Author Archives: Cindy Perino

HEMPFIELD SCHOOL BOARD TO TRY TO COVER BUDGET DEFECIT
The Hempfield School Board will try to cover a $172,000 budget deficit in the 2025-26 budget. The Trib reports that the school board last night held its final public hearing on the $114.5 million budg...
Cindy Perino Jun 03, 2025

GREENSBURG POLICE ASKING FOR PUBLIC'S HELP IN SEARCH OF MISSING WOMAN
The Greensburg Police Department is asking for help from the public as the search for a missing woman continues. Authorities say Lisa Slavnik was reported missing by her family early yesterday morning...
Cindy Perino Jun 03, 2025

SALEM TOWNSHIP'S FAIRVIEW PARK LOOKING FOR DONATIONS
The people behind a historic Salem park are looking for some donations to help offset costs of repairs. The Trib reports that during the April 29th storms, one of the shelters at Fairview Park was des...
Cindy Perino Jun 03, 2025

GOVERNOR SHAPIRO SAYS COLORADO ATTACK WAS ACT OF ANTISEMITISM
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro says the attack against people marching for Israelis held by Hamas in Boulder, Colorado yesterday was another heinous act of antisemitism. The governor says the atta...
Cindy Perino Jun 02, 2025

FEDERAL JUDGE THROWS OUT LAWSUIT AGAINST NORWIN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FORMER SUPERINTENDENT
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against the Norwin School district and its former superintendent. The Trib reports that board member Alex Detschelt filed the complaint after he was censured b...
Cindy Perino Jun 02, 2025

GREENSBURG MAN ORDERED TO SERVE JAIL TIME
A Greensburg man was ordered on Friday to serve 12 to 24 years in state prison for sexually assaulting a three-year-old boy. The Trib reports 48-year-old James Swanson was convicted in March of rape a...
Cindy Perino Jun 02, 2025

HOSTETTER MAN ORDERED TO SERVE JAIL TIME
A Hostetter man was ordered to serve time in Westmoreland County Jail for corruption of minors, furnishing alcohol to minors and other crimes. The Trib reports that Glenn D. Jones, Jr. was ordered to ...
Cindy Perino Jun 02, 2025

LIGONIER ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FILMING OF "HERSHEY"
There are some road closures in effect as film crews come to Ligonier to work on the film "Hershey". The Trib reports that Municipal Lot A, at Church Street and Route 711, will be closed for parking f...
Cindy Perino Jun 02, 2025

MURRYSVILLE ATTORNEY ARRESTED AFTER STANDOFF
A Murrysville attorney wanted by police suffered an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on Saturday as authorities tried to take him into custody. TheTrib reports that an arrest warrant for Robert K...
Cindy Perino Jun 02, 2025

NORTH HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP CITES ILLEGALLY PARKED CAMPER OWNER
North Huntingdon Township has cited the owner of a camper that has parked at the site of the former Rivertowne Pub and Grill on Route 30 for the past few months. The trib reports that the township cod...
Cindy Perino May 30, 2025








