Category Archives: Local News

A former Homer-Center school teacher pleaded guilty to child pornography possession. The Trib reports that 33-year-old Charles Kirkland of Derry Township was arrested in late 2022 after State Police d...

Former President Donald Trump will make a campaign stop in Indiana next Monday. This marks the first time a Presidential candidate has come to Indiana since John F. Kennedy made a speech on the steps ...

The people who sell fireworks in Pennsylvania want a new state law. Lawmakers held a hearing on fireworks last week at the Capitol in Harrisburg. Both fireworks sellers and state regulators say Pennsy...

A report from Missouri Senator Josh Hawley is raising more questions on the Secret Service security plan at the Butler Township Trump rally. Hawley has released a document that includes claims made by...

A Monroeville couple is charged with selling drugs to undercover drug task force members on multiple occasions. The Trib reports that 30-year-old Joshua Waters and 27-year-old Jabria Caldwell face mul...

Charges have been filed against a Monessen suspect accused of assaulting a woman who is five-months pregnant. The victim says she was at a Short Street home earlier this month when she got into an arg...

Westmoreland county prosecutors told a judge on Monday that an expert hired by the county to investigate the fatal 1993 fire could not conclude that the fire was arson. The Trib reports that back in 1...

The new Westmoreland County Register of Wills was sworn in yesterday. The Trib reports that Katie Pecarchik, who worked as a clerk in the office for 20 years before retiring last summer, now has the t...

After a 24-hour delay, a superload will make its way through parts of Western Pennsylvania today. PennDOT officials said the load is a 150-ton steel cone coming from Columbiana, Ohio and is headed to ...

A New Stanton man who worked as a caseworker for the Westmoreland County Children's Bureau claims he was fired earlier this year due to his disability. The Trib reports that a two-count federal lawsui...