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Penn-Trafford Jeannette area covid case update for week ending March 2, 2021

The number of new confirmed covid cases in the Penn-Trafford-Jeannette area dropped a bit over the last week, with 16 new cases in the seven-day period ending March 2 — down from 16 the week prior, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Since the pandemic began in...
Penn-Trafford High School juniors can return to 5-day in-person instruction Wednesday

Juniors will have the option to return to Penn-Trafford High School five days a week starting Wednesday. Students can opt to learn remotely or continue attending two days a week, as they’ve been doing since the start of the school year, according to district officials. A survey of juniors revealed...
Greensburg businesses have 2nd shot at covid relief grants

Greensburg’s small businesses have a second shot at grant funding to help them recover from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. The Greensburg Community Development Corporation soon will open applications for the second round of its Covid-19 Relief Main Street Jump-Start Program. City businesses that employ 10 or fewer...
Westmoreland Head Start programs expand scope during pandemic

Westmoreland Community Action’s Head Start and Early Head Start are geared to prepare young children for kindergarten. That involves a lot more than education — and the coronavirus pandemic has made it more complicated than ever. “The overall goal is to support families for self-sufficiency and help eliminate barriers like...
Bipartisan bill to legalize marijuana introduced in Pa. Legislature

Marijuana legalization will get another chance in the Pennsylvania Legislature thanks to a new bipartisan bill. State Sens. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, and Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, this week introduced a bill that would allow those over the age of 21 to buy and use marijuana. It would also expunge the convictions...
Survivors of 14th Quartermaster missile attack keep promise to remember fallenVideo

Thursday’s memorial service for Hempfield’s 14th Quartermaster Detachment was both somber and joyful, a time for mourning those lost while catching up with old friends. “It’s nice to see everyone,” said Sgt. Mary Rhoads of California, Pa. “We made a promise that we would never forget them.” The ceremony at...
Central Catholic High in Pittsburgh closes again following positive covid case

Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood will be closed until Monday as students take online classes. The school had just reopened after a previous closure that ended this week. The new closure is due to a staff member testing positive for covid, the Diocese of Pittsburgh announced Tuesday....
Missing elderly man last seen in Latrobe found safe

A missing elderly man from Latrobe has been found safe, according to state police. Authorities said Anthony Mileca, 84, was located just about 1 a.m. Missing Endangered Person Advisory UPDATE: Mileca was located and is safe. The MEPA is canceled. Thank you for the RTs.— PA State Police (@PAStatePolice) February...
Seven Springs seeing surge of catalytic converter thefts

Thieves have been hacking parts off cars to sell for scrap in and around the borough of Seven Springs in Somerset and Fayette counties, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. State police spokesman Steven Limani told WPXI about 30 catalytic converters have been stolen off of area vehicles in the...
Penn-Trafford-Jeannette area’s newly reported covid cases tallied for week ending Feb. 23, 2021

The number of new confirmed covid cases in the Penn-Trafford-Jeannette area dropped by about a third this week, with 19 new cases in the seven-day period ending Feb. 23 — down from 30 the week prior — according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Since the pandemic began...
Greensburg Salem weighs back-to-school options as some seniors return

Greensburg Salem High School seniors now have the option to return to school four days a week, and the rest of the district’s students will likely follow suit April 1. About 260 people participated in a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday at which teachers, administrators and board members shared information...
Greensburg train station sold again, along with 2 other downtown buildings

A Ligonier company has spent more than $3 million buying three commercial buildings in downtown Greensburg — including the city’s historic train station, which last changed hands in 2016. Chelsted Limited Family Partnership bought the train station on Ehalt Street from StoneKim Properties LLC for about $1.1 million, according to...
Remembering some of the weirdest crashes and vehicle mishaps in Western Pa.

An SUV that broke through the ice on North Park Lake in McCandless got plenty of attention Thursday, but that’s just the latest of many strange incidents involving cars, SUVs, trucks and buses in the region. Western Pennsylvania drivers have a knack for getting their vehicles into odd situations. Here’s...
Fire tears through home in Reserve Township

There were no reported injuries from an intense fire that tore through a Reserve Township home early Friday morning, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. The fire on Klementina Drive was reported around 12:30 a.m., WPXI reported. Firefighters told WPXI the blaze likely started on the first floor, quickly spreading...
Loaded gun found as Kittanning man goes through Arnold Palmer Regional Airport checkpoint

A Kittanning man will be fined after attempting to take a loaded handgun through security at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity Wednesday, according to the Transportation Security Administration. The .380 caliber handgun with six bullets appeared on the security checkpoint’s X-ray machine, where it was spotted by a TSA...
Winter weather advisory remains in effect, more snow expected through Friday

Western Pennsylvania woke up Thursday to an official overnight snowfall total of ¾ of an inch, though it’s likely some areas received more, according to the National Weather Service. “We’re actually looking at a very fine gradient from the northwest to the southeast right now,” said David Shallenberger, lead meteorologist...

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