Five Mt. Pleasant Area High School students and a recent graduate were injured Monday in a two-vehicle crash, according to district superintendent Timothy Gabauer. …
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Latrobe man charged with raping unconscious woman at New Year’s Eve party
A Latrobe man was arraigned Tuesday on charges of raping and sexually assaulting an unconscious woman at a New Year’s Eve party in Hempfield, state…
Greensburg Restaurant Week returns with new prix fixe menus
Following the success of August’s inaugural Greensburg Restaurant Week, organizer Think Greensburg presents the first winter version. Source: The Tribune-Review
Police looking for tire thief at Salem impound lot
For the second time in a month, someone broke into a Salem Township impound lot and stole tires off a vehicle parked there, according to…
Ligonier Township couple credits faith, ‘love of family’ for 75 years of marriage
Wilma Riffle Pechart remembers Jan. 21, 1945, like it was yesterday. Source: The Tribune-Review
Police: Two girls accused of breaking into cars after escape from Derry Twp. group home
Two teenage girls who escaped from a group home in Derry Township last week are being held in Westmoreland County’s juvenile detention center after their…
Excela Latrobe introduces improved surgical robot
Students from Greater Latrobe and Ligonier Valley school districts joined other local residents Friday in trying out the controls of an improved surgical robot introduced…
Prohibition thinned ranks of Western Pa. distilleries, breweries — but some survived
Southwestern Pennsylvania’s whiskey industry overflowed with more than 100 distilleries making rye whiskey between the 1880s and early 1900s, but they went dry when Prohibition…
War on alcohol: An experiment that was a ‘catastrophic failure’
The United States was a battleground before World War I — with armies of people opposed to liquor and saloons lobbying politicians and marching on…
Scouts — both boys and girls — clash at Pinewood Derby in Irwin
Cub Scout Pack 293 leader Daryl Muzy admits technology has improved significantly in the 50-year history of the North Huntingdon-area Cub Scout pack’s annual pinewood…