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3 puppies recovering after being found along Five Star Trail
Three emaciated puppies are getting small amounts of water and food every few hours after they were found Thursday in a box along the Five Star Trail in Greensburg. A person walking on the trail near Lynch Field found them and Ninth Life Rescue Center took the animals in after...
State senate approves Sunday hunting; measure moves to House
A state bill that would repeal Pennsylvania’s ban on Sunday hunting is headed to the House for a vote after the Senate passed it Thursday. Allegheny County Sportsmen’s League President Klint Macro said members of the group have been in favor of opening up hunting on Sundays for decades. He...
Greensburg man receives modified sentence for 2023 hit-and-run
A Greensburg man’s sentence was modified Thursday to 20 months of probation in connection with a 2023 hit-and-run that left a woman seriously hurt. Christopher M. Degnan, 46, was ordered to spend 90 days on house arrest with electronic monitoring. He was arrested months after police said he hit a...
Hear ye, hear ye: Hanna’s Town seeks reduced speed
Motorized vehicles and paved roads didn’t exist when Historic Hanna’s Town was settled in 1773. Fast forward 252 years and the modern transportation environment is juxtaposed against the centuries-old historic site that was Westmoreland County’s first government seat. The contrast is causing problems for thousands of visitors who must cross...
Jeannette school district property owners to pay 1.1% more next school year
Jeannette City School District property owners will pay about 1.1% more in taxes for the 2025-26 school year. In a 5-3 vote Tuesday, the school board approved raising property taxes by 1 mill. The new tax rate will be 90 mills. The 1-mill increase will cost the average property owner...
Greensburg man arrested after crash at GetGo
A Greensburg man was arrested Monday after running from a two-vehicle crash on South Main Street that left another driver seriously injured, according to city police. Officers said Collin M. Hays, 34, appeared to be intoxicated when he was apprehended. Police were called to the crash at the GetGo entrance...
Hempfield promotes public works employee to new operations manager post
Hempfield supervisors on Monday created a new position in the public works department aimed at maintaining the township’s fleet and tracking maintenance on vehicles. The board hired current public works employee Jonathan Shrum as operations manager. He will be paid an annual salary of $65,000 in the new role. “I...
Car wash planned for Route 30 near Greengate Centre
A vacant building along Route 30 in Hempfield is going to be torn down after township supervisors on Monday approved plans to build an automatic car wash there. The building across Route 30 from Greengate Centre once held law offices. It will be replaced by Clean Express Auto Wash. The...
Jeannette Rising event planned to bolster Main Street Matters designation for city
The Jeannette Initiative is looking for residents and businesses that want to have a hand in improving the city as they prepare to seek a Main Street Matters designation through the state. Program manager Kristie Linden is leading the charge in a new role she hopes will spark a transformation....
Bell Township man accused of calling police numerous times, threatening troopers
State police arrested a Bell Township man who they said called two police stations about two dozen times in a four-hour period on Friday claiming he was having an emergency, according to court papers. The phone calls from Damon Allan Deemer, 59, reportedly were laced with profanities and threats toward...
Rapid flow on Kiski, Yough rivers increase risks as seasoned river runners urge caution
Neill Andritz keeps a close eye on water levels and speeds on the Kiski River to see if it’s safe for his business, The River’s Edge Canoe & Kayak, to rent equipment to customers. So far this year the river, which separates Westmoreland and Armstrong counties, has been too high,...
Hempfield poised to renew garbage collection contract with County Hauling
Hempfield supervisors this week gave the OK for the manager and solicitor to seek out a one-year extension to a contract with County Hauling for garbage collection. The extension seemed to be the best route after surveying prices in a number of municipalities around the region, said manager Aaron Siko....
Man accused of killing Jennah Seibert ordered to stand trialVideo
Moments after District Judge Wayne Vlasic on Thursday ordered Dorian Jeri-Greene to stand trial on homicide charges related to the shooting death of Jennah M. Seibert, her fiance walked to the front of the courtroom and turned to face the defendant. Bryan Murray of Rostraver stood there, apparently looking in...
Cellphone classroom storage fails to get full support from Jeannette board
A committee of Jeannette City School District administrators and teachers will consider revisions to a proposed policy that would require mandatory classroom storage of cellphones and related devices. The first proposed policy received a 4-2 vote from school directors Monday, but needed five votes to pass. Two members of the...
Jeannette school directors plan 2nd session as they work at budget approval
A proposed 1-mill property tax increase failed to get enough affirmative votes Monday, so Jeannette City School District directors will meet again next week to get the 2025-26 budget approved before the June 30 deadline. The tax hike got a 4-3 vote, but, to pass, a measure must get at...
Hempfield expects September opening of park at new complex along Route 30
While zipping past a new Hempfield complex that’s forming along Route 30, it’s hard to tell how much progress has been made. But on the ground at the burgeoning municipal site between the Mt. Pleasant Road and Cedar Street exits, west of Westmoreland Mall, a park is starting to take...
Good for the gander: Wildlife Works heals goose injured by discarded fishing line
The Canada goose hesitated for about a minute when the door to its kennel opened. Outside lay its home, Twin Lakes Park, and, feet away, the family it hadn’t seen in almost a month. Once the goose stepped out of the kennel Monday, it walked straight to the rest of...
Jeannette plans to reset recreation board to 5 members
Jeannette is planning to reduce the size of its recreation board from seven to five members after difficulties in getting volunteers to join. “We’re having a problem with the rec board getting seven members,” said Councilman Chad Krawtz, who is on the board. “Right now, we’re down to five and...
Braddock woman pleads guilty to firing gun at car on Route 30 in 2023
A Braddock woman pleaded guilty this week to a reduced charge in connection with a shooting on Route 30 in Unity. Markale D. Younger, 28, was sentenced to two years on probation after pleading guilty to reckless endangerment, according to a court order. Charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and...
Greensburg organizers expect more than 1,000 people at No Kings demonstration
The organizers of Saturday’s No Kings political demonstration have high expectations that people will turn out for the Greensburg event. “I’m hoping for more than a thousand,” said Abby Graham-Pardus of Murrysville, chairperson of WTF Can I Do Westmoreland. The group is planning the event at the Westmoreland County Courthouse...
Attorneys for cop killer Rahmael Holt request trove of FBI documents
Defense attorneys are seeking copies of more than 1,400 documents from the FBI in an appeal for a man on death row for killing New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw. A response to a public records request filed by attorneys representing Rahmael Holt, 37, of Harrison indicated it would take...
2 Westmoreland women fall prey to jury duty scam
Two Westmoreland County women lost a combined $5,000 after falling for a federal jury duty scam, according to the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office. Both situations were reported to authorities this week. In the first case, a woman told North Huntingdon police on Tuesday that she received a text message...
Loss of federal grant program could endanger Jeannette revitalization, city officials say
Community Development Block Grant funding has been a lifeline worth millions of dollars for Jeannette. But the federal program is slated to be eliminated under a budget reconciliation bill proposed by President Donald Trump that is before the U.S. Senate. Doing away with that program, and Jeannette’s annual allotment, means...
Westmoreland Mall a feasible location for proposed convention center
A 200-room hotel and convention center with 15,000 square feet of meeting space could find a home at Westmoreland Mall. Some results of a study examining the feasibility of a hotel and convention center in Westmoreland County were revealed Wednesday by Sean Sullivan, general manager of Live Casino Pittsburgh, during...
Live Casino rolls the dice, seeks license renewal for Westmoreland Mall
It seems Westmoreland County has hit the jackpot with the transformation of a mall department store into a thriving casino that attracts 1.1 million visitors a year. Millions of dollars go in, and out, of Live Casino Pittsburgh at Westmoreland Mall in Hempfield annually, officials said Wednesday during a license...
