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19 seek to fill vacancy on Norwin School Board
The Norwin School Board has to select among 19 residents who are seeking to fill one vacancy. Among the hopefuls are a teacher who lost her bid for the board in the May primary, a North Huntingdon commissioner’s wife, four other teachers, an administrator working in other school districts, plus...
Westmoreland municipal authority expects $3 million price tag for Youngwood project
The $3 million cost to relocate and replace aging water and sewer lines in Youngwood is a bargain, Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County officials said Wednesday. The project is part of a PennDOT plan to reconstruct a three-mile section of Route 119 in the borough and will allow the authority...
Greater Latrobe School Board promotes Robin Pynos as second assistant superintendent
Greater Latrobe School Board has promoted Robin Pynos to a new assistant superintendent position, as the latest step in realigning the district’s central administrative staff. The board this week approved a five-year term for Pynos as assistant superintendent for curriculum, technology and instruction as she resigned from her previous role...
Proposed budget keeps water, sewer rates unchanged for Municipal Authority of Westmoreland customers
Water and sewer rates for customers of the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County will remain the same for a second consecutive year. The authority’s preliminary 2020-21 budget, unveiled Wednesday, includes no rate changes and carries a $5 million cut in projected revenues, officials said. Board members are expected to approve...
Man arrested for selling heroin in maternity ward accused of thefts in Latrobe, Unity
A 27-year-old Latrobe man who was arrested in 2017 for selling heroin in a hospital maternity ward after the birth of his child is back in the county prison for allegedly possessing a stolen handgun and stealing a pickup truck. Cody R. Hulse was arraigned Monday on charges of receiving...
Demolition begins at Greensburg public works garage destroyed by fireVideo
Demolition began this week on Greensburg’s fire-ravaged public works garage on South Urania Avenue. The work is expected to take about two weeks, though it could take a bit longer because of the holidays, said Tom Bell, the city’s public works superintendent and fire chief. The city hired Ritenour &...
Greater Latrobe School Board to honor 2.7-mill cap on potential tax hike
Greater Latrobe School Board has agreed to a ceiling for any property tax increase it may approve for the 2020-21 school year. The board this week passed a resolution pledging to stay within the 2.71-mill maximum — the equivalent of a 3.3% increase, determined by a state index, in accordance...
Former state rep will present ‘The State of Education in Pennsylvania’ in Murrysville
As education experts in Pennsylvania go, it’s tough to top Ron Cowell. In addition to 24 years as a state representative with 12 years on the House Committee on Education, Cowell has been president and executive director for the Education Policy and Leadership Center in Harrisburg since 1999. He has...
Laurel Highlands lands on Travel Lemming’s Top 5 list
What do the Laurel Highlands; Lausanne, Switzerland; Prince Edward Island, Canada; McLaren Vale, South Australia; and Nova Scotia, Canada, have in common? They are the five winners of the travel site TravelLemming.com’s annual Reader Awards, following an online competition among 30 emerging travel destinations on the site’s annual list of...
Traffic stop, videos help police ID suspect in Murrysville, Penn Township thefts
A traffic stop in Murrysville led to the arrest of a suspect in multiple vehicle break-ins in several communities. Murrysville police Detective John Devlin stopped a damaged Nissan SUV for alleged equipment violations Nov. 22. It was identical to the SUV seen at the area of the vehicle break-ins: a...
Harrison City man sentenced to federal prison, probation in ‘logic bomb’ case
A Harrison City man was sentenced Tuesday to six months in a federal prison for inserting codes into computer programs he designed as a contracted employee for Siemens Corp. that caused malfunctions in which he was called in to repair, according to federal authorities. David Tinley, 62, was ordered to...
Trafford library’s search for library director hampered by funding limitations
For almost four months, the Trafford Community Public Library has remained open six days a week thanks to volunteers. The small library on Brinton Avenue has not had a director since Jessica Beichler took over as the Penn Area Library director in Harrison City in early September. Beichler, who replaced...
Family honors Forbes Road WWII veteran’s service on his final day
The men called them flying coffins, and for many of the American paratroopers in March 1945, that’s what the gliders became. Cpl. James J. Sackett dodged a bullet and lived — but not without taking flak in his leg and back and spending months recuperating in a stateside hospital. Sackett...
State grants fund traffic light upgrades in Salem, Latrobe
State traffic safety grants announced this week will improve a signal at routes 22 and 819 in Salem and will provide flashing signs to warn motorists of a reduced speed limit next to Latrobe Elementary School. The grants of $120,000 to Salem Township and $122,000 to the City of Latrobe...
Unity considers changing residential zone near airport, reducing minimum lot sizes
Unity Township officials are considering changing the residential zoning classification of about 20 properties along a stretch of Route 981 near the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to give owners more flexibility in developing the lots. Solicitor Gary Falatovich said township supervisors likely won’t act on the proposed revision until February...
Westmoreland County impeachment rally draws more than 100Video
With light-up signs reading “IMPEACH” and chants of “save our Constitution,” more than 100 protesters gathered outside the Westmoreland County Courthouse Tuesday evening to call for the removal of President Donald Trump. “The goal is to show the support among the general population for impeachment and removal,” said protest organizer...
Youngwood woman pleads guilty to assaulting her grandmother over volume of Steelers game
Michael Amorino told a Westmoreland County judge that his niece lived a troubled, isolated life with her mother that was marked by mental illness and abuse, all factors that led to the August 2017 beating inflicted on his elderly mother during a dispute over the volume of a Pittsburgh Steelers...
3rd sentencing hearing postponed for woman convicted in Greensburg torture-murder
A third sentencing hearing for the youngest member of group of former Greensburg roommates convicted in the 2010 torture killing of a mental disabled woman has been delayed as state appeal courts continue to weigh the legality of life prison terms for juvenile offenders. Angela Marinucci, now 27, has been...
Westmoreland County tax hike, first in 15 years, on the table
Westmoreland County commissioners could vote Thursday to hike property taxes for the first time in 15 years. Commissioners Gina Cerilli and Charles Anderson said Tuesday they have yet to commit to the proposed 2.4% tax hike as part of a finance package that includes adoption of a 2020 budget and...
Trafford offers grant for facade improvements – but not for naked mannequins
Entrepreneurs who want to open a business in Trafford next year will have a shot at a $600 matching grant for improving their storefront’s facade, though there is a catch. The money is available to any business owner who has designs on sprucing up their storefront in Trafford “as long...
Hempfield tax assessment appeal program up for vote in January
The future of Hempfield school district’s controversial tax assessment appeal program will be decided in 2020, after board members debated the process this week. The program, adopted in 2015 to target under-assessed commercial and industrial parcels, essentially raises property taxes to what they would be if officials did a countywide...
Mt. Pleasant man charged with child sex assault
A Mt. Pleasant man is accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old over 14 months, according to borough police. Jarrod Rochat, 27, was charged Monday with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse causing serious bodily injury, indecent assault, corruption of minors and child endangerment. Police said the child described during an interview this...
300 kids have wishes come true at Shop With a Cop eventsVideo
The notebook state Trooper Tavin Davis typically uses during investigations served a different purpose Tuesday. He used it to jot down the cost of toys for two Youngstown children at the Unity Walmart store to make sure they stayed within budget. Daniel Wallace, 3, put a Play-Doh kit in the...
Hempfield students use engineering magic to clinch competition crown
Want to see a card trick? Hempfield high school students have one, and it takes over 20 different steps to execute. Performed by a student-built contraption named “Ab’rube’cadabra,” Hempfield students clinched the top spot last week for the magic trick at the annual Chain Reaction Contraption competition held at the...
Woman accused of stabbing Terrelle Pryor to be released from jailVideo
Shalaya Briston, the girlfriend of Terrelle Pryor who is accused of stabbing the professional football player, will be released from jail as she awaits a hearing on charges of attempted homicide and aggravated assault, a judge ordered Tuesday. Judge Jeffrey A. Manning released Briston, 24, to her parents’ home in...
