Author Archives: Cindy Perino

Six men are facing hate crime charges in connection to an alleged attack on a Jewish student in Pennsylvania. According to the DOJ, the men, who range in age from 19 to 28, were charged by a federal g...

The criminal case against a Mount Pleasant Township couple accused in the death of their 15-month-old son is moving forward. Michael Blasser and Ashley Makarsky made their first court appearance yeste...

Two Lower Burrell men are charged in connection with an assault in January at Mogie's Irish Pub. The Trib reports that charges of assault, robbery, theft and other crimes were filed against Robert Bro...

A New Kensington man was sentenced to four to 20 years in prison for assaulting someone with a baseball bat in March of 2025. The Trib reports that 51-year-old Brian Mikesell pleaded guilty to a felon...

National Weather Service officials determined that straight-line winds damaged parts of North Huntingdon on Wednesday. The Trib reports that Meteorologists with the NWS reported damage around the area...

A Mt. Pleasant man pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to paying people overseas to torture monkeys and have the acts recorded on video. The Trib reports that 44-year-old Joseph Buckland was cha...

A former Saltsburg man charged with the deaths of three people is asking the state supreme court to hear a new trial. The Trib reports that lawyers for Kevin Murphy are challenging a recent ruling of ...

Governor Josh Shapiro's office is announcing Pennsylvania's first-ever Maternal Health Action Plan. The initiative unveiled Tuesday is an effort to improve maternal health disparities in the Commonwea...

Westmoreland County commissioners are appointing an interim public defender. James Spriestersbach was hired last month to lead the public defender's office but has suffered a medical emergency that ha...

The two families that were displaced after a duplex fire over the weekend in New Kensington are receiving assistance. The Trib reports that a family of six were able to get out, but all their possessi...