‘It feels like a party’: Trump rally brings festivities to Latrobe

Spencer Thomas | editor-in-chief While Western Pennsylvania is hosting political events on a daily basis, few of them look anything like the Trump rally held at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pa., on Saturday. The event looked less like a political rally, and more like a festival, and that aberrency was only matched by the speech itself. After six hours of festivities, the headliner … Continue reading ‘It feels like a party’: Trump rally brings festivities to Latrobe

Going bananas in Latrobe: Township honors sweet history with first banana split festival

By: Jen Cardone | For The Duquesne Duke Yellow balloons and bananas lined the streets of downtown Latrobe this past weekend in celebration of its first banana split festival. The Latrobe Art Center in conjunction with Saint Vincent College and the Latrobe Community Revitalization Program all hosted a three-day festival in celebration of this banana delight. David Strickler, 23, designed the dessert in 1904. He … Continue reading Going bananas in Latrobe: Township honors sweet history with first banana split festival