Author Archives: Cindy Perino

The Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee is moving ahead with legislation to take cell phones out of schools across the state. Yesterday, committee members unanimously approved a bill that would re...

The brother of a bouncer who died after being shot outside the New Kensington Elks Lodge is now wanted on criminal homicide charges. Various felony counts have been filed against Steffon Ballard. Inve...

Greensburg's pension commission will return nearly $62,000 in contributions made by its former police chief while the city's police pension commission continues to consider an appeal by a retired offi...

Gabe Monzo will retire as the Westmoreland County Airport Authority Executive Director next April. The Trib reports that the announcement was made on Tuesday. Monzo has served as the executive directo...

Delmont will be without a mayor at the start of the year. The Trib reports that borough council accepted a letter of resignation from Alyce Urban at last night's council meeting. This came on the heel...

An Arnold man was acquitted by a Westmoreland County Jury of charges of aggravated harassment by a prisoner and indecent assault for an incident over eight years ago. The Trib reports that 50-year-old...

A house that caught fire in Hempfield Township yesterday is now considered a total loss. Emergency crews responded to the property on Hopi Drive shortly after 9 a.m. Hempfield Township Fire Chief Anth...

A man is accused of stealing well over ten-thousand-dollars worth of trading cards from a New Kensington store. Officials say 48-year-old Jeffrey Spang has been charged with retail theft. Spang took t...

Police are looking for a man who stole Christmas decorations off the front porch of a home in Latrobe over the weekend. KDKA-TV reports that surveillance video showed a man walking on the porch of a h...

A Greensburg shopping plaza has been sold to a church in Unity. The Trib reports that Charter Oak Church on Frye Farm Road has purchased the Mid Town Plaza on South Main Street, from the First Evangel...