Two years after changing administrators in charge of its day-to-day operations, Mutual Aid Ambulance Inc. confirmed its new chief executive officer and director of operations departed this week. The Greensburg-based nonprofit said Friday that CEO Douglas DeForrest and director of operations Lorenzo Garino are no longer employed with the ambulance
Forty bulls and 30 horses drew more than 4,000 people to a makeshift rodeo at the Westmoreland Mall parking lot over the weekend. “Up and all it was pretty doggone successful,” said Sean Sullivan, general manager at Live! Casino Pittsburgh, coordinator of the event. But two men were hurt during
Firefighters, police officers and ambulance personnel in Ligonier will be a little safer thanks to a new decontamination system purchased with a $10,000 gift from Ligonier Valley Endowment. The system will be shared by Ligonier Borough fire department, Ligonier Valley police and Mutual Aid’s borough station. Ambulance service director of
Drug overdose deaths increased in 2021 in Westmoreland County, reaching their highest point since 2017, according to the coroner’s annual report. There were 168 accidental drug overdose deaths last year, the third highest total for the county and a 37% increase from 2020 when 123 people died. The powerful opioid
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that the omicron variant of covid-19 has “eclipsed” delta in terms of transmissibility, rising caseloads have created a “desperate” situation at local hospitals, according to the medical director for Westmoreland County’s 911 center. In an email addressed Monday to all county