Category Archives: Local News
PA STATE POLICE CONTINUE TO ENHANCE SECURITY AT GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE
Pennsylvania State Police are continuing to enhance security at the Governor's Residence after the arson attack last month. PSP is creating a new uniformed unit that will maintain an "additional visib...
May 08, 2025
PA HOUSE GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
The Pennsylvania House is giving the green light to recreational marijuana. The House passed a bill that would legalize marijuana for all adults 21 and older yesterday by a party-line vote in the Demo...
May 08, 2025
MAN IN CUSTODY AFTER FLEEING FROM JEANNETTE OFFICERS
A man is in custody after fleeing from officers in Jeannette this past weekend. The Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office reports 40-year-old Matthew Murphy was apprehended on Saturday. The D...
May 08, 2025
SETON HILL UNIVERSITY PLANTS ANNE FRANK TREE
Seton Hill University in Greensburg now has an Anne Frank Tree. The Trib reports that the sapling planted yesterday is a descendant of the horse chestnut tree that towered behind the secret annex in A...
May 08, 2025
FLIGHTS TO MYRTLE BEACH AND FORT LAUDERDALE RESUME AT ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL AIRPORT
Flights to Myrtle Beach and Fort Lauderdale have resumed at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. The Trib reports that Spirit airlines had reduced its flight schedule in the fall to just a few weekly fligh...
May 08, 2025
CONNELLSVILLE MAN CONVICTED
A Connellsville man was convicted yesterday in Westmoreland County Court of recording a sexually explicit video of a teenage girl. The Trib reports that 30-year-old Jonathan Dulaney was found guilty o...
May 08, 2025
WESTMORELAND COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES SUING PA STATE POLICE FOR FRIVOLOUS INVESTIGATIONS
Some deputies with the Westmoreland County Sheriff's Office are suing the Pennsylvania State Police, claiming PSP has put them through "frivolous investigations". One of the key incidents mentioned in...
May 08, 2025
FORMER HILLANDALE FARMS EXEC ORDERED TO SERVE PRISON TIME
A former Hillandale Farms executive was ordered to serve time in federal prison for embezzling $6.8 million over a 13-year period. The Trib reports that 60-year-old Jonathan Weston was sentenced to 27...
May 08, 2025
NEW DATE FOR FRANKLIN-REGIONAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
A new date has been announced for the Franklin-Regional School Board meeting that was cancelled Monday night. The Trib reports that the May 5th Committee of the Whole meeting was cancelled due to an u...
May 07, 2025
PA STATE POLICE TO PHASE OUT SHOTGUNS
Pennsylvania State Police are phasing out shotguns. PSP says it "recently determined" that it will transition away from assigning shotguns to troopers as duty weapons. The decision comes less than a w...
May 07, 2025
