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Park police save man who overdosed in Greensburg Catholic Cemetery
Four Westmoreland County Park Police officers saved a man’s life Thursday after he was found in a Hempfield cemetery experiencing a drug overdose. The officers were starting their shifts and leaving in their cars from the county garage on Donohoe Road when someone flagged one of them down outside Greensburg...
North Huntingdon public works director raises concerns about staffing
North Huntingdon commissioners should be prepared to lose several of the township’s public works employees, the leader of the department said this week. “There could be a mass exodus out of here,” said Richard Albert, director of the department. The commissioners accepted the resignation of Adam Hardy, effective March 3....
Redstone seeks to expand Murrysville campus with senior apartments
Redstone Presbyterian Senior Care officials are hoping to have property near their Murrysville facility rezoned in order to offer more than 100 apartment units for senior independent living. Redstone CEO John Dixon said the company purchased about 36 acres adjacent to its Murrysville location on Cline Hollow Road, with the...
Meet Philip Ferry, Westmoreland County’s new game warden
Philip Ferry has been one with the woods since he was a young boy. Growing up in Youngstown, Pa., surrounded by forest and wildlife, his affinity for hunting and being an outdoorsman is what led him to become Westmoreland County’s new game warden. “Most people …. they find out early,...
Lane restrictions planned on Route 30 and Center Highway in North Huntingdon and Unity
A chain of lane restrictions on two heavily-traveled Westmoreland County highways will begin Monday morning. All of the work is related to overhead signs that warn motorists of upcoming red lights. PennDOT officials said the work will be either to retrofit existing signals or install new ones. One lane will...
Final curtain falls on Westmoreland Night of the Stars musical showcase
The final curtain has fallen on Westmoreland Night of the Stars — unless someone steps up to take over running the annual two-night showcase of area school musicals. In 2019, founder John Noble announced his intention to turn the production over to his daughter, Elly Carr of Irwin, a theater...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend: Feb. 17-19
Student artists Artists of the 21st Century, the annual exhibit of work by students in Westmoreland and Fayette counties, opens Friday at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley, Route 711 and Boucher Lane, Ligonier Township. Held in conjunction with National Youth Art Month, the exhibit is open...
Morning Roundup: 3 arrested after police find drugs in Homewood convenience store
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023: 3 arrested after police say drugs, firearms found at Homewood store Pittsburgh police said they recovered drugs and firearms Thursday night in a convenience store in the city’s Homewood neighborhood. Narcotics and Vice detectives executed...
Local entrepreneurs profit from advice offered through free programs
Bryan Krazel and Mark Williamson have taken control of their destinies. They both started new businesses last year — joining about 5 million other U.S. entrepreneurs who did the same thing, according to the Commerce Institute, a website that curates small-business statistics. Krazel had worked as a veterinarian for 25...
Westmoreland commissioners asked to oppose mine, landfill expansion projects
More than a dozen opponents to proposed coal mine and landfill expansions in Westmoreland County pleaded with leaders Thursday to help their cause. Speaking during the commissioners’ meeting, members of the Mountain Watershed Association and others spoke out against the projects. They asked county leaders to lobby on their behalf...
Kertes launches campaign for 2nd term as Westmoreland commissioner
Westmoreland County Commissioner Sean Kertes said his job isn’t done. Kertes, a Republican from Greensburg, has announced his intentions to run for a second term as one of three board members who run county government. “It’s about moving Westmoreland County in a new and better direction,” Kertes said. Kertes, 36,...
Greater Latrobe Senior High School to host national quiz competition
Elementary and middle school students from around the region will test their knowledge this weekend during a unique competition at Greater Latrobe Senior High School. The International Academic Competition will host its Pennsylvania Winter Regional Final competition Saturday in a 10-hour event. This is the first time the group has...
Learn about apple tree pruning at free Westmoreland Conservancy event in Murrysville
Westmoreland Conservancy staff are seeking volunteers to help prune apple trees at their Morosini Reserve in Murrysville on Saturday. Conservancy President Shelly Tichy said the trees at the reserve, off Morosini Farm Court near Delmont, are left over from an old orchard on the property. “Some of them are a...
Greensburg police look to fill 2 vacancies after patrolman’s resignation, former chief’s arrest
Not even a month since the police chief resigned after being arrested on drug-related charges, the city of Greensburg has another vacancy on the force. Council this week accepted Officer Shawn Miller’s resignation, effective Feb. 21. Miller is leaving to accept another position, according to interim police Chief Donald Sarsfield....
Jeannette police search for 5 people charged after baby ingested cocaine last summer
Jeannette police are searching for five people after a 1-year-old girl reportedly ingested cocaine at a home in July and was hospitalized, according to court papers. Arrest warrants were issued this week for the suspects: Shelly Ann Kemerer, 53; Latasha Cotrell, 35; Michael A. Dewberry, 35; Samantha Linn Stanford, 26;...
Presidents Day trivia, crafts await kids in Derry Township
Children are invited to celebrate Presidents Day a few days early at the historic Fulton House in Derry Township. The Derry Area Historical Society is hosting the free event from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday in its headquarters at 357 Pittsburgh St., just off Route 982 in New Derry. Crafts,...
Route 22 east cleared in Derry Township after head-on crash
Traffic on Route 22 east in Derry Township was affected for a time Thursday morning after a head on collision, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatch supervisor. The crash was reported around 10 a.m. in front of Jonnet Flea Market, not far from the Indiana County border. Entrapment was reported...
Hempfield man pleads guilty to possession of child pornography
A Hempfield man was ordered to serve up to 23 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to possessing hundreds of videos containing child pornography. Scott J. Lynch, 60, was originally charged in September 2021 with more than 711 counts of possession of child pornography . According to court records,...
Greensburg 1st responders lauded for saving victims of heart attack, house fire
A dip in the pool last month could have turned fatal for a Jeannette man, but for a team of first responders and two Greensburg recreation staffers who knew how to use an automated external defibrillator. Lara Stinebiser was on hand at this week’s Greensburg council meeting to thank the...
Westmoreland DA crash racks up nearly $33,000 in SUV repairs
Although Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli described the crash she had in her county-provided SUV last year as minor, it resulted in a nearly $33,000 repair bill. According to documents obtained by the Tribune-Review under the state’s Right-to-Know law, the 2021 Ford Explorer XLT four-wheel drive SUV assigned to...
‘Suspicious’ fire burns vacant home in Jeannette
No one was injured Wednesday night during a fire in Jeannette at an abandoned house that is awaiting demolition and was used by firefighters over the weekend for training. Jeannette police are investigating, according to Jeannette fire Chief Bill Frye. “We’ll call it suspicious at this point, but we are...
Cat killed in North Huntingdon house fire
A cat died and two homes were damaged in a porch fire Wednesday afternoon in North Huntingdon. No one was home when the fire started around 4 p.m., and no people were injured, according to Circleville Fire Chief Craig Couchenour. Two dogs were taken alive from the home at Woodall...
Delmont moves forward on forming a stormwater authority that would assess residents fees
Delmont officials will advertise an ordinance to potentially create a stormwater authority in the borough that would assess fees based on residents’ usage. Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to explore the authority further, as borough officials work their way through two state consent agreements and several million dollars’ worth of...
Norwin board deadlocked on allowing anti-socialism program
A faction of the Norwin School Board failed this week to gain approval to allow a speaker from Venezuela to present an anti-socialism program to high school students. The board was deadlocked 4-4 on whether to allow Daniel DiMartino, a founder of the nonprofit Dissident Project and native Venezuelan, to...
Judge upholds sex assault convictions of Mt. Pleasant Township man
A Westmoreland County judge denied the appeal of a Mt. Pleasant Township man who is serving a 50-year prison sentence after being convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls. Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Mears said there was no basis to overturn the convictions against Kenneth Daniels. Following a three-day...
