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Property tax bills will be going up by about $30 per year after a divided Penn-Trafford school board approved a 1 mill tax hike. The board voted 6-3 in favor of the 1.1% increase that will support a $68.5 budget the board also approved Monday. Board members Bryan Kline and

GRAYLING — More than 500 high school students, parents, and teachers gathered at Camp Grayling Friday to learn more about the Michigan Army National Guard.

The Westmoreland County Prison Board on Thursday promoted a longtime staffer to serve as the facility’s new deputy warden for security. The board hired Robert Fagan to the position previously held by the jail’s new warden, who was hired in February. Fagan, 46, of South Huntingdon, was initially hired in

Harvey Kline had only been in the ambulance service for about a year when he was thrust into the emergency of the 1977 flood. Now 75, he remains active on

Westmoreland County’s register of wills could face a potential jail sentence if found in contempt of court for violating two judicial orders that mandate improvements in the operations of her office. It’s a finding rarely made in Pennsylvania, especially against elected officials, according to legal expert Bruce Antkowiak. “This is

Westmoreland County has hired a new warden to run the prison. Steven Pelesky, 49, of Ligonier, was promoted Wednesday to serve as the full-time warden after having serving in the same role in an interim capacity since last September. “He has done a great job here at the prison for

Westmoreland commissioners said a new warden for the county jail could be hired in February. Efforts to fill the vacancy left by the September resignation of Warden Bryan Kline will ramp up in the coming weeks, officials said Monday following a meeting of the county’s prison board. “We’re going to

Nearly 20 members of Mizzou Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) traveled nearly three hours from Columbia. They didn't want the father to grieve alone.

Leaders say morale has improved at the Westmoreland County Prison in Hempfield in the weeks since Warden Bryan Kline resigned, and the county hasn’t set a timetable to find a permanent replacement. The jail’s deputy warden for security, Steve Pelesky, is the interim warden. “He’s done a good job in

It’s hard to fill empty jobs when even the people on top are leaving. For years, the corrections field and police departments have faced challenges in keeping staff numbers up. Even before the coronavirus pandemic created a widespread upheaval in hiring across many industries, turnover and unfilled positions in these