Fayette City
GOVERNMENT
PUC HEARINGS ON PENELEC RATE HIKE REQUEST MOVE TO WESTERN REGION
The Public Utility Commission’s public hearings on a rate increase request by the FirstEnergy companies, including Penelec, resume this week, and move into the western half of the state. Two of those hearings will be the closest ones to Indiana County on the schedule. FirstEnergy is asking for an...
Great Allegheny Passage to close 2.5-mile section in Fayette County through mid-October
Jul. 4—A 2.5-mile section of the Great Allegheny Passage in Fayette County will close Monday until mid-October for a gas line replacement project. The closure runs from Dunbar Township's Adelaide neighborhood to Dawson, between mile markers 92 and 94.5 on the 150-mile hiking and biking trail that runs from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, Md. Texas Eastern Transmission, which directs natural gas from ...
Tornado damage forces cancellation of Bushy Run battle reenactment
Jul. 6—After tornado damage left much of the battlefield site unusable, the 2024 Bushy Run battle reenactment, previously scheduled for the first weekend of August, has been officially canceled. "The board has concluded that the site cannot be made reasonably safe and accessible by the scheduled date of the event," said a statement on Facebook from the Bushy Run Battlefield board of directors. ...
'It's no way to live,' judge tells Jeannette man during sentencing for drug convictions
Jul. 5—A Westmoreland County judge on Friday implored a Jeannette man convicted in a drug case to use a state prison sentence as a way to turn his life around. "You don't have to live this way, this can be the last time," Judge Timothy Krieger said. "It's the last time you need to live in a drug house ... it's no way to live and I know you know that." Krieger sentenced Andrey L. Young, 44, to ...
Closures slated for road work in Mt. Pleasant Borough, Township
PennDOT on Monday plans to close a section of Route 981 in Mt. Pleasant Township as work continues on the Laurel Valley Transportation Improvement Project. The closure — between Fox Run and Hecla roads — and a resulting detour are expected to be in place until late July.
Mammoth Park in Mount Pleasant hosting 4th annual Mike Reese Memorial 5K
MOUNT PLEASANT (KDKA) - Today in Westmoreland County, runners will lace up their shoes, take their marks, and go on a run all for a good cause. This will be the fourth year the Mike Reese Memorial 5K will be held in memory of the former Pennsylvania state representative who died of an apparent brain aneurysm in 2021.Reese died just a couple of months after he won reelection in November 2020 and he was only 42 years old at the time of his death. He served 12 years in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, serving parts of Westmoreland and Somerset Counties. The...
Central PA 4th Fest Celebrations
In State College and on the Penn State campus, it’s been a full day of activities for the Central PA 4th Fest. Thursday night, the stage was set for one of the state’s largest fireworks shows. Its that time when Beaver Stadium football parking lots become the staging...
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