Category Archives: Local News

TRIAL OF LATROBE MAN GETS UNDERWAY
The trial of a Latrobe man accused of selling the drugs that caused a fatal overdose in January of 2021 got underway yesterday. The Trib reports that 31-year-old Zachary Dunlap is charged with selling...
Cindy Perino Oct 02, 2024

HEARING FOR ARNOLD POLICE CHIEF DELAYED
A hearing scheduled for this week for embattled Arnold police chief Joshua Stanga has been delayed. Stanga is facing five misdemeanor charges after reportedly failing a professional integrity test bac...
Cindy Perino Oct 01, 2024

CHARGES FILED AGAINST PRISON GUARD
Charges have been filed against a Westmoreland County Prison guard accused of making threats at a Verizon store. Police say 43-year-old Scott Kennedy went into a North Huntingdon Verizon on August 10t...
Cindy Perino Oct 01, 2024

SUMMARY CHARGES AGAINST ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS DROPPED
The summary charges that were filed against three local officials in Allegheny Township are now dropped. Supervisor Michael Korns, former Supervisor John Rennick Steele and former Township Manager Gre...
Cindy Perino Oct 01, 2024

NEW KEN WOMAN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
A New Kensington woman is charged with aggravated assault for an attack at a town park. The Trib reports that 33-year-old Rita Marie Woody allegedly hit another woman with a liquor bottle at Parnassus...
Cindy Perino Oct 01, 2024

SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP WOMAN SUES AHN
A Sewickley Township woman is suing Allegheny Health Network for using the wrong medicine on her for anesthesia. The Trib reports that in January, Audrey Lindsey went to the Forbes hospital in Monroev...
Cindy Perino Oct 01, 2024

JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER TO HIRE TWO FULL-TIME POSITIONS
Westmoreland County's Juvenile Detention Center is looking to hire two more full-time positions. The Trib reports that there were several altercations reported in August that resulted in one staffer b...
Cindy Perino Oct 01, 2024

TESTING OF VOTING MACHINES HAS BEGUN
Preparation is underway for the 2024 General Election. The Trib reports that the testing of the county's 900 voting machines has started All Pennsylvania counties are required to perform such testing ...
Cindy Perino Oct 01, 2024

PUBLIC BENEFITS FRAUD CHARGES FILED
The Office of State Inspector General has filed charges against 103 people for public benefits fraud. The I-G's office says 102 of those people are charged with felonies, and one person is looking at ...
Cindy Perino Sep 30, 2024

DOMESTIC SHOOTING IN INDIANA COUNTY
One person is dead after a domestic shooting in Indiana County. State police called to a White Township home on Saturday night spoke to a man who described an incident inside the house with his armed ...
Cindy Perino Sep 30, 2024