Category Archives: Local News

LETRESSE WILLIAMS RETRIAL UNDERWAY
The retrial of Letresse Williams is underway in Westmoreland County Court. The Trib reports that he is charged with second-degree murder in the January 2020 shooting death of Anthone Williams. It alle...
Cindy Perino Aug 05, 2025

NEW KEN FIRE DEEMED SUSPICIOUS
A fire on Saturday in New Kensington has been deemed suspicious. The Trib reports that police are investigating the fire at a four-apartment house along Sixth Avenue as a potential arson. No injuries ...
Cindy Perino Aug 05, 2025

MONESSEN MAN AND GIRLFRIEND ACCUSED OF CHILD ABUSE
A Monessen man and his girlfriend are accused of abusing a five-year-old boy. Charles Smitley and Colleen Cassidy were taken into custody yesterday. State police first contacted Monessen authorities a...
Cindy Perino Aug 05, 2025

ONE PERSON AND DOG RESCUED FROM PENN TOWNSHIP HOUSE FIRE
One person and a dog were rescued from a fire at a home on Timber Ridge Court in Penn Township yesterday afternoon. The Trib reports that the juvenile girl was unconscious when crews rescued her. She ...
Cindy Perino Aug 05, 2025

FORMER GREENSBURG POLICE CHIEF PLEADS GUILTY TO ADDITIONAL CHARGES
Former Greensburg Police Chief Shawn Denning pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of tampering with evidence yesterday in Westmoreland County Court. The Trib reports that he was ordered to three...
Cindy Perino Aug 05, 2025

GOVERNOR SHAPIRO JOINS ANOTHER LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is joining a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its efforts to limit gender-affirming healthcare. The lawsuit filed by several Democratic-led states targe...
Cindy Perino Aug 04, 2025

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AT NORTHMORELAND PARK TOMORROW EVENING
West Leechburg and Allegheny Township are hosting National Night Out celebrations tomorrow evening. One of the events is happening at the fireman's recreation hall and grounds in West Leechburg and th...
Cindy Perino Aug 04, 2025

HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS APPROVE TRAFFIC STUDY PLANS ON WESTLAND DRIVE
Supervisors in Hempfield Township are approving plans for a traffic study on Westland Drive. Officials say they are trying to address concerns about speeding along the route from people who live in th...
Cindy Perino Aug 04, 2025

ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE LOOKING FOR TRUCK USED IN MONROEVILLE SHOOTING
Police in Allegheny County are looking for the truck used in a shooting Saturday evening in Monroeville. WTAE-TV reports that police were called out to the Enterprise Rent-a-car along William Penn Hig...
Cindy Perino Aug 04, 2025

CONNELLSVILLE MAN ORDERED TO SERVE JAIL TIME
A Connellsville man was ordered last week to serve up to a day less than two years in jail for child pornography possession. The Trib reports that 30-year-old Jonathan Dulaney was convicted in May on ...
Cindy Perino Aug 04, 2025








