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Westmoreland County Community College students pursuing two-year degrees in 11 high-demand fields could have an easier path to a bachelor’s degree under an agreement inked with Penn State University. Specifically, the pact outlined this week by Penn State and WCCC covers 14 of the university’s 19 Commonwealth campuses statewide, a...

Nicole Louise Moore doubled over and let out a cry of joy as a Westmoreland County jury acquitted her Wednesday of allegations that she drove over and severely injured a woman two years ago in a Scottdale parking lot. Following two days of testimony and more than two hours of...

A fight is brewing in Ligonier between the future and the past. Owners of the historic Thistle­down at Seger House, just two blocks from the Diamond, received a building permit to erect a 2,000-square-foot pavilion that its owner says will host large events and bring new visitors to the borough....

Art • The Greensburg Art Center and the Pittsburgh Print Group will sponsor a joint exhibit about printmaking Sept. 14 through Oct. 19 at the art center, 230 Todd School Road, Hempfield. A free opening reception will be held 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 14. Refreshments will be served. A...

Ligonier Valley School Board President Don Gilbert has accused four fellow board members of interfering in a district investigation into a 2023 incident that left a high school teacher with severe injuries. The teacher was injured in an encounter with a special needs student. Authorities did not file charges in...

Unanticipated costs are cropping up as Delmont officials take steps to comply with a consent order from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to address sewage overflows. The order addresses overflows that occur during heavy rain, discharging a mix of raw sewage and storm water onto property in neighboring Salem...

Retired elementary school teacher Kathy Lioi is among dozens of volunteers who walk the grounds and tell the story of United Airlines Flight 93 and its ending on Sept. 11, 2001. “I want to tell people about its history. It’s hard not to feel a part of this place,” said...

A North Huntingdon man who worked as a bus driver and was a police chaplain is accused of exchanging nude photos with a student he drove to school in an effort to groom the 17-year-old Duquesne boy, police said. Michael F. Singer, 57, told police he shared sexually explicit photos...

Nicole Moore and Tiara Stout and their children once vacationed together in Virginia Beach. A year later, Moore was in jail, charged with running down Stout with her car outside a Scottdale apartment building. Both women testified Tuesday during the second day of Moore’s trial in Westmoreland County. Moore is...

Owners of a Murrysville vape shop whom authorities said were selling illegal substances out of the business will have criminal charges proceed in Westmoreland County court, a district judge found Tuesday. Jeffrey R. Higgins, 41, of Murrysville and Eric J. Parco, 46, of Plum — owners of PA Vapor &...

The Westmoreland County Airport Authority is still flying high three weeks after the annual air show that attracted massive crowds to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity. While the net revenue from the two-day event has yet to be calculated, Gabe Monzo, the authority’s executive director, told members Tuesday that...

The Clarks headline a trio of acts appearing Sept. 21 beginning at 5 p.m. in downtown Irwin. Main Street will be closed for what is billed as “Gig on Main” and occupied by 15 food trucks along with the stage that will feature music beginning at 5 p.m. from Justin...

Mellissa Gardina wants to move out of her Vandergrift neighborhood. She was looking for a deal and over the summer found her potential new home in nearby Oklahoma Borough, not through a real estate listing but in a booklet of Westmoreland County’s tax delinquent properties that the county publishes each...

A prosecutor told a jury Monday there is no reasonable way to explain why a Mt. Pleasant woman ran over another woman two years ago outside of a Scottdale apartment building. Nicole Louise Moore, 28, is accused of aggravated assault, hit and run, and other offenses in connection with an...

Diners will be able to select from some new and expanded choices in the semiannual Greensburg Restaurant Week, running through Sunday. There are 17 restaurants taking part this week, up from 14 that were on board for the last two events, this past January and a year ago. First-time participants...

The E.C. Cruisers car club will mark three decades of children’s charity on Sunday with their 30th annual “Cruisin’ to Help the Kids” car cruise in Hempfield. Proceeds from the club’s signature event, set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 814 Lanes & Games in Hempfield, will benefit Westmoreland...

Lucy and Terry Lappi certainly didn’t have to worry about stopping for a bite to eat Sunday afternoon on their way back home to Somerset. The Lappis were among those drawn to this weekend’s third annual Latrobe Italian Festival, where more than 50 merchants and food vendors lined the streets...

In her professional career, Doreen Coulson Putnam noticed when grandchildren were separated from their grandparents who had Alzheimer’s and dementia. A certified dementia practitioner, Putnam sought to create an educational resource for families to help them understand memory loss and how to include children. The Murrysville resident wrote “Sometimes Grandmamma...

Arts • The Mon Yough Chorale is looking for singers to join the group for the upcoming season. No audition required. Rehearsals are from 7 to 9 p.m. Sundays starting Sept. 15 in the fellowship hall of Sampson’s Mills Presbyterian Church, 1665 Lincoln Way, White Oak. Details: monyoughchorale.org. • Westmoreland...

Special education teacher Cameron Kovatch was recognized with the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit’s Annie Sullivan Award. A teacher at the Clairview School in Hempfield, Kovatch received the award at the intermediate unit’s board meeting Aug. 27. The award, named after Helen Keller’s teacher, recognizes special education teachers for helping students with...

Four competitors at the 2024 Westmoreland Fair had the right ingredients to take home top honors in specialty baking contests. Shelia Suhan’s warm apple crumble pie with raisin sauce led the field of 25 entries in the Blue Ribbon Apple Pie Contest. The judges found that the apples in the...

A mosaic in the design of a Western Pennsylvania landscape — rolling hills, clouds in a blue sky with a shining sun — is framed around the doorway at the Queen of Angels Catholic School in North Huntingdon, a legacy for the students, staff and the artist who worked on...

Anna Watson couldn’t wait to return to the walking trails at Bushy Run Battlefield in Penn Township. “We didn’t realize how much damage it did,” said Watson, 33, of Sewickley of the June 26 tornado that cased what officials estimated to be about $1 million in damage to the historic...

For Sister Mary Norbert Long, the red sand being spread on sidewalks in Greensburg represents a mission to ensure that the issue of human trafficking is one that remains on the front burner. Long, 85, a nun with the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill and a member of Westmoreland...