Category Archives: Local News

Applications for pardons in Pennsylvania are now available online. The State Board of Pardons launched an online application for clemency on its website earlier this week. Lieutenant Governor Austin D...

A deal to merge U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel is being finalized. Under the agreement, U.S. Steel will keep its headquarters in Pittsburgh and more than 100-thousand jobs are expected to be created acro...

Protestors were outside the Allegheny County Courthouse yesterday demanding justice for deceased pets they believe were mistreated by Patrick Vereb at funeral homes he ran in Pittsburgh and in Harriso...

The Westmoreland County Housing Authority is looking for another sponsor for a state application to fund a $2.3 million construction project. The Trib reports that it will consist of nine cottage-styl...

The Franklin-Regional School Board approved their 2025-26 budget earlier this week, and it contains a 4-mill property tax increase. The Trib reports that The $71.25 million budget has a $671,000 defic...

Today is Juneteenth, which commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Texas learned they were freed due to the Emancipation Proclamation. Federal and State offices are closed toda...

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman believes Israel should have targeted the Supreme Leader of Iran. During a Fox News interview yesterday, the Democrat replied "100-percent" when asked if Ayatollah A...

Some federal grant dollars are likely to be split among a handful of improvements in Arnold. Local leaders say they will have about 200 thousand dollars to work with after some necessary payments and ...

The director of the Westmoreland County Housing Authority says two key programs that help low income residents could be eliminated under President Trump's "big beautiful bill". The Trib reports that t...

Jeannette City School District administrators and teachers will consider changes to a proposed policy that would require cell phones and similar devices be stored in classrooms. The Trib reports the o...