Category Archives: Local News

Monessen High School was evacuated after work crews accidentally hit a gas line Thursday morning. The Trib reports that first responders were sent to the school at 10:20 AM as crews hit a gas line con...

Electric bills in Pennsylvania could rise even more come next year. The regional power grid operator PJM has announced that bills are expected to increase following the latest capacity auction earlier...

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is criticizing New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for not condemning what he calls "blatantly antisemitic" rhetoric. Shapiro told Jewish Insider that Mamdani ...

The Steelers arrived yesterday at Saint Vincent College for training camp. WTAE-TV reports that businesses are ready for the fans who will make their way to the college to watch the team train. Restau...

State police are looking for information on an explosive device placed underneath a lawn tractor in Salem Township. KDKA-TV reports that the explosion happened just after 8:00 PM Sunday at a home alon...

A Mt. Pleasant Man was in court yesterday one week after he was denied transport from the county jail for not taking off his yarmulke. The Trib reports that last week, 49-year-old Kort Eckman refused ...

Four Hempfield fire departments are taking steps to dissolve their charters and move towards township management. The Trib reports that the Carbon and Hempfield #2 fire companies announced their inten...

A judge has dismissed a case of fraud against a Leechburg Contractor saying the prosecution had insufficient evidence. The Trib reports that 42-year-old Dawayne Redmond was accused of bilking customer...

The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency is revealing the cause of the statewide 9-1-1 outage earlier this month. PEMA says the 9-1-1 system went down on July 11th due to a defect in an operating ...

Officials say mine subsidence is to blame for a sinkhole in Monessen that has prompted a local emergency disaster declaration. WTAE-TV reports that the sinkhole developed on State Road between the int...