For seven months, Westmoreland County Community College has been searching for just the right candidate to lead the college’s marketing and communications department. In the end, a marketing professional from Latrobe was the best woman for the job. More...
Mother Nature left her first substantial wintertime mark on the region Wednesday night, dumping several inches of snow and leading to numerous school closures and delays. The snow began early Wednesday evening and continued through this morning More...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican legislation making its way through Congress goes after a number of key student loan subsidies and deductions, and critics say it could make college less affordable for millions of Americans. More...
WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A school district in southeast Iowa has apologized after disciplining a student for dress-code violations when she covered her head after losing her hair during cancer treatments. More...
NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of Hall of Fame hockey player Luc Robitaille has tweeted about an advance she says Donald Trump made on her more than two decades ago in an elevator at Madison Square Garden. More...
I was talking to a priest recently who reminded me that gifts come in various packages. I can imagine everyone reading this column will not dispute that statement. More...
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced that the 2017-18 Veterans’Trust Fund (VTF) is accepting grant applications for programs and services benefiting Pennsylvania veterans. More...
The Indiana County Technology Center, 441 Hamill Road, Indiana, is once again offering free Basic Manufacturing Skills Training, with classes beginning Jan. More...
Latrobe native and children’s television icon Fred Rogers will be featured as one of the United States Postal Service’s new Forever stamp designs for 2018. Rogers’ educational television series “Mister Rogers’ Neig More...
The Latrobe Bulletin is again participating in the Toys for Tots campaign sponsored by the U.S. Marine Corps League. Bring new, unwrapped toys before Dec. 15, to the business office, which is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. More...
The Latrobe Police Department has been investigating several daytime burglaries in the North Side neighborhood of Latrobe over the past month, according to information released by the department. Police chief James Bumar reported the suspects a More...
New Alexandria Borough Council on Wednesday approved a final 2018 budget with no tax increase for property owners. Council president the Rev. Wayne A. More...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Credit six-term Republican Sen. Richard Shelby for Democrat Doug Jones’ shocking win in Alabama, senators from both parties said. More...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve is raising its key interest rate for the third time this year and foresees three additional hikes in 2018, a vote of confidence that the U.S. More...
NEW YORK (AP) - Former White House strategist Steve Bannon is catching blame from fellow Republicans for coughing up a safe Senate seat in deep-red Alabama and foisting damaging political advice on President Donald Trump. More...
NEW YORK (AP) - As the federal government prepares to unravel sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet, advocates of the regulations are bracing for a long fight. More...
Bulletin Sports Editor When Penn-Trafford showed up with only eight wrestlers for Wednesday WPIAL Class AAA Section 1- B season-opening match at Greater Latrobe, second-year head coach Mike Ciotti had mixed emotions. More...
The evening started out on a great note — literally — for Derry Area’s wrestling team as the home crowd sang the National Anthem when no singer was available. And they did a spectacular job, to say the least. More...
Wreck-filled Daytona 500 ended with surprise winner
By Godwin Kelly godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com
This is the first of a series highlighting the five best races of the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series, starting with No. 5. K urt Busch was well under the radar during 2017 Speedweeks. More...