Norwin Star category, Page 106
Underclassmen growing up quickly for Norwin football
Class 6A football can make a team grow up quickly in the WPIAL. Playing younger players is not always ideal but doing so, whether it be out of necessity or because of merit, can pay dividends down the road when underclassmen are more accustomed to the varsity level. Norwin has...
WPIAL Class 6A roundup: Butler snaps 24-game losing streak
Cooper Baxter scored on a 15-yard interception return, a 60-yard fumble recovery, a 3-yard pass from Isaiah Kelly, and runs of 1 and 21 yards as Class 6A Butler snapped a 24-game losing streak by beating Blackhawk, 55-14, in nonconference play. Justin Kabay ran for 148 yards and two touchdowns...
Westmoreland County Halloween happenings
• Collinsburg: Collinsburg Volunteer Fire Company will host a free party for children 12 and younger from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at the firehall, 514 Hickory Drive. Children must be accompanied by an adult. There will be a costume contest, food, drinks and prizes. • Export: The borough...
Norwin holds to Nov. 4 school reopening; no students, staff got virus at school, district says
Norwin school officials said that the district still is planning to resume the five-day in-person instruction on Nov. 4, even though the number of covid-19 cases are rising in the North Huntingdon-Irwin area and Westmoreland County. School Superintendent Jeff Taylor said in an email statement this week that the district...
Westmoreland County approves drop box sites for mail-in ballots
Westmoreland County will have drop boxes at five regional sites before the Nov. 3 general election to help collect tens of thousands of expected mail-in ballots. Voters started to receive ballots this week, and as of Thursday, more than 51,600 were sent. Another 9,600 are in the queue to be...
Charges filed, arrest warrant issued in North Huntingdon cat-hoarding case
An arrest warrant has been issued for a North Huntingdon man accused of hoarding more than 70 cats that were malnourished and infested with fleas when authorities rescued them from a township home in September. Since being rescued, the cats have been cared for at Frankie’s Friends, a cat rescue...
GCC’s Corinn Brewer, Norwin’s Alex Jubert win county cross country titlesVideo
It was a battle between a wily veteran and an up-and-coming freshman at the Westmoreland County Cross Country meet Thursday. Greensburg Central Catholic junior Corinn Brewer and Kiski Area freshman Eliza Miller led the field in the girls race at Westmoreland County Community College. Miller set the pace, and Brewer...
Former North Huntingdon banquet manager to serve jail time for theft
Ron Tarquinio’s business, like many others, is struggling to survive the coronavirus pandemic. He told a Westmoreland County judge on Thursday that his catering company, Banquets Unlimited in North Huntingdon, already was behind the eight-ball after his former business manager stole at least $8,000 and alienated a steady customer base....
Norwin-area happenings Oct. 24-Nov.6
Unwanted medications being collected North Huntingdon police are taking unwanted and old medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 24 at the lobby of the station, 12279 Center Highway, as part of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency’s Drug Take Back Program. Unwanted medications, old pills and capsules and liquids...
Westmoreland County football players to watch for Week 6
Dylan Gustafson Latrobe, sr., RB/FS The senior had an impressive game against Connellsville on Friday, rushing for 171 yards and three touchdowns in the Wildcats’ 29-26 victory. He has rushed for 417 yards, caught seven passes for 134 yards and scored nine touchdowns. Tanner Krevokuch Norwin, sr., TE/LB The 6-foot-5,...
Don’t kill that large mosquito: It’s just a crane fly looking for sex
They won’t bite you, but crane flies — which look like large mosquitos — are out in full force, reportedly covering a putting green at a Pittsburgh area golf course and maybe cavorting in your backyard. Yes, cavorting. With only two weeks to live as adults on the wing, some...
Irwin promotes acting chief to top spotVideo
In an expected move, Irwin Council named the borough’s acting police chief as the new leader of the police department. Sgt. Daniel Wensel, who was named acting chief on Aug. 20 when former chief Roger Pivirotto resigned, was hired Wednesday by a unanimous vote. Wensel will continue to serve as...
Westmoreland approves poll changes in wake of coronavirus concerns
Seven polling sites in Westmoreland County will be relocated for the Nov. 3 general election amid concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. All 307 voting precincts will be open, but a handful — which could not meet safety protocols or are located near senior housing communities prohibited from hosting...
Westmoreland 911 center has 2 coronavirus cases
Westmoreland County’s 911 dispatching operations were split into two operational locations Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning after officials discovered two employees tested positive for coronavirus. Public Safety Director Roland Mertz said 911 operations were uninterrupted even as the county instituted mitigation efforts and implemented its emergency response plan to...
Westmoreland Cleanways adds 2nd household hazardous waste collection date
Due to overwhelming response, Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling Center announced this week it would hold two household hazardous waste collections this fall. In addition to the Oct. 24 collection, a second collection was added for Nov. 21. Ellen Keefe, executive director of the nonprofit environmental organization, said it took just...
Irwin’s Victoria Piekut, already Miss Pa., prepares to compete for Miss USA title
Victoria Piekut is going to Graceland — but not to pay homage to The King. Crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2020 in November, the Irwin resident will be traveling to Memphis for the Miss USA 2020 competition. Piekut will arrive in Memphis around Nov. 1 for a round of rehearsals and promotional...
Norwin, Franklin Regional among fresh faces at WPIAL team golf championships
Norwin switched home courses for boys golf about five years ago. Nothing against Irwin Country Club, the Knights just wanted a layout more comparable to the ones where their section foes play. So they moved to Youghiogheny Country Club near McKeesport. It was a few more miles down the highway...
Westmoreland County to use $7.7 million to cope with coronavirus
Westmoreland commissioners on Tuesday earmarked more than $7.7 million in federal stimulus money to pay for staff salaries at the county jail and to purchase equipment needed to keep government operating amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The federal money is part of the $31.5 million allocated earlier this year from...
5 more coronavirus cases at Westmoreland Manor
Pennsylvania National Guard members, stationed a Westmoreland Manor since late September, departed the county-owned nursing home over the weekend even as coronavirus cases there continued to grow. County officials said Tuesday another five residents tested positive since Saturday at the 400-bed home in Hempfield. There have now been 112 residents...
Westmoreland jail virus outbreak explodes
The coronavirus outbreak at Westmoreland County Prison continued to grow over the Columbus Day weekend and, on Tuesday, officials said the number of cases could result in overcrowding at the Hempfield lockup. Another 33 inmates and two more guards tested positive for the virus since late last week, county commissioners...
Westmoreland mail-in ballots on their way to voters; drop boxes to be availableVideo
Westmoreland County officials said mailing out the first batch of 50,000 mail-in ballots was completed Tuesday as elections staff and the Ohio-based private company hired to oversee the process catch up after technical problems caused a weeklong delay. So far, about 60,000 mail-in ballot applications have been approved in the...
Norwin reports 3 more covid-19 cases; schools reopen
Norwin School District on Tuesday reported three more students — two at the middle school and one at Sunset Valley Elementary School — tested positive for coronavirus. The students have not attended school for several days and will not return to school until they have completed isolation procedures for the...
Norwin reopening plan criticized
With five of Norwin’s schools already having been closed because of coronavirus cases, district plans to fully reopen classrooms to in-person instruction next month came under fire during Monday’s school board meeting. District officials plan to fully reopen schools beginning Nov. 4 — a move that is being implemented “mostly...
Norwin area coronavirus cases jump almost 22% in past week
The North Huntingdon-Irwin-North Irwin area saw a 21.9% jump in coronavirus cases in the past week, mirroring the increase in Norwin schools and Westmoreland County. The Norwin area, which has a population of about 35,000, has had 356 confirmed cases of coronavirus since the pandemic hit the region in March,...
Trib HSSN WPIAL boys and girls soccer rankings for Oct. 12, 2020
Here’s a look at this week’s Trib HSSN WPIAL boys and girls soccer rankings. Records are through Saturday’s games. Girls soccer Class 4A Team, record, previous 1. Fox Chapel, 10-1, 1 2. Butler, 8-1, 2 3. Peters Township, 5-1, 3 4. Norwin, 6-2-1, NR 5. North Allegheny, 7-2, 4 Out:...
