Category Archives: Local News

A Greensburg man was ordered to serve time in jail after he pleaded guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted two young girls two decades earlier. The Trib reports that 66-year-old Morton Thompson,...

The woman who fell through a sinkhole in Unity Township died due to head and torso injuries suffered in the fall. The Trib reports that Pollard was looking for her cat behind Monday's Union Restaurant...

Authorities have identified a man who died Monday night in a multi-vehicle crash in New Kensington. Two vehicles collided near Memorial Park leaving 69-year-old Richard Kern dead. There has been no re...

Initial filings for unemployment are rising across Pennsylvania. That's according to the U.S. Department of Labor, which says that for the work ending November 30th, more than 15-thousand Pennsylvania...

The restaurant on the property where a woman fell through a sinkhole and died will reopen tomorrow. Monday's Union Restaurant has been closed since first responders began their search for Elizabeth Po...

A Plum Borough man is facing accusations that he tried to blow up his own home. According to investigators, Neil Yetsko recently caused a gas leak inside his Kathy Lynn Drive home, lit two candles and...

The family of Elizabeth Pollard is sharing their appreciation for first responders after the woman's body was found in an abandoned mine this past Friday. Loved ones of the 64-year-old grandmother say...

A Trafford man is charged with extorting money from his elderly uncle. The Trib reports that 40-year-old Joseph Calisti is accused of defrauding the Murrysville man of more than $10,000 in purported l...

Norvelt Fire Department dedicated its new station on Sunday. The Trib reports that the new station is along Mt. Pleasant Road, diagonally opposite the road from the old station and the organization's ...

Pennsylvania's Lt. Governor Austin Davis will make an appearance in the area today to encourage people to sign up for health insurance through Pennie, the state's official health insurance marketplace...