Category Archives: Local News

Authorities are continuing to investigate a weekend accident involving a golf cart that resulted in a fatality. The crash happened Saturday night in Westmoreland County with the victim being taken fro...

The National Weather Service is putting a flood watch in effect for Westmoreland, Allegheny and Indiana Counties starting at 1:00 this afternoon and running until midnight tonight. During that time, t...

The 16th Annual Shop With A Cop Golf Outing is Scheduled for Monday, September 8, 2025 at Champion Lakes Golf Course. This event provides the funding that enables police officers to take children impa...

There were fewer new unemployment claims last week in Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, just under 15-thousand Pennsylvanians filed for unemployment the week ending June 20th. T...

It looks like no major leadership shake-ups are planned for U.S. Steel in the merger with Nippon. Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission show U.S. Steel president and CEO David Burritt is...

The Burrell School Board is approving a property tax hike as part of the district's new budget. The board has passed an overall spending plan of nearly 37-and-a-half-million dollars with a tax increas...

The Greensburg Salem School Board last night approved the 2025-26 budget with a 2.5 mill tax hike. The Trib reports that the $53 million budget includes a $38 tax increase for the average homeowner. T...

Westmoreland Couinty Commissioners yesterday accepted a grant from a Pittsburgh foundation to help plans for a centralized hub to house its human services program. The Trib reports that the presentati...

A Greensburg man charged with a hit-and-run crash in 2023 had his sentence modified on Thursday. The Trib reports that 46-year-old Christopher Degnan was ordered to spend 20 months of probation and 90...

A portion of Route 30 was closed for a few hours due to a multi-vehicle crash near the Route 119 interchange. The Trib reports that the crash happened around 5:30 last night, and the road was closed u...