Westmoreland County Commissioner Gina Cerilli Thrasher will leave office 
July 31. Thrasher, 37, of Latrobe tendered her resignation Thursday, two days after her appointment to serve as a commissioner on the Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board was confirmed by the state Senate. “I will begin my quasi-judicial position … in
Westmoreland Commissioner Gina Cerilli Thrasher was confirmed on Tuesday to fill a vacancy on the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. Thrasher, 37, a Democrat from Hempfield is serving out her second four-year term and announced in February she would not seek reelection, instead focusing on a career as a lawyer.
Results from Westmoreland County’s spring primaries are official. The county’s elections board on Monday voted to certify results from the 195 races that appeared on the May ballots, setting the stage for the November general election that will feature county, municipal and school board elections. Two countywide races will top
As votes were tabulated Tuesday to determine the two Republican candidates for Westmoreland County commissioner in November, Democrats sat quietly on the sidelines, setting their sights on trying to regain majority control of county government this year. The Democrats, Ted Kopas, who served more than a decade as a commissioner
Former Westmoreland County commissioner Ted Kopas is vying yet again to have a seat at the table. Kopas announced Monday he will campaign for the Democratic nomination for county commissioner on the May primary ballot. Kopas previously served as a commissioner between 2010 and 2020, but was ousted from the