Latrobe and Ligonier students are once again teaming up to help their communities, as Interact Club members from both high schools will host their second Lip Sync Standoff this Friday.

Derry Borough is maintaining the status quo on property taxes, as council voted to advertise a tentative 2020 budget with no tax increase at Monday’s regular meeting.

A Unity Township industrial testing company has been approved for a $601,352 loan that is expected to increase productivity and lead to future job creation, state Rep. Joseph Petrarca, D Westmoreland/Armstrong/Indiana, announced.

Two people were reportedly injured in a head-on crash Sunday afternoon in the Oak Grove area of Ligonier Township near the intersection of routes 711 and 271, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday that the state’s charter and cyber charter schools are overfunded at the expense of traditional public schools and largely immune from public scrutiny — accusations that he intends to address through what he calls a “charter school accountability plan.”

Claire (Reintgen) Smullen helps students build confidence through art on a daily basis, but the Washington, D.C.-based educator and Derry Township native never expected those efforts to earn her a prestigious national teaching award.