Category Archives: Local News

Seton Hill University has put it's student-run newspaper on indefinite hiatus. The Trib reports that the Setonian was decision was made to halt the paper for several reasons, including a lack of a stu...

Westmoreland County's Register of Wills could get a new leader as part of a deal reached between Governor Josh Shapiro and the State Senate to fill several vacancies across the state. The Trib reports...

The cold weather has prompted a water conservation request from the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County. The Trib reports that authority officials said the frigid temperatures and this weekend'...

Seven people, including five children, were hurt Monday morning after a head-on collision between a Porsche and a SUV on Route 711 in Ligonier Township. The Trib reports that the crash happened around...

Arnold Palmer Regional Airport is continuing to lose money annually. The Trib reports that the airport finished 2024 about $600,000 in the red, and continues to lose $15,000 a month with a limited fli...

Sentencing has been ordered for a defendant convicted in connection with the 2020 killing of an Indiana University of Pennsylvania student. Twenty-year-old Jaedyn Wright was fatally shot near campus i...

Charges were withdrawn against an Arnold woman charged with trying to break into a New Kensington home. The Trib reports that charges were withdrawn last Thursday against 19-year-old Mayona Harrington...

Four people were displaced in a fire in Arnold Saturday night. The Trib reports that the alarm went out just after 8 PM for the two-alarm fire in the 1800 block of Kimball Avenue. Everyone was out of ...

Gina O'Barto has announced she is running for re-election as Westmoreland County Prothonotary. The Trib reports that the 61-year-old Unity woman was first elected in 2021 and replaced longtime prothon...

State police are trying to figure out what led up to a tragic murder-suicide in Hempfield Township last week. Investigators believe 35-year-old Paul Swarner fatally shot his wife and their two young c...