Author Archives: Cindy Perino

The trial of a Mt. Pleasant woman charged with hitting two pedestrians with her vehicle while driving while intoxicated got underway yesterday. The Trib reports 34-year-old Elizabeth Sirianni is charg...

Charges of attempted homicide were added to the case of a Mt. Pleasant man accused of chasing another driver and shooting at his vehicle. The Trib reports that the trial of 30-year-old Paul Caletri II...

Crews were on the scene of a garage fire last night in Export. According to WTAE-TV, the fire started around 5:30 PM, as a garage in the 2000 block of Carolina Street was fully engulfed in flames. No ...

A Monessen man was acquitted of sexual assault charges at his trial yesterday. The Trib reports 63-year-old Jerry Geist was found not guilty of three charges connected to accusations made by an autist...

The former president of the Derry Area Aqua Club is in jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on charges that she embezzled money from the organization to pay for gambling and sports betting. The Trib re...

Jeannette Mayor Curtis Antoniak says he wants new panic buttons installed at City Hall. The mayor is calling for the alert system after Administrative Assistant Andrea Beneke reported that someone bar...

Valley High School in New Kensington will reopen today after a broken boiler was fixed. The Trib reports that the school was closed Monday, like many other schools across the area, but was closed the ...

The trial of a Monessen man charged with sexual assault got underway yesterday. The Trib reports that 63-year-old Jerry Griest is charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and other cr...

Westmoreland County officials want to have a new leadership team for the election bureau in place in time for the May primary election. The Trib reports that former director Greg McCloskey retired in ...

A man suing the Ligonier Valley Police department and has approved litigation against the commission that oversees the force is now serving on the commission. The Trib reports that Ligonier Township S...