Author Archives: Cindy Perino

MONROEVILLE DOUBLETREE HOTEL SHUTTING DOWN
The DoubleTree hotel next to the Monroeville Convention Center is shutting down today. Employees who spoke with WPXI-TV say they received notices just this week that the operation was permanently clos...
Cindy Perino Feb 28, 2024

WEST MIFFLIN MAN INVOLVED IN DRUG BUST
A man from West Mifflin is in custody after selling $520 worth of heroin and fentanyl to an undercover officer and confidential informant in North Huntingdon. The Trib reports that local police, the c...
Cindy Perino Feb 28, 2024

MAN WHO FLED FROM POLICE ARRESTED LAST WEEK
A man who fled from state police earlier this month that prompted a lockdown of Seton Hill was arrested last week at a junkyard at the border of Hempfield and Greensburg. The Trib reports that 31-year...
Cindy Perino Feb 28, 2024

WESTMORELAND COUNTY DA SEATS FIRST GRAND JURY IN OVER THREE DECADES
The Westmoreland County's District Attorney has seated the county's first grand jury in over three decades to hear evidence in unsolved homicides. The Trib reports that the grand jury is intended to b...
Cindy Perino Feb 28, 2024

HEMPFIELD FAMILY OBJECTS PLEA DEAL
The family of a Hempfield man who was killed by a drug overdose objected to a plea deal for the person involved in the victim's death. The Trib reports that 58-year-old Jeffrey Carlson of Glassport in...
Cindy Perino Feb 28, 2024

PITTSBURGH ZOO AND AQUARIUM PRESIDENT SAYS RECENT DEATHS NOT DUE TO HUMAN ERROR
Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium President Dr. Jeremy Goodman says none of the recent deaths of a number of animals in the zoo's care have been due to human error. In the last seven months, the zoo has rep...
Cindy Perino Feb 27, 2024

GRAND JURY INDICTS TWO MEN WITH FIREARMS THEFT
A federal grand jury has indicted two men in connection with the theft of two dozen firearms from a New Kensington business. Investigators say that, on January 22nd, Michael Guin drove a truck through...
Cindy Perino Feb 27, 2024

OFFICIALS IN MURRYSVILLE GIVE GO-AHEAD FOR TEMPORARY FRACKING PIPE SYSTEMS
Local officials in Murrysville are giving the go-ahead for some temporary fracking pipe systems. Council members approved agreements allowing the Olympus company to put in gas and water lines last wee...
Cindy Perino Feb 27, 2024

EVERSON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT, SIMPLE ASSAULT, AND RESISTING ARREST
An Everson man entered guilty pleas on Monday to charges connected with the assault of a Lyft driver in 2022. The Trib reports that 43-year-old Carl Beltz entered guilty pleas to theft,simple assault ...
Cindy Perino Feb 27, 2024

HEMPFIELD AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT HIRES CONSULTANT TO FIND NEW SUPERINTENDENT
The Hempfield Area School District has hired the former Franklin Regional superintendent as a consultant to help find Hempfield's next superintendent. The Trib reports that the district will work with...
Cindy Perino Feb 27, 2024








