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Veterans will have opportunity to share stories at Pitt-Greensburg breakfast

Veterans who want to share their military experiences and others who want to hear those stories of service are invited to a meeting of the Veterans Breakfast Club from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Set for the Hempfield Room of Chambers Hall, it’s...
Mt. Pleasant mayor: Incumbent Bailey takes Democratic nomination

Incumbent Diane Bailey captured the Democratic nomination for mayor of Mt. Pleasant Tuesday, according to unofficial results from all three precincts. Bailey garnered 48.5% of the vote, followed by Paul Wagner, with 35.5%, and Richard Cholock, with nearly 13%. Write-ins accounted for about 3% of the Democratic vote. Nicholas Lucia,...
Mt. Pleasant: Davis, Czekanski, Rega win contested council primary races

In one of two contested council races in the Mt. Pleasant primary, Andy Davis captured the Republican nomination for a First Ward seat. He posted nearly 68% of the unofficial tally, compared to about 30% for Tim Bauer. In the GOP battle for two Second Ward seats, incumbent Linda L....
Greensburg mayor: Bell leads Democrats, Spino tops GOP ballot

Incumbent Robert L. “Robb” Bell won a two-way race Tuesday for the Democratic nomination for mayor of Greensburg, receiving about 60% of the vote with all 15 precincts reporting. Challenger Jerry Vernail captured 38% of the vote. About 1% of the Democratic votes cast were write-ins, according to the unofficial...
Greensburg council: Incumbents lead primary field for 2 seats

Sitting members of Greensburg city council, Randal Finfrock and Sheila Brumley, led Tuesday’s Democratic party primary race for the two seats they occupy. With all 15 precincts reporting, Brumley garnered about 36% of the votes in the unofficial tally, followed by Finfrock, with nearly 33%, and challenger Gabrielle Stewart, with...
Unity: Incumbent Poponick captures GOP nomination for supervisor

Incumbent Ed Poponick led the field in the Republican primary race for supervisor, with all 13 precincts reporting Tuesday. According to unofficial tallies, Poponick received nearly 58% of the vote, followed by Doug Murphy, with about 28%, and Frank Zupanc, with more than 12%. Write-ins accounted for less than 1%...
Hempfield bridge project to trigger Monday night traffic restrictions on Route 30

PennDOT is planning lane restrictions and rolling stoppages Monday night for traffic on Route 30 near the East Pittsburgh Street overpass in Hempfield. The restrictions will affect eastbound and westbound traffic on the highway from 8 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday. It will allow crews with contractor Charles J....
Oakmont man guilty of 3rd-degree murder in 3-year-old daughter’s death

An Oakmont man was convicted of third-degree murder in the starvation death of his daughter. Bella Seachrist, 3, died June 9, 2020, after she became unresponsive and was taken to UPMC St. Margaret hospital near Aspinwall. In addition to the homicide charge, Jose Salazar-Ortiz Sr., 32, was found guilty of aggravated...
Ligonier Township crash sends 1 to hospital

One motorist was taken by ambulance to an area hospital for treatment following a Friday morning wreck in Ligonier Township, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher. Firefighters freed the motorist by removing a door of the vehicle that crashed shortly after 9:30 a.m. along Route 30 near the former...
Morning Roundup: Implosions raze portion of closed Washington County power plant

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, May 12, 2023: Implosions level closed Washington County power plant A series of two controlled implosions razed part of a shuttered coal-fired power plant in Elrama, Washington County, on. Friday. An initial implosion shortly after 9:30 a.m, announced...
Police charge teens in Penn Hills carjacking

Penn Hills police have charged three 15-year-old boys in the robbery and carjacking of a pizza delivery driver Wednesday night in township. Police said the driver for Domino’s Pizza was bleeding from a cut above his eye when officers arrived shortly after 11:30 p.m. at Pennoak Manor Drive. The driver...
New Greensburg GetGo store part of convenience trend in downtown food options

The GetGo Cafe + Market gas station and convenience chain expects to have a downtown Greensburg location open by early August, taking the place of a shuttered Family Video store that was razed to make way for the new business on South Main Street, near Euclid Avenue. It’s a change...
3 Democrats running for mayor in Mt. Pleasant

Mt. Pleasant Mayor Diane Bailey will face two Democratic challengers in Tuesday’s primary election. The winner will face off in the fall against Republican Nicholas Lucia, who in unopposed on the GOP ballot in a bid to succeed his grandfather as mayor. Jerry Lucia died Dec. 17, 2021, at 76,...
Greensburg streamlines approval process for food trucks

Food trucks have become an increasingly frequent feature at in Greensburg. such as the monthly Greensburg Night Market. A new city ordinance approved this week is meant to make it easier for the truck operators to obtain permission to offer their fare while also reducing the time Greensburg officials spend...
Morning Roundup: Man charged in shooting in Pittsburgh’s Strip District

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, May 11, 2023: Man charged in shooting in Pittsburgh’s Strip District A Pittsburgh man has been charged in a shooting that wounded two others last month in the city’s Strip District. Jaquan Steadman, 24, is charged with two...
Mt. Pleasant voters have choices for council nominees in Republican primary

Republican primary voters in Mt. Pleasant will choose between two candidates — Tim Bauer and Andy Davis — vying for a two-year term representing the 1st Ward on borough council. Also on the May 16 GOP ballot, incumbent Linda L. Czekanski is competing with challengers James P. Rega II and...

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