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Despite rumors that as many as six students at the middle school have H1N1, Southmoreland Superintendent John Halfhill said there have been no cases there or anywhere else in the district.
"Mrs. (Linda) Yonkey (the school nurse) said she hasn't received any calls from doctors of students informing her of any such diagnosis," Halfhill said.
He added that none of the schools in the district have experienced any unusually high numbers of absentees.
"They are in line with the normal amount of absentees that we usually experience this time of the year," he said.
Halfhill noted, however, that students and their families should still continue to be cautious and follow the tips and guidelines from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to help prevent any strain of flu.
Among those are:
• Practice good hand hygiene by washing hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. Alcohol-based hand cleansers with at least 60 percent alcohol are also effective.
• Cover mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing then discard, or sneeze into elbow or shoulder is no tissue available.
• Stay home at least 24 hours after there is no longer a fever or signs of a fever without the use of fever-reducing medicine.
• Keep sick students at home
• Get shots for the seasonal flu as well as H1N1 as soon as vaccines are available.
East Huntingdon
Warehouse planned
The Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corp. has approved a six-month option agreement with The Westmoreland Co. Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., which may buy a 79-acre parcel in the Westmoreland Distribution Park North in East Huntingdon.
A warehouse and distribution facility is planned there that could create 150 to 200 jobs. The company said it intends to build the 450,000-square-foot facility for a national client. The development agency would sell the land for $1,707,000. Westmoreland company officials couldn't be reached for comment.
Bullskin
Police seek information
on Route 119 accident
State police at Uniontown are asking anyone who may have witnessed an accident on Route 119 at the intersection of Township Road 73 at 9:50 a.m. Oct. 14 to contact them.
Police said a vehicle operated by Helen L. McKnight, 38, of Connellsville, was traveling northbound on Route 119 in the right lane when a green Volkswagen Jetta changed lanes, passing vehicles in the left and right lanes. Police said McKnight passed the Jetta in the left lane and then went back into the right lane. The operator of the Jetta then passed the McKnight vehicle in the left lane, changed back into the right lane and applied the brakes. When McKnight applied her brakes, the vehicle swerved into the left lane to avoid impact with the Jetta. The McKnight vehicle then went back across the right lane and off the berm, striking a guardrail.
McKnight was taken to UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh for treatment of moderate injuries.
Upper Tyrone
Vehicle hits house
on Dry Hill Road
State police at Belle Vernon said an unknown vehicle, traveling south on Dry Hill Road at a high rate of speed at 11:05 p.m. Sunday, failed to negotiate a left curve in the roadway and went through a yard and over two bushes, striking a house.
The driver then backed the vehicle up and struck a parked vehicle.
No further information was available.
Uniontown
Gas prices
skyrocket in PA
For the second week, gas prices increased in Western Pennsylvania.
This week, motorists will find prices jumped 14.5 cents for a gallon of regular, unleaded gasoline. The current price at the pump is $2.754. The national price at the pump is $2.675. Average price per gallon in the Uniontown area registered at $2.756, according to AAA.
German
Fire at vacant home
under investigation
A state police fire marshal is investigating a blaze that ripped through a vacant house in Footedale early Wednesday.
Footedale Fire Chief Louis DeFrank Jr. said the fire at 236 First St. was reported at 3:56 a.m.
"The first firemen at the scene said the fire was coming out the second-floor bedroom windows when they arrived. The state police fire marshal and I will be going back to the scene to try to determine a cause," DeFrank said.
"I was told by neighbors the occupants just moved out about a week ago," he said.
There were no injuries.
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