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Bushy Run Battlefield to remain closed while crews continue tornado cleanup
PENN TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- It has been nearly a week since a massive EF1 tornado touched down at the Bushy Run Battlefield in Westmoreland County. And while cleanup is underway, there's still a lot of work to be done.According to the National Weather Service, on the evening of Wednesday, June 26, five tornadoes touched down throughout Western Pennsylvania, and one came down directly on the national landmark.Matthew Adams is the Museum Manager at Bushy Run. He says they were lucky no one was hurt."The museum building and pretty much all of the outbuildings, none of them had any major...
Mount Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department becomes a signatory to the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement for the first time
The Mount Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department has become a signatory to the Florida Division of Emergency Management’s Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement for the first time in the department’s 56-year history. As a signatory to this agreement, the department is provided with a mechanism to aid and support during...
Saltsburg Borough Council accepts member resignation, declines appointing regional representative to county emergency authority
SALTSBURG — In its monthly meeting Monday, Saltsburg Borough council, regretfully, accepted the resignation of president pro-tempore Lorrie Johnson. Before this, council had decided to decline to appoint a candidate for regional representative to the county emergency authority. Council members expressed confusion over the purpose, cost and public participation...
Penn State and Teamsters reach deal on new contract; vote by union members to follow
Penn State and the Teamsters Local 8 have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, just days after the unionized employees had voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, if needed, and just two days before the old contract expired on Sunday. The Local 8 represents about 2,500 technical service...
New Florence mosquito tests positive for virus similar to West Nile
A mosquito sample taken in New Florence has tested positive for a rare disease that first cropped up in Colorado in 1961 and has been known to cause severe conditions including infection of the brain and spinal cord. There haven’t been any reported cases of the Jamestown Canyon virus being...
Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey Gets a Heritage Center in its Historic Home
While Kentucky dominates American whiskey today, there was once another bastion of whiskey production in the U.S.: Pennsylvania. Hundreds of distilleries were scattered across the state in the 19th century and there was a healthy mix of producers large and small, with many farmers-turned-distillers as well. Rye was the state’s reigning style, especially in the southwestern Monongahela River valley region. To honor this rich history, Suntory Global Spirits has opened the James B. Beam Pennsylvania Whiskey Heritage Center in partnership with the nonprofit historic site West Overton Village & Museum in Scottdale, Pennsylvania.
2 more Hempfield fire companies start process to move under township management
Dave Ciarkowski, captain and president at Grapeville Fire Department, is looking forward to focusing on the work of responding to emergency calls again. His station is one of two that have recently sent in their letters of interest toward becoming “nonchartered” under Hempfield Township’s fire department. Once...
Mt. Pleasant borough manager gets 27% pay raise; council fires part-time cop
Mt. Pleasant Borough Manager Sharon Lesko’s duties have expanded once again, following her promotion from assistant borough manager shortly after the May 4, 2023, death of Jeff Landy. Her salary’s growing too, after council this week approved a contract that gives her a 27% pay raise, from $55,000 to...
City Criticized for Right-to-Know Practices
McKeesport officials promise changes, argue state’s process itself is flawed. The state agency overseeing access to public records last week issued a scathing report, accusing McKeesport officials of failing to respond to requests for information from members of the media, the general public and commercial businesses. But city officials...
Phased work to replace Route 711 bridge will restrict, detour traffic in Ligonier Township
A series of traffic restrictions and a temporary detour are set to begin on Monday as a PennDOT contractor replaces a bridge on Route 711 in Ligonier Township. Located between Slater and Peters roads, the bridge carries Route 711 over Koffer Run — a tributary of Loyalhanna Creek — on the stretch of the highway that connects Stahlstown and Ligonier.
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area events, week of July 1, 2024
The Plum School Board is considering a new policy governing the use of drones on district property. Under the proposed policy, the use of any non-district owned or operated drones for any purpose would be prohibited on district property. School employees and students may be allowed to use drones on...
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