Author Archives: Cindy Perino

The police chief for the Hempfield Area School District is retiring. Len Lander has served more than a decade as the district's chief resource officer after serving more than 20-years as a state polic...

State Police say a driver who led them in a pursuit through Westmoreland County with children in the vehicle was driving on a suspended license. The incident happened early on the morning of November ...

Latrobe City Council is continuing to fine-tune the 2025 budget. The Trib reports council recently approved doubling the realty transfer tax to 1% and increase the annual fee it charges for some mecha...

The lawyer for an East Huntingdon man charged with attempted homicide claimed in court yesterday that the charges filed are nothing more than an attempt to cover up a botched investigation. The Trib r...

The 26-year-old Ivy League grad charged in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is fighting extradition back to New York for trial. Luigi Mangione appeared in a Pennsylvania courtroom on ...

A historic bridge in North Huntingdon will sadly be torn down. That's according to PennDOT, which says the Leger Road bridge which runs over Brush Creek is in too poor of a condition to be fixed to me...

Work is nearing the end for the New Kensington Bridge Project. The Trib reports that the truck detour was removed on Friday and the sidewalk on the bridge over the Allegheny River between New Ken and ...

Greensburg police are getting ready to sell four long guns that were seized in a criminal case years ago. The Trib reports that city council approved selling the guns to Hufftown Highpower in South Gr...

One of the two suspects in a multi-county credit card skimming case pleaded guilty in Westmoreland County Court. The Trib reports that 34-year-old Thomas Fuchs, whose last known address was Pittsburgh...

A Sewickley man who pleaded guilty last year to a charge of aggravated assault by vehicle for an incident in January of 2021 will serve at least seven months in jail. The Trib reports that 24-year-old...