Author Archives: Cindy Perino
COMEDIAN/ACTOR RICHARD LEWIS DIES AT 76
Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all-black, leading to his nickname "The Prince of Pain," has died. ...
Cindy Perino Feb 29, 2024

UPMC TO LIFT MASK MANDATE
Health care giant UPMC plans to lift its mask mandate this week, after requiring facial coverings in its facilities for the last two months. The requirement for masks at most UPMC facilities will end ...
Cindy Perino Feb 29, 2024

MURRYSVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
A Murrysville man was awaiting arraignment Wednesday morning after police said he stabbed a woman twice with a knife. Murrysville police Chief Thomas Seefeld said Andrew James Farbarik, 32, was charge...
Cindy Perino Feb 29, 2024

WESTMORELAND COUNTY PRISON HIRES NEW WARDEN
Westmoreland County has hired a new warden to run the prison. Steven Pelesky, 49, of Ligonier, was promoted Wednesday to serve as the full-time warden after having serving in the same role in an inter...
Cindy Perino Feb 29, 2024

FORMER WESTMORELAND COUNTY ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER FOUND NOT GUILTY
A former Westmoreland County assistant public defender was found not guilty of evading arrest by a Greensburg police officer last fall following a traffic stop. Following a lengthy hearing Tuesday, Da...
Cindy Perino Feb 29, 2024

WESTMORELAND COUNTY BROADBAND PROJECT TO BEGIN THIS SPRING
Work to install new high-speed internet service to as many as 400 Westmoreland County residents unserved by broadband is set to begin this spring. County officials announced Wednesday that after month...
Cindy Perino Feb 29, 2024

ONE PERSON INJURED IN MULTI-VEHICLE TURNPIKE CRASH
One motorist was injured in a multi-vehicle crash that temporarily blocked one lane of eastbound traffic Wednesday afternoon on the Pennsylvania Turnpike just past the New Stanton interchange. A woman...
Cindy Perino Feb 29, 2024

INDEPENDENCE HEALTH SYSTEM SAW OPERATIONAL LOSSES IN 2023
Independence Health System continued to lose money as it passed its one-year mark at the end of December 2023, though annual losses have shrunk by almost $9 million, according to recently released fin...
Cindy Perino Feb 29, 2024

STATE HOUSE DEMOCRATS TRYING TO PASS MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF PROGRAM
State House Democrats are continuing to try to pass a medical debt relief program. Lawmakers held a news conference Tuesday, saying the program should be passed during the second part of the legislati...
Cindy Perino Feb 28, 2024

CONGRESSWOMAN SUMMER LEE CANCELS APPEARANCE
Congresswoman Summer Lee this week has canceled an appearance that she was scheduled to make at an upcoming event hosted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The Democratic lawmaker was to de...
Cindy Perino Feb 28, 2024








