Author Archives: Cindy Perino

TEXAS TRUCK DRIVER PAROLED AFTER SERVING TIME FOR HEMPFIELD HIT AND RUN
A truck driver from Texas was scheduled to return to his home in Dallas after serving nearly 16 months for a hit-and-run crash in a Hempfield auto parts store parking lot. The Trib reports that 26-yea...
Cindy Perino Apr 23, 2024

PA PRIMARY ELECTION TODAY
Today is the Pennsylvania Primary Election, and while the Presidential primary is all but official for former president Donald Trump and current president Joe Biden, there are still offices up for ele...
Cindy Perino Apr 23, 2024

IMPROVEMENT IN PA JOB MARKET NUMBERS
Things are looking up for Pennsylvania's job numbers. State number crunchers say more than 15-thousand non-farm jobs were added to the Commonwealth last month, maintaining a three-point-four-percent s...
Cindy Perino Apr 22, 2024

16 WESTMORELAND COUNTY POLLING PLACES NOT ADA COMPLIANT
Some voting precincts in Westmoreland County remain at locations that are not ADA-compliant. Local elections officials say there are still 16 polling places that are not accessible to voters who are i...
Cindy Perino Apr 22, 2024

LATROBE MAN PLEADS GUILTY
A Latrobe man pleaded guilty to beating three people in August of 2020. KDKA-TV reports that 30-year-old Nicholas McIntyre pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted homicide, burglary, aggravated assa...
Cindy Perino Apr 22, 2024

NEW RULES COMING FOR NORTH HUNTINGDON CHICKENS
North Huntingdon officials will start the process to create new rules for keeping chickens in the backyard. The Trib reports that Township commissioners voted last week to repeal an ordinance that all...
Cindy Perino Apr 22, 2024

ROAD PROJECTS UNDERWAY TODAY
Some road projects are scheduled to get underway today. The Trib reports that Boyer Road is set to close today became Hecla Road and Mt. Pleasant-Calumet Road as crews overlay existing asphalt on the ...
Cindy Perino Apr 22, 2024

HEMPFIELD MAN FACES MURDER FOR HIRE CHARGES
A Hempfield man is facing charges of trying to hire someone to kill his sister. The Trib reports that Westmoreland County sheriff's deputies arrested 63-year-old Peter Cute on Friday after meeting wit...
Cindy Perino Apr 22, 2024

STUDENTS TOUR GENERAL CARBIDE PLANTS
Earlier this week, 11 students from Jeannette City and Hempfield Area schools and Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center got a firsthand look at operations in General Carbide's three plants...
Cindy Perino Apr 19, 2024

FATAL CRASH ON I-70 THIS MORNING
A fatal crash along Interstate 70 this morning in Rostraver is under investigation, according to Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson. The crash happened around 7:45 a.m. on the eastbound side of th...
Cindy Perino Apr 19, 2024








