Born July 22, 1920, in Lycippus, Susan Sliz Dusecina is 101 years old. She currently resides at her home in Unity Township.
In the first big challenge to the proposed $26 billion nationa…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A truck driver who killed three people …
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A former medical assistant at the Allegheny …
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Justice Department told Gov. Tom Wo…
Amazon’s mission: Getting a ‘key’ to your apartment building
A small victory: Used-car prices slip from dizzy heights
LONDON (AP) — The British government has decided not to inoculate most children and teenager…
TOKYO (AP) — European shares opened higher Tuesday after Asia tracked a retreat on Wall Stre…
Born July 22, 1920, in Lycippus, Susan Sliz Dusecina is 101 years old. She currently resides at her home in Unity Township. Read more
6:30 p.m., Latrobe City Council, agenda prep, City Hall Read more
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Eighteen local celebrities have paired up to dance to raise money for Animal Friends of Westmoreland. Read more
Children can often surprise us. Sometimes it’s hard to believe what they are capable of, even if we see it — or hear it — for ourselves. Read more
State Rep. Leslie Rossi (R-Westmoreland/Somerset) announced this week that 26 volunteer fire and ambulance companies throughout the 59th District have qualified to receive approximately $286,848 from a grant program administered by the Office of the State Fire Commissioner. Read more
A 25-year-old man was killed Thursday when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a car along Route 22 in Murrysville. Three of his companions from a church group in Ohio were also injured in the accident. Read more
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Westmoreland County Maintenance Manager David Forkey has announced the following tentative work plan for the week of July 26: Read more
After spending months crafting a new property maintenance code, the Ligonier Township Planning Commission won’t provide feedback on a final draft before better understanding the recent changes township officials have made to the proposed ordinance. Read more
CINCINNATI (AP) — The energy giant at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio admitted Thursday to using dark money groups to fund the effort, and agreed to pay $230 million and other conditions so prosecutors won’t forge ahead with a criminal case against the company. Read more
In the first big challenge to the proposed $26 billion national opioid settlement, the Philadelphia district attorney on Thursday sued Pennsylvania’s attorney general over the deal, saying the city stands to get only a pittance to cope with an epidemic that is killing more than 1,000 people a year. Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A truck driver who killed three people on an interstate outside Harrisburg can’t be sentenced to three consecutive prison terms for leaving the scene of the crash he caused while driving drunk, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Read more
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A former medical assistant at the Allegheny County Jail is facing charges of institutional sexual assault and indecent assault after three female inmates filed complaints about the man. Shiquille Desesso was arrested Thursday and was awaiting arraignment, Allegheny County Police said. Online court information showed the 29-year-old Desesso initially declined a public defender, but no other attorney information was available on the court website. An inmate reported the inappropriate conduct to jail employees who contacted Internal Affairs on May 26, county police said. Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Justice Department told Gov. Tom Wolf’s office on Thursday that it has decided not to open an investigation into whether Pennsylvania violated federal law by ordering nursing homes to accept residents who had been treated for COVID-19 in a hospital. Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Democratic state representative from just outside Philadelphia issued a statement saying she’s resigning after being charged Thursday with theft and other offenses over her expense reimbursements. Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — These Pennsylvania lotteries were drawn Thursday: Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A few years ago, a Sydney scientist noticed a sulfur-crested cockatoo opening his trash bin. Not every resident would be thrilled, but ornithologist Richard Major was impressed by the ingenuity. Read more
Amazon’s mission: Getting a ‘key’ to your apartment building Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unfazed by Republican threats of a boycott, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Thursday that a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection will take on its “deadly serious” work whether Republicans participate or not. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are raising new concerns about the thoroughness of the FBI’s background investigation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after the FBI revealed that it had received thousands of tips and had provided “all relevant” ones to the White House counsel’s office. Read more
State police at Greensburg report several items were stolen in a shoplifting incident that occurred at 6:09 p.m. May 22 in Hempfield Township. The items stolen were reported to be a pair of Xersion sunglasses valued at $60, a packet of Kinetic Sand, valued at $12.99, “What the Meme” game valued at $14.99, a color-changing light bulb, valued at $7.99 and a bikini bottom valued at $19.99. Read more
A Latrobe man has been arrested for burglary, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after an incident in Hannastown, Hempfield Township. Read more
Several planned residential developments in Unity Township were discussed at the Unity Township Municipal Authority’s (UTMA) regular meeting Wednesday. Read more
The Derry Borough Municipal Authority (DBMA) board on Wednesday approved a plan for the future installation of seven catch basins within the municipality. Read more
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg on Wednesday announced that donation pledges to its St. Pope John Paul II Tuition Opportunity Partnership have reached roughly $20 million in tuition aid to students. Read more
(AP) — A New York man and a Maine woman are facing charges over cocaine disguised as a cake that was seized from their vehicle, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said Wednesday. Read more
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and a Saudi women’s rights activist will be presented the Liberty Medal later this year. Read more
(AP) — Pennsylvania health officials on Wednesday defended their decision to award another no-bid deal for COVID-19 contact tracing after a serious data breach involving the state’s previous vendor, calling it an urgent priority with cases rising and schools preparing to reopen for fall. Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration on Wednesday said it wants to require nursing homes to boost staffing levels, announcing the first in what officials describe as a series of updates to outdated long-term care regulations that have been in place for more than 20 years. Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The backlog of people in Pennsylvania waiting for a decision on whether they can receive unemployment compensation benefits has ballooned following the introduction of a new online portal for the system, advocates for the unemployed say. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans rejected an effort to begin debate on the big infrastructure deal that a bipartisan group of senators brokered with President Joe Biden, but pressure was mounting as supporters insisted they just needed more time before another vote possibly next week. Read more
CINCINNATI (AP) — President Joe Biden expressed pointed frustration over the slowing COVID-19 vaccination rate in the U.S. and pleaded that it’s “gigantically important” for Americans to step up and get inoculated against the virus as it surges once again. Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — These Pennsylvania lotteries were drawn Wednesday: Read more
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — COVID-19 cases nearly tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation that is straining hospitals, exhausting doctors and pushing clergy into the fray. Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s top election official has decertified the voting machines of a sparsely populated county that disclosed that it had agreed to requests by local Republican lawmakers and allowed a software firm to inspect the machines as part of an “audit” after the 2020 election. Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s high court on Wednesday dealt a blow to victims of child sexual abuse, throwing out a lawsuit by a woman whose lower court legal victory had given hope to others with similarly outdated claims who’d sued in the wake of a landmark report that documented decades of child molestation within the Catholic church in Pennsylvania. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two Republicans tapped by House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, a decision the Republican denounced as “an egregious abuse of power.” Read more
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health can’t allow applicants seeking to grow or dispense medical marijuana to redact their own applications under the state’s public information law, regardless of the burden it places on the department, the state’s highest court affirmed Wednesday. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A mysterious ailment has sickened and killed thousands of songbirds in several mid-Atlantic states since late spring. While scientists are still racing to confirm the cause, it seems juvenile birds may be most susceptible. The U.S. Geological Survey, which oversees responses to some natural hazards and risks, has recommended that people temporarily take down bird feeders and clean out bird baths to reduce places that birds could closely congregate and potentially spread disease. Read more
Olympic opening ceremony director fired for Holocaust joke Read more
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Two prominent city leaders involved in an ongoing dispute with the local fire department and its chief were arrested Tuesday by Westmoreland County detectives for allegedly using department funds to pay for a federal lawsuit. Read more
Unity Township native Jayden Moffa has used the state pageant circuit to open doors and tell her inspiring personal story. Read more
Like most municipal boards during the pandemic, the Latrobe Municipal Authority was relegated to holding public meetings via Zoom and other video-based platforms. However, a revamped law that takes effect at the end of August will place additional requirements on that authority. Read more
A Ligonier Township couple seeks to create a summertime oasis for their family by adding an above-ground swimming pool and deck at their home. Read more
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Smoke and ash from massive wildfires in the American West clouded the sky and led to air quality alerts Wednesday on parts of the East Coast as the effects of the blazes were felt 2,500 miles (4,023 kilometers) away. Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The chair of former President Donald Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he secretly conspired to influence U.S. policy to benefit the United Arab Emirates, even while he was seeking a position as an American diplomat. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, angrily confronted Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday in testimony on Capitol Hill, rejecting Paul’s insinuation that the U.S. helped fund research at a Chinese lab that could have sparked the COVID-19 outbreak. Read more
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