Five mobile consoles will be purchased this year to serve as a temporary backup system for Westmoreland County 911 emergency dispatch operations, officials said. A $529,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will pay for the mobile units that will be like the hardware used by dispatchers at the
Jenna Bushnell beamed at her five-year-old daughter, Kelsey, as she was being secured into her new adaptive stroller Wednesday at the Clairview School in Hempfield. “This is so much more usable for us. She has a wheelchair that is very big. We live on a farm and it will be
Historic dedication plaques dating from the original construction of Latrobe’s Brewery Bridge and its 1970s reconstruction are up for grabs by the highest bidders. The plaques were removed during last year’s $2.4 million rehabilitation of the Westmoreland County-owned span that carries Ligonier Street across the Loyalhanna Creek, next to the
A state trooper was honored Thursday by the Westmoreland County commissioners for rescuing a Unity family from their burning home. Trooper Tony Anthony was on his way to work Jan. 5 when he spotted flames at a Donohoe Road house in Unity, not far from where he lives. “Originally, I
Jeffrey and Michelle Miller had just gone to sleep Wednesday when they were awakened by someone pounding and kicking at their front door along Donohoe Road in Unity. “He was actually kicking through the door and when I got dressed and down there, he pointed around the back toward the