Category Archives: Local News

PA NOW RECOGNIZING DIWALI AS AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY
Pennsylvania is now recognizing a new holiday. Governor Shapiro has signed a new bill into law which will see the state recognizing Diwali as an official holiday. The five-day festival of Indian origi...
Cindy Perino Oct 24, 2024

PRESIDENT BIDEN TO BE IN PITTSBURGH TO RALLY FOR HARRIS
President Biden will hit the campaign trail in the final days leading up to the election. Biden will be in Pittsburgh on Saturday to try and rally working-class voters for Kamala Harris. He will meet ...
Cindy Perino Oct 24, 2024

PROPOSED SOLAR FARM IN UNITY TOWNSHIP
Further discussion will be held concerning a proposed solar farm in Unity Township. The Trib reports that Township officials and the developer have hit a hurdle in determining whether the facility wil...
Cindy Perino Oct 24, 2024

STEELERS' FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS MAKES ECONOMICAL IMPACT
The Pittsburgh Steelers' Friday Night Lights practice is making an economic impact in Latrobe. KDKA reports that the August scrimmage at the Greater Latrobe School District Memorial Stadium generated ...
Cindy Perino Oct 24, 2024

THEFT SUSPECT COULD LOSE PENSION
A North Versailles woman accused of stealing from the state Attorney General's office in North Huntingdon could lose her pension if convicted. The Trib reports that 61-year-old Brenda Sawyer was arres...
Cindy Perino Oct 24, 2024

CARJACKING SUSPECT FIGHTS EXTRADITION EFFORTS
State police are trying to get the suspect in a carjacking incident last month in East Huntingdon Township back to Pennsylvania after he was apprehended in North Carolina. The Trib reports that Kennet...
Cindy Perino Oct 24, 2024

EAST HUNTINGDON HOUSE FIRE
More information has been released concerning a house fire yesterday morning along Mt. Pleasant Road in East Huntingdon. The Trib reports that the fire destroyed the mobile home, but a neighbor banged...
Cindy Perino Oct 24, 2024

HOUSE TASK FORCE CONCLUDES ASSASINATION ATTEMPT WAS "PREVENTABLE"
A House task force is concluding former President Trump's attempted assassination in July was "preventable." The bipartisan group looking into the Butler, Pennsylvania, incident released a report that...
Cindy Perino Oct 23, 2024

WESTMORELAND COUNTY RETIREMENT BOARD IS PROMISING COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES
Westmoreland County's retirement board is promising cost-of-living increases. Retired county government workers this year in the county received no increase due to what was considered to be a tight bu...
Cindy Perino Oct 23, 2024

VEHICLE CRASHES INTO NEW KEN DENNY'S
No injuries were reported in a crash in New Kensington on Monday. The Trib reports that around 11:30 AM, a driver drove through the front door of the Denny's restaurant along Tarentum Bridge Road. New...
Cindy Perino Oct 23, 2024