Latrobe News

State police are asking for the public's help to identify a man who robbed a Walmart pharmacy in Westmoreland County.

Charles D. Bancroft, 42, was pronounced dead at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital at 3:14 p.m.. An autopsy will be performed Saturday.

Robbie Waller, head wrestling coach at Lock Haven University, has been released from Pennsylvania-based school, newspapers in Lock Haven and Harrisburg reported Friday.

A Latrobe police officer and the city's K-9 officer, Rocky, suffered minor injuries Saturday afternoon when they were bitten by a pair of pit bulls during a heroin bust on Weldon Street.

A Pennsylvania man has been accused of abducting 6-year-old boy from his yard, raping him and then abandoning him in a park late at night.

Maren Hess has been named director of assessment, institutional effectiveness and compliance at Mansfield University.

The Westmoreland County Airport Authority is looking for ways to keep open the air traffic control tower at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport as the latest effort to restore funding failed in Congress.

But now, the park in Latrobe is a bustle of activity. Greg Shevchik of Latrobe-Unity Parks and Recreation supervises 170 employee volunteers from the Kennametal company.