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5/24/2013
Police are looking for an 18-year-old girl who left a treatment center in Westmoreland County. Police say Sierra Summers left Adelphoi Village along Church Street in Derry Township just after midnight on Tuesday. Charges of escape have been filed against Summers, who is from Butler. Anyone with details on her whereabouts should contact the Greensburg barracks of the state police at 724-832-3288.
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5/23/2013
A man that police say walked into a Westmoreland County business with an AK-47 rifle and a handgun late Wednesday night has turned himself into police. The incident sparked a short lockdown at schools in Blairsville and a day-long lockdown for the Torrance State Hospital.
Police say it happened around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday at Perma-Cast, a company in the Westmoreland Industrial Park, which manufactures mold castings. 28-year-old Matthew Smith, a worker who had been suspended from his job at the facility, showed up and told employees to leave or get away.
Police arrived on the scene right after Smith had left the area. He surrendered to police in Monroeville yesterday afternoon and was charged with risking a catastrophe, simple assault, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. He was taken to the Westmoreland County Jail and awaits a preliminary hearing on June 4th.
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5/24/2013
$15.2 million final budget approved
The Homer-Center School Board last night voted unanimously to approve a proposed final budget of $15,281,000 for the 2013-2014 school year. The budget holds the real estate tax rate steady at 125.6 mills. Superintendent Dr. Charles Koren says a lot of hard work went into developing the plan and to preventing a tax increase.
In other business, the board voted unanimously to hire Rhonda Clifford as the board secretary for the next four years, as well as to hire Leah McCoy as the head varsity volleyball coach.
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5/24/2013
Spending plan includes tuition hike, salary increases
The trustees of Westmoreland County Community College yesterday approved a preliminary budget worth $38.72 million for fiscal 2013-14. That’s a one percent increase in spending from this year, and it includes a $3-per-credit tuition increase.
Westmoreland County students will pay $93 per credit hour starting with the fall semester. Students from other counties, including Indiana County, will pay $186 per credit hour and out-of-state students will be charged $279. The tuition increases were approved last month.
Including the Indiana County Community College Center in White Township, WCCC maintains eight educational centers in addition to its main campus in Youngwood.
The preliminary budget is based on an anticipated flat funding award in the state budget. Almost $21 million is earmarked for salaries, with three percent wage increases for adminstrators, staff, and coaches to match the three percent increase contained in the faculty contract. The final budget is scheduled for adoption on June 26th, four days before the state budget deadline.
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5/23/2013
The application period for Camp Cadet of Indiana County has been extended through June 7th. The Camp Cadet program is for youth between the ages of 13 to 15.
The week-long camp gives kids the opportunity to work “hands-on” with law enforcement, emergency responders and other investigative agencies to learn about investigative techniques, team building exercises and other law enforcement related topics.
Kids can get an application for Camp Cadet at the state police barracks in Indiana or on the Camp Cadet website, www.indianacountycampcadet.org.
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