Saltsburg News

Saltsburg Borough Council was able to hold off on raising taxes for yet another year, as it gave tentative approval to what President Elizabeth Rocco called a "bare bones" new budget.

A pickup truck rear-ended a car early Sunday morning, shutting down part of the Parkway East in Edgewood.

Voters in several southern Indiana County communities will have a choice of nominees for their future municipal leaders when they report to Election Day polls on Tuesday.

When Bob Hoover addressed the Historical Society of the Blairsville Area at its September meeting, the group's president, Daunise Marshall, was astounded by the depth of the local memorabilia collection he displayed.

The Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department responded to an overturned trailer loaded with 8 tons - 480 bales - of hay at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Big game hunter, deep-sea fisherman, bullfighting enthusiast and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist -- every aspect of the life of literary icon Ernest Hemingway can be found along the walls or on the shelves of a new permanent library exhibit at The Kiski School in Saltsburg.

A state police fire marshal is investigating a mobile home fire where a 61-year-old western Pennsylvania man has been found dead.

A 61-year-old man died in a mobile home fire in Westmoreland County on Tuesday night.

Borough council voted Monday to increase sewage rates in 2010. The minimum monthly rate will jump from $24 to $30 while a separate usage fee will increase from $2.65 to $2.75 for each thousand gallons above 3,000 gallons used per quarter.

More than five months after three women were found shot to death in an auto glass repair shop in Loyalhanna Township, the murders remain unsolved.

The administrative leadership of Blairsville-Saltsburg School District is in transition once again, as interim superintendent Dr.

A four-hour joyride that left behind a swath of destroyed mailboxes throughout central Westmoreland County could cost three New Alexandria teens more than $15,300 each in fines and court costs and $2,700 in restitution.

Brian C. Rittmeyer can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4701. The presence of osprey along the Kiski River tells a lot about the work that has been done to clean up the waterway, Dr.

Borough council fielded several citizens' concerns at its regular monthly meeting, held Tuesday due to the Labor Day holiday.

"Who's Got Your Back: The Breakthrough Program to Build Deep, Trusting Relationships That Create Success - and Won't Let You Fail" asserts that becoming a winner in any endeavor requires a trusted team of advisers who can offer guidance, help and accountability to achieve one's goals.

Chuck Biedka can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4711. Jessica Schmiedel was worried.

At Wednesday's meeting of the Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board, the Blairsville end of the district gained an additional kindergarten class and saw the departure of a veteran representative on the board.

State police in Indiana are investigating the theft of a store's bank deposit from a car in Conemaugh Township.

Craig Smith can be reached via e-mail or at 412-380-5646. By Craig Smith TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, August 17, 2009 Miquel Tucker was surprised to learn that a black Civil War soldier who received the Medal of Honor for service to the Union Army came from Homewood.

Borough Council took a step closer to bringing the community its own skate park at Monday night's meeting.