Around 450 people attended last Friday’s Hoops for Hope Basketball Tournament. More than $4,000 was raised during the tournament, which was a benefit for the Ligonier Township, Ligonier Borough, Seward and New Florence police departments More...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tom Benson, a successful auto dealer who brought the New Orleans Saints their only winning seasons and the “Benson Boogie,” has died. More...
PRESTON, Idaho (AP) — Threats have been made to an Idaho school where a biology teacher was accused of feeding a puppy to a snapping turtle and police in response stepped up school security. More...
Contributions can build a bridge to a better region
BY DAVE HURST
One of my jobs is to work with a group of rail-trail operators, who've formed a trail system called the Trans Allegheny Trails: 13 trails, totaling 130 miles, mostly clustered along U.S. More...
Greater Latrobe Senior High School Student Council will sponsor its annual Senior Appreciation Luncheon 12:45 to 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 11. More...
Over the years title pageants have changed considerably and Mrs. Pennsylvania International pageant contestants competing today, March 17, in Altoona at the Jaffa Shrine Center each have selected a meaningful platform to meet requirements. More...
Mark L. Ferry, 62, of Unity Township, president of the Mark Ferry Auctioneers Inc., received the 2018 Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame Award at the professional group’s 70th annual convention in Harrisburg. More...
The Ligonier Valley School District Foundation and the Ligonier Valley School District will partner with the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra to present a family-friendly concert at 2 p.m. April 22 in the Ligonier Valley High School auditorium. More...
The Lincoln Highway Experience Museum, 3435 Route 30 East, Unity Township, will hold a program on the 1919 Transcontinental Convoy starting at 11 a.m. April 7. More...
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) — A Pennsylvania official said no “legitimate claims or complaints” of voter fraud have come up since Tuesday’s closely contested U.S. More...
The nine majestic trees that once stood around Ligonier’s Diamond Park are gone. They were removed to make way for a major renovation project now underway on the iconic Diamond. But, the trees will not be forgotten. More...
TUESDAY, MARCH 20 5:30 p.m., Latrobe Municipal Authority, authority office 7:30 p.m., Greater Latrobe School Board, Center for Student Creativity 7:30 p.m., Ligonier Township Zoning Hearing Board, municipal building WEDNESDAY, More...
The cast of the Greater Latrobe Senior High School musical, “Annie,” prepares for the upcoming performances, scheduled at 7:30 p.m. today, Saturday, March 17, and at 1:30 p.m. More...
For the second time in less than a week, a threat found at Mount Pleasant Area High School put the facility into lockdown mode and eventually sent students home. More...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gina Haspel’s long spy career is so shrouded in mystery that senators want documents declassified so they can decide if her role at a CIA black site should prevent her from directing the agency. More...
WASHINGTON (AP) - With whispers of a staffing purge permeating the West Wing, the White House pushed back Friday and insisted that reports of tumult and imminent departures are overblown. Chief of staff John Kelly, himself the subject of rumors More...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A porn actress who said she had sex with Donald Trump before he became president has been threatened with physical harm, her attorney said Friday. More...
To the Editor: At the time of this opinion I do not know the outcome of the special election. The final results have nothing to do with my opinion of Cecil Roberts and other union leaders. The picture of Roberts, the president of More...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Blairsville is headed back to the state semifinals in girls’ basketball for the second time in fouir years. The Lady Bobcats earned another chance at playing for a state title by defeating Reynolds, 38-13, in the PIA More...
Luke Pletcher and Zach Zavatsky were at the top of their game when they wrestled at Greater Latrobe High School. Now, they’re making names for themselves — big time — at the college level. More...
There was a lot to like about Caleb Rullo’s first swim in state competition. It just wasn’t enough to move the Derry Area sophomore into the evening championship and consolation heat. Rullo finished 21st overall in the 100 but More...
In “Tomb Raider,” which has elements of “Indiana Jones,” “Batman” and even “Tron: Legacy,” but with an angsty young woman at the center instead of an angsty young man, Alicia Vikander takes a lot of bea More...
Some things are universal about being a teenager: The budding sexuality and sense of identity, the dramatic emotions, the profound need for acceptance and confusing inklings of first love. More...
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