Author Archives: Cindy Perino

Three Democrats in the Pennsylvania legislature are calling for the state to more than double the minimum wage. State Senators Art Haywood and Patty Kim along with Representative Izzy Smith-Wade-El sa...

Residents in East Deer are seeing a sizable price hike for their trash service as the new year gets underway. Rates in the township are going up by about 35 percent. That's a hike of five dollars and ...

A longtime Westmoreland County Pizzeria is closing its doors for good. The Trib reports that Abie and Bimbo's started serving people in Jeanette in 1967. After expanding to four locations across the c...

A company that produces packaged broccoli sold in Walmart stores is conducting a voluntary recall. Braga Fresh packages ready-to-eat 12oz broccoli florets under the Marketside brand. The company says ...

The first baby of the new year in Westmoreland County was born yesterday morning at Independence Health Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg. The Trib reports that Mila Kaye Donofrio arrived at 4:10 AM...

A two-vehicle crash near the Pitt-Greensburg campus caused a power outage yesterday. WTAE-TV reports that the crash happened near Mt. Pleasant Road and Glen Willow Road in Hempfield around 1:00 PM. A ...

A Pentagon appeals court is giving the green light to plea deals made with accused conspirators in the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. The panel upheld a military judge's ruling that Defense S...

A Plum Borough man facing accusations that he tried to blow up his own home is now in custody. Investigators say that Neil Yetsko caused a gas leak inside his Kathy Lynn Drive home last month, lit two...

North Huntingdon officials have approved a plan to dredge and clean Indian Lake Park. The Trib reports that the contract was awarded to KU Resources at a cost of $18,500 to conduct a survey of the und...

A woman was taken to a nearby hospital after she was hit by a car in Harrison. The Trib reports that the un-named victim was hit at the intersection of Freeport Road and California Avenue around 4:35 ...