Author Archives: Cindy Perino

PA LAWMAKERS NO CLOSER TO A BUDGET DEAL
Pennsylvania lawmakers returned to the State Capitol on Monday, but they are no closer to a budget deal. The Democratic-majority House and Republican-majority Senate remain at a standstill more than t...
Cindy Perino Oct 07, 2025

COMPANY CONNECTED TO WALMART LOOKING FOR STATE FUNDING TO TEAR DOWN MONROEVILLE MALL
A company that is connected to Walmart is looking for state funding to tear down the Monroeville Mall and redevelop the property. Planners have applied for seven-and-a-half million dollars in grants t...
Cindy Perino Oct 07, 2025

PA CAREERLINK TO BE AT STATE REPRESENTATIVE JILL COOPER'S NEW KEN OFFICE TOMORROW
Job seekers in and around New Kensington can get some help finding work by visiting State Representative Jill Cooper's office tomorrow. A worker with PA CareerLink will be in the Freeport Road office ...
Cindy Perino Oct 07, 2025

FIRE OFFICIALS INVESTIGATING HOUSE FIRE IN HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP
Fire officials are investigating a house fire in Westmoreland County. The flames broke out Sunday afternoon inside a home on Sherwood Drive in Hempfield Township. A resident was inside the home at the...
Cindy Perino Oct 07, 2025

ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP MAN PLEADS NO CONTEST TO DRUG POSSESSION
An Allegheny Township man pleaded "no contest" to a charge of fentanyl possession. The Trib reports 40-year-old George Senko was charged in May of 2023 after a traffic stop on South Leechburg Hill Roa...
Cindy Perino Oct 07, 2025

STATE POLICE CHARGE BLAIRSVILLE WOMAN WITH CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
State police charged a Blairsville woman with killing a man who was living with her. State police from the Kiski Barracks and Blairsville police were dispatched around 5:00 PM on Sunday to a home just...
Cindy Perino Oct 07, 2025

BAIL DENIED FOR SALEM TOWNSHIP PIPE BOMBER
The man accused of putting a pipe bomb under his former landlord's lawnmower has pleaded not guilty. The Trib reports that James Sever was ordered to stand trial on charges including attempted homicid...
Cindy Perino Oct 07, 2025

VAN CRASHES INTO HOUSE IN MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP
First responders were sent out to a home in the 2400 block of School Street in Mt. Pleasant Township as a van crashed into a house. The Trib reports that three fire departments were sent to the scene....
Cindy Perino Oct 06, 2025

INDIANA COUNTY WOMAN CHARGED WITH KILLING A MAN IN BLAIRSVILLE LAST NIGHT
An Blairsville-area woman was charged with killing a man in Blairsville last night. Blairsville Borough and State Police were called out to a home on Pender Avenue in Burrell Township at 5:00 PM and f...
Cindy Perino Oct 06, 2025

RITE AID OFFICIALLY CLOSED
A national pharmacy chain formerly headquartered in Pennsylvania is officially closed. Rite Aid confirmed its closed all its stores after financial struggles, bringing an end to more than 60 years in ...
Cindy Perino Oct 06, 2025








