State police are looking for the driver of a white Subaru car that hit an 8-year-old boy riding a bicycle Tuesday evening in Penn Borough…
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Small egg farms avoid shortages, keep prices stable
By lowber on April 2, 2025
Art King knows egg prices nationally have been on a roller coaster ride. They still cost an average of almost three times what they did…
Westmoreland commissioners quickly fill vacant HR director's post
By lowber on March 31, 2025
Westmoreland County commissioners on Monday named Amanda Bernard as the county’s new director of human resources, starting April 28. Source: The Tribune-Review
FirstEnergy lays off 75 in Pennsylvania; 350 companywide
By lowber on March 31, 2025
Electric utility owner FirstEnergy Corp., parent company of Greensburg’s West Penn Power Co., said Monday it has laid off about 75 employees in Pennsylvania. …
Hotel room search leads to $13,000 drug bust in Hempfield
By lowber on March 31, 2025
A North Versailles man is awaiting arraignment in connection with a drug bust at a Hempfield hotel, according to the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office.…
Solar projects go commercial — growth up, power costs down
By lowber on March 31, 2025
A fire hall in downtown Greensburg is going solar this year with rooftop panels to generate electricity, which the city fire chief says will save…
Luxury personal care home set to open in Unity may be most expensive in Westmoreland County
By lowber on March 30, 2025
A personal care home opening in Unity may have the most luxurious — and expensive — suites in Westmoreland County. Source: The Tribune-Review
Interest in online learning, cyber charters increase in wake of covid pandemic
By lowber on March 30, 2025
As the covid-19 pandemic eased and Canon-McMillan School District reopened its doors in August 2021, elementary student Camille Postlewaite told her parents she did not…
From technology to learning loss to mental health, covid's impact on education still felt today
By lowber on March 30, 2025
Wayne Walters can still recall the enormous logistical challenge of handing out thousands of paper packets of classwork to Pittsburgh Public Schools students in 2020.…
Derry's former Porcelain Park could be revamped as new commercial space
By lowber on March 29, 2025
Brian Lawrence can see a light at the end of the tunnel when he looks over the 19 acres of empty land in Derry once…