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Latrobe Council will consider filling a vacancy in its ranks at its Feb. 14 meeting. Appointments to standing committees also will be considered, as council looks to organize a special panel to review a study for proposed streamlining of the city fire department. Two men who are involved in other

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Of the more than 15,000 properties across Greensburg, Latrobe and Monessen, 516 — nearly 3.5% — are blighted, an inventory conducted by county officials found. The data is the result of a partnership between each city and Westmoreland County to provide a detailed look at individual properties within each planning

After deliberating 11 hours over two days, a the jury of seven men and five women found Messina guilty of two counts of aggravated battery for the brawl.

A recommendation in a recent study to close two Latrobe volunteer fire stations was met with disappointment — though not surprise — by the city’s current chief.

The City of Latrobe could see sweeping changes to its fire department in the future.

Latrobe Council seeks to improve access to the city’s public library while it pursues funds for upgrading technology used by the police department. City council this week awarded a $5,845 contract to low bidder McMahon Construction for replacement of a sidewalk located between a city parking lot along Chestnut Street

ORANGE CITY—The cacophony of klompen click-clacks, the refulgence of Nederlands music and the savories of street food were all back as the Tulip Festival returned to Orange City on Thursday. After last year’s Dutch heritage celebration was canceled, the “feest” packed in visitors of all ancestries into the town of 6,100 for a weekend full of festivities. “It’s even more Dutch than some people can handle,” festival enthusiast Eric Bartels said with a laugh. â�...