Author Archives: Cindy Perino

STATE SENATE APPROVES RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT TEXAS
The state Senate has approved a resolution urging Governor Shapiro to support the governor of Texas in a dispute with the White House over immigration enforcement. The vote involved an hour of debate ...
Cindy Perino Mar 15, 2024

PA SECRETARY OF HEALTH SAYS $4 MILLION COULD SERVE AS MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF EFFORT
The Secretary of Health in Pennsylvania says the four-million-dollars the governor has allotted in his budget could serve as a pilot program for a wider medical debt relief effort. Governor Josh Shapi...
Cindy Perino Mar 15, 2024

PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR VERONA TO PLUM TRAIL
A public meeting on a Verona to Plum trail proposal is scheduled in Plum next month. Friends of the Riverfront is hosting the session at the Plum Borough Municipal Center on the evening of April eleve...
Cindy Perino Mar 15, 2024

AAA REMINDS MOTORISTS TO MAINTAIN ALERTNESS
Triple-A is reminding motorists to maintain alertness on the roads after a woman was injured Thursday when she hit a deer in Upper Burrell. The crash happened on 7th Street Road when the animal jumped...
Cindy Perino Mar 15, 2024

DERRY BOROUGH AND LOCAL POLICE AGREE ON 3-YEAR CONTRACT
Derry Borough Council and the local police department have come to terms on a new three-year contract. The Trib reports that officers will receive a 25 cent per hour raise in each year of the contract...
Cindy Perino Mar 15, 2024

DELMONT COUNCIL TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Members of Delmont Council have authorized the solicitor to take legal action against a Latrobe construction company that was hired to build a detention pond in the Apple Hill Neighborhood. The Trib r...
Cindy Perino Mar 15, 2024

PITTSBURGH MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO LESSER CHARGE IN SHOOTING DEATH
A Pittsburgh man has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge connected with the July 2022 shooting death of a man outside a New Kensington apartment building. The Trib reports that the plea for 20-year-old ...
Cindy Perino Mar 15, 2024

WESTMORELAND COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS IN COURT
The Westmoreland County Register of Wills was in court yesterday to answer charges that she and her office were in contempt of two court orders that required prompt filing of adoption records, appeals...
Cindy Perino Mar 15, 2024

PA SENATE ETHICS COMMITTEE DENIES REQUEST TO INVESTIGATE SENATOR DOUG MASTRIANO
The Pennsylvania Senate Ethics Committee is denying a request to investigate Senator Doug Mastriano for his actions after the 2020 election. The request had been made by fellow Senator Art Haywood. Th...
Cindy Perino Mar 14, 2024

POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS PA TURNPIKE NEAR MONROEVILLE YESTERDAY
Power lines came down across the PA Turnpike near Monroeville yesterday. WTAE-TV reports that there were major backups reported at the Pittsburgh Interchange. The Downed wires were reported under the ...
Cindy Perino Mar 14, 2024








