Threat closes GL schools today

February 23, 2018 / Front Page

Threat closes GL schools today

BY GREG REINBOLD
Bulletin Staff Writer

A threat scrawled on a restroom wall at Greater Latrobe Senior High School led district officials to cancel classes at all buildings today. Superintendent Judy Swigart said in a message to parents of district students Thursday night the distric More...

Dad charged with selling heroin from maternity ward seeks admission to drug court

A Latrobe man charged with selling heroin in the Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital maternity ward room where people were visiting his newborn daughter Oct. More...

State police to make random school visits

Pennsylvania State Police stations in Greensburg and Kiski Valley will be randomly visiting schools in their main jurisdictions starting Monday, Feb. 26. More...

New Derry woman spared prison term for scamming Victoria’s Secret

A New Derry woman who stole roughly $30,000 from Victoria’s Secret through an online scam has been spared a prison term. Charlene Moff instead was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation. More...

General News

GOP, Dem governors push national health care compromise

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bipartisan group of governors working to strike compromise on hot-button policy issues will take on the health care question at an event Friday. More...

Trump endorses raising minimum age to 21 for more weapons

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a higher minimum age for buying certain rifles and tighter background checks for purchasers, saying “there’s nothing more important than protecting our children,” amid a public outcry for More...

Trump wants to ban bump stocks; ATF doesn’t know if it can

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered his Justice Department to work toward banning rapid-fire bump stocks like the ones used in last year’s Las Vegas massacre— but officials aren’t sure they can. More...

Click here for all stories

Sports

Wildcats relish underdog role as they prepare for clash with top-seeded Mount Lebanon

BY DAN SCIFO
Assistant Sports Editor

Greater Latrobe boys’ basketball coach Brad Wetzel has no problem playing the underdog role. Wetzel and the Wildcats are certainly happy to be advancing to the next round of the WPIAL Class 6A playoffs at this point in the season. More...

’Cats continue football career

Two Greater Latrobe football players recently signed letters of intent to continue their careers at NCAA Division II schools that are members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. More...

Improving GL wrestlers ready for start of individual competition

Section tourney Saturday at Kiski Area High School

BY MIKE DUDURICH
For the Bulletin

We often here that this sporting event or that one is not a sprint, but a marathon. More...

Click here for all stories

Lifestyles

SERVICE PERSONNEL FROM THE AREA

West Newton native receives Blue Angels crest

Cmdr. Eric Doyle, flight leader for the U.S. More...

Celebrate Red Cross Month by giving blood in March

During Red Cross Month in March, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to join in its lifesaving mission by giving blood. More...

Campus Corner

St. Vincent junior installed as judicial intern for spring

U.S. Magistrate Judge William H. Baughman Jr. of Cleveland, Ohio, installed Jessica DeLong of Shamokin, a junior politics major and history minor at St. Vincent College, as a judicial intern on Feb. More...

Click here for all stories

Derry school board hears changes to programs of study

BY NICK CAMMUSO
Bulletin Staff Writer

Derry Area principals briefed school board members Thursday on changes to the district’s programs of study, including elementary technology upgrades and four proposed class additions at the high school. More...

Eastwood Inn owners plan boutique wine shop and eatery

BY JENNIFER SOPKO
For The Bulletin

After two-and-a-half years operating Ligonier’s historic Eastwood Inn, restaurateur Drue Spallholz is ready to take on a new culinary challenge by transforming a former lawn and garden store into a boutique-style wine and spirits shop and eatery. More...

Outside law firms to investigate sheriff’s office allegations

BY AMY FAUTH
Bulletin Staff Writer

The Westmoreland County Commissioners hired two outside law firms to investigate allegations against the sheriff’s office and a counter-claim made by the department’s deputy sheriff at their meeting Thursday. More...

Ligonier Twp. planners approve subdivision, land development ordinance

BY JENNIFER SOPKO
For The Bulletin

A new subdivision and land development ordinance for Ligonier Township is one step closer to enactment. More...

Tet Party Saturday raises money for veterans

BY MARYANN GOGNIAT EIDEMILLER
For The Bulletin

Mike Hirko of Waterford got his draft notice on his 19th birthday. The trouble with that news was that when the mail clerk sneaked up through the bushes to give it to him, Hirko was already in the U. S. More...

Local & State News

GOP congressmen challenge new Pennsylvania district map

By MARK SCOLFORO
Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. More...

New congressional map spurs more would-be candidates

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A new court-ordered map of congressional districts in Pennsylvania is spurring more would-be candidates to consider whether — and where — to run. More...

Common Cause files Trump election complaint

Common Cause this week filed complaints with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging reason to believe that American Media Inc.’s August 2016 payment of $150,000 to former Playboy Playmate Karen McDoug More...

Click here for all stories

February 23, 2018 / Front Page