads corresponded...
Colonial history comes alive at Bushy Run Battlefield event
The Graham family of Madison took time Saturday to see a slice of 18th-century colonial life on the Western Pennsylvania frontier — guns, knives, compasses, a canteen, powderhorns, bowls, woodworking tools and a variety of animal pelts — at the living history event at the Bushy Run Battlefield Museum in...
Trump fires head of National Archives, a North Huntingdon native
North Huntingdon native Colleen Shogan said she was fired Friday night from her job as archivist of the United States without being given any reason for her dismissal, which President Donald Trump had hinted at during an interview before his inauguration. Shogan, who had served as the head of the...
Focus is on singles for Valentine’s dinner at Mt. Pleasant Township church
Valentine’s Day: It’s not just for couples anymore. At least not at Mt. Pleasant Township’s St. John’s Union Church, Assembly of God. The church is welcoming single people who may feel left out of the annual Feb. 14 celebration of love connections to come to the church the following day...
Western Pa. represented at upcoming Westminster Dog Show
Declan will have his own cheering section when he hits the show ring Tuesday to compete in the Westminster Dog Show. The 4-year-old golden retriever will help his owner/handler Megan Ash of North Huntingdon achieve a goal in the process. “This has always been on my bucket list to go,...
Detectives say series of raids has put vape shop owners on notice
Westmoreland County vape shops are taking notice in the wake of police raids in the last several months at similar businesses. Westmoreland County Detective Tony Marcocci said a couple of shops checked recently by undercover officers had stopped selling illegal items as a result of raids on vape shops. “It’s...
Westmoreland sheriff says deputy shortage strains department, but agrees to pause planned service cutback
A plan to halt the transport of some criminal defendants to hearings at local magistrate offices was put on a temporary hold Friday after intervention from a Westmoreland County judge. Sheriff James Albert this week issued an edict that would have limited his department’s workload starting next week in response...
Bushy Run launches winter living history event after canceling August reenactment
After canceling its annual reenactment of a 1700s battle this summer, Bushy Run will host a new living history event at its museum Saturday. Bushy Run canceled its August reenactment — which tells the story of a 1763 clash between British soldiers and Native Americans during Pontiac’s War — in...
Hempfield’s troubled High Park, West Point fire departments may join forces
High Park Volunteer Fire Department, which has been closed for the past year, is proposing a merger with West Point Volunteer Fire Department. Attorney Kim Houser said members of both departments have been examining the potential to join forces and could file a petition in the coming weeks in Westmoreland...
Here are 5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: Feb. 7-9
Is it a song-and-dance kind of weekend, a brunch-and-shop kind of weekend or a fun-and-games kind of weekend? No matter how you choose to unwind, there’s something to do in Westmoreland County. ‘Pippin’ at Greensburg Garden and Civic Center Find your corner of the sky with Greensburg Civic Theatre’s production...
Greensburg area restaurants compete for charity in chili cookoff
People are passionate about food. And when the dish can be as diverse as chili, their opinions can get just as spicy as the peppers. “White chicken chili is soup. It’s not chili,” said Brian Root of Greensburg, eliciting an immediate frown from Michelle Havrilesko, who had just finished eating...
Search on for missing New Derry man; car found unlocked, police say
State police are searching for a missing New Derry man whose parked car was found Wednesday in Derry Township, three days after he was last seen. State troopers said they don’t suspect foul play in their search for 63-year-old John J. Dofollo. He was reported missing by family members when...
Authorities seize items in drug task force raid at North Huntingdon vape shop
Authorities raided a North Huntingdon vape shop Thursday morning after undercover officers made purchases there of suspected illegal products. Westmoreland County Detective Tony Marcocci said authorities seized large quantities of items containing THC, the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana, in a raid at Star Smoke and Vape on Route 30. The...
Westmoreland County readies for U.S. 250th birthday bash
Fresh on the heels of Westmoreland County’s 250th birthday celebration in 2024, local officials are looking to the forward to the nation’s Semiquincentennial. The celebration will actually begin this spring at Historic Hanna’s Town in Hempfield to commemorate what history experts tout as one of the first signs of U.S....
Westmoreland voters to elect new register of wills for abbreviated term
Westmoreland County voters this year will elect a new register of wills to serve an abbreviated term that runs through the end of 2027. Jon Wian, 43, of Delmont was appointed by Gov. Josh Shapiro and confirmed this week by the state Senate to run the courthouse office where wills,...
South Carolina man accused of killing girlfriend in Rostraver
A mother of three was fatally shot late Wednesday in Rostraver by her live-in boyfriend, according to police. One of three children living at the Route 136 home called 911 around 11 p.m. to report the shooting. Estela Rivera Vasquez, 35, was found in the basement with a gunshot wound...
Greensburg fire officials hope electronic signs will give recruits the message
Greensburg fire Chief Tom Bell wants to try out a new recruitment method — electronic signs. He is planning to buy four signs with a $109,600 state grant that could be installed outside three fire departments and city hall, as long Greensburg officials give the OK. “We picked the three...
Penn Township 8th grader’s glass art earns spot in international showcase
Most 13-year-olds wouldn’t ask for a glass-blowing torch for their birthday. But Penn Township native Caitlin Dolhi isn’t like most 13-year-olds. Dolhi, an eighth grade student at Penn Middle School, learned three years ago about the Pittsburgh Glass Center, tucked along Penn Avenue in the city’s Friendship neighborhood, and enrolled...
Murrysville native steps into new role as director of her hometown library
Katherine Neidig had about three months of regular work when she started in a part-time position at the Murrysville Community Library in January 2020. “I was doing cataloguing and technical services, and then all the procedures were tossed aside during the pandemic,” said Neidig, who grew up in Murrysville and...
