Tag: Greensburg

3 more charged in alleged mistreatment of special needs students in Greensburg

Jun. 17—Three more people are charged in connection with the alleged mistreatment of three children last year at a Greensburg Salem School District elementary school. Greensburg police filed charges of child endangerment and failure to report against Amanda Lehman, 39, Derek James Hines, 37, and Lorraine F. Robertson, 74, all of Greensburg. All were arraigned […]

Batesville, Greensburg and North Decatur among schools awarded Career Coaching grant

Jun. 12—A $720,000 collaborative Career Coaching grant has been awarded from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to four area public schools, providing funding for enhanced services to improve student career readiness. The I-74 Career Navigator project involves Batesville, Greensburg, Milan and North Decatur high schools; each has access to $180,000 for targeted career-focused initiatives. […]

Greensburg man accused of hiring person to kill his sister

A Greensburg man is behind bars after police say he attempted to pay another person to kill his sister. However, the person he thought he was paying for the alleged murder-for-hire was an undercover detective. He was then arrested in the parking lot of a popular local restaurant chain. Channel 11′s Andrew Havranek spoke with […]

Greensburg: City’s growth is evident

Apr. 1—GREENSBURG — A wave of progress has swept over the city of Greensburg in recent years, perhaps in a way unprecedented in its 200 year history. Spurred by the 2016 Stellar Communities initiative and by the U.S. government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city has seen improvements in its streets, its parks and […]

Newest member of Greensburg Bloodhound Team

The Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office had a very special four-legged visitor on Wednesday morning. Delsie, a bloodhound, recently began her K-9 training to become an expert in man-trailing. She is the newest member of the Greensburg Bloodhound Team. The team of dogs works to track missing people and criminals, the sheriff’s office said. Download the […]

Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department shares history with open house at museum

The Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department held an open house for its museum. The museum features antique trucks and firefighting equipment. The largest collection of miniature emergency vehicles in the state is also on display. Some firefighters at the museum brought stories from past emergencies they had helped with. One of them told Channel 11 about […]

Greensburg woman’s sentence in 2010 torture killing upheld

Jan. 11—The 60 years-to-life prison sentence being served by a Greensburg woman for her role in the 2010 torture killing of Jennifer Daugherty has been upheld by a state appeals court. In an opinion released Thursday, a three-judge panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court rejected a defense request to invalidate the sentence imposed in 2022 […]

Greensburg Salem moves to fire 3 employees amid ‘incidents from one of our elementary classrooms’

Jan. 11—The Greensburg Salem School Board on Wednesday moved to dismiss three employees, although district officials declined to name the employees or discuss specifically what caused the firings. However, school board President Jeff Metrosky confirmed that the action is a result of “recently reported incidents from one of our elementary classrooms.” Last month, Greensburg police […]