Category Archives: Local News
MAN CONVICTED OF KIDNAPPING AND ROBBERY SENTENCED
A man convicted of kidnapping and robbery earlier this year was sentenced last Thursday to five to ten years in prison. KDKA-TV reports that 41-year-old Steven Best was accused of kidnapping a woman i...
Dec 16, 2024
WORK GOING WELL AT WESTMORELAND COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS OFFICE
Work continues to go well at the Westmoreland County Register of Wills office. The Trib reports that acting Register of Wills Katie Pecarchik said that they are caught up on the backlog of work, are n...
Dec 16, 2024
STATE POLICE SEARCHING FOR 55 YEAR OLD MAN
State police are searching for a man who they say may be endangered. Authorities report 55-year-old Edward Surma was last seen shortly after 8:30 this past Friday morning on Route 30 in Unity Township...
Dec 16, 2024
PRESIDENT BIDEN COMMUTES SENTENCE OF LENATURE CEO
The former chairman and CEO of now-defunct LeNature beverage company sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in 2011 for his role in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme had his sentence commuted by Pr...
Dec 16, 2024
FATHER AND SON ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH SHOOTING
A father and son were arrested in connection with a shooting in Mt. Pleasant Township on Thursday. The Trib reports 70-year-old Paul Caletri, Jr. and 30-year-old Paul Caletri III each face charges of ...
Dec 16, 2024
AT LEAST 3 HURT IN VANDERGRIFT SHOOTING
At least three people were hurt in a shooting early Sunday morning at a bar in Vandegrift. The Trib reports that officers were called to the scene at Anthony's Bar on Longfellow Street at 12:10 AM. De...
Dec 16, 2024
BLAIR COUNTY JUDGE SETS TWO COURT DATES FOR LUIGI MANGIONE
A Blair County judge has set two court dates for Luigi Mangione in Pennsylvania. Mangione is the main suspect in the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York, and he remains ...
Dec 13, 2024
COMMUNITY LIGHT UP NIGHT AT AMOS K. HUTCHINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TONIGHT
A Community Light Up Night is planned in Greensburg this evening. The free event is happening from 6 to 8 p.m. The light display is being set up at Amos K. Hutchinson Elementary School. There will als...
Dec 13, 2024
THIS SUNDAY ON WESTMORELAND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: SHOP WITH A COP
The Shop With a Cop Program has connected children in need with funding and police officers to take them shopping at Christmastime for the last 16 years! On this week's edition of Westmoreland Communi...
Dec 13, 2024
NO INJURIES REPORTED IN ALLEGED MT PLEASANT BOROUGH SHOOTING
No injuries were reported in an alleged shooting yesterday in Mt. Pleasant Borough. The Trib reports that a man entered the Sunoco convenience store on West Main Street at 11 AM yesterday and told emp...
Dec 13, 2024
