Courtesy of Allan Andrade
An illustration depicts the Christmas Eve 1944 sinking of the troop transport SS Leopoldville after it was hit by a German torpedo off the coast of France. The image was published in Allan Andrade’s book on the incident and was produced by Richard Rockwell, an Edinboro University graduate, in memory of Rockwell’s friend, Wilbur Sloan of New Castle, who was among those who perished in the disaster.
Courtesy of June Monk
The late Carl Monk of Manor, an Army veteran, survived the German torpedo strike on the SS Leopoldville.
Courtesy of June Monk
Carl Monk (right) of Manor and his brother, Sam, are seen in uniform while serving in World War II. Sam was a warrant officer in the Army Air Corps. Carl, who rose to the rank of sergeant in an Army infantry unit, survived a German torpedo strike on his troop transport ship on Christmas Eve 1944 off the French coast.
Jason Cato | Tribune-Review
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More than $615,000 in covid relief grants were handed out Tuesday to local volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service units as Westmoreland County exhausted its share of federal stimulus money to help struggling businesses, nonprofits and municipalities amid the ongoing pandemic.
Commissioners awarded 24 volunteer fire departments and 10 emergency medical service companies grants to restore lost revenues and cover expenses related to the coronavirus response. Grants to fire departments were capped at $25,000 and emergency medical service awards were limited to $15,000.
Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
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First it was the election and questions about whether the Post Office could be relied upon to deliver millions of mail-in ballots.
Now, barely six weeks later, an unprecedented uptick in packages from online shoppers and staff shortages exacerbated by a rash of covid-19 outbreaks are combining to strain the U.S. Postal Service to its limits.
Postal Service officials here were hesitant to comment on reports of delivery backlogs across the country as consumers anxiously awaited the delivery of packages in time for Christmas.
Megan Tomasic | Tribune-Review
A $750 check was presented to Jennifer Miller, CEO of the Westmoreland County Food Bank, as part of a United Way fundraiser.
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Rather than mapping out the most efficient route through the East Pittsburgh Street Shop ’n Save in Greensburg on Monday evening, Renee Sasanko spent her time deciding on a nonprofit organization that would benefit from a $750 donation.
The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s annual fundraiser, which normally sends one person racing through the aisles of a Charley Family Shop ’n Save to collect hundreds of dollars worth of food in three minutes, was reduced to a simple check donation because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Westmoreland County’s coronavirus incidence rate a statistic that tracks the spread of the virus through the population has more than tripled in the last month.
It was 516.5 for the most recently measured 7-day period, which ended Thursday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health data.
That’s down slightly from the rate of 531.9 measured the previous week, but it’s still more than five times higher than the threshold of 100 that marks the “substantial” risk category the highest in the state’s Early Warning Monitoring System.