Category Archives: Local News
PT SOPHOMORE RAISES MORE THAN $18K FOR LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
A high school sophomore in Westmoreland County is being recognized for helping raise more than 18-thousand-dollars for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Penn-Trafford student Abby Rayman and her team...
Apr 11, 2025
NEW KEN SEEKING BIDS TO FIX GROWING SINKHOLE
New Kensington officials have now declared a growing sinkhole a public nuisance and are now seeking bids to fix it. The Trib reports that City Clerk Dennis Scarpinitti said they are actively trying to...
Apr 11, 2025
MAN ACCUSED OF LURING GREENSBURG GIRL WILL STAND TRIAL
A man accused of using Tiktok to lure a Greensburg teen to Philadelphia to sexually assault her will stand trial. WTAE-TV reports that Angel Lopez started to message the 13-year-old victim on social m...
Apr 11, 2025
LATROBE POLICE ARREST PHILADELPHIA MAN ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES
Police arrested a Philadelphia man on charges of trafficking drugs into the county Wednesday night. The Trib reports that Latrobe Police, county detectives and agents with the State Attorney General's...
Apr 11, 2025
MISTRIAL DECLARED FOR GREENSBURG MAN
A mistrial was declared Thursday in the case of a Greensburg man charged with drug delivery resulting in death. The Trib reports that the jury was deadlocked on the most serious of the six charges fil...
Apr 11, 2025
HARRISBURG LAWMAKERS ON THEIR WAY TO NAMING OFFICIAL STATE REPTILE
Lawmakers in Harrisburg are on their way to naming the Eastern box turtle as the official state reptile of Pennsylvania. The House Game & Fisheries Committee gave its unanimous support to a measur...
Apr 10, 2025
SENATOR FETTERMAN URGES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO ALLOW MEDICARE AND MEDICAID COVER ANTI-OBESITY DRUGS
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman is urging the Trump Administration to let a rule allowing Medicare and Medicaid to cover high demand anti-obesity drugs move forward. In an op-ed piece for the New ...
Apr 10, 2025
THIS WEEKEND'S MONROEVILLE EGG HUNT TO BE MOVED INDOORS
The egg hunt that is planned in Monroeville this weekend is moving indoors due to forecasts of chilly weather. "Egg-stravaganza" will now be happening at the Monroeville Convention Center starting at ...
Apr 10, 2025
THREE AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS HEADED TO STATE CIVICS COMPETITION
Three area middle school students are on their way to a state civics competition with a chance to go to the national finals. The tri-county region of Fayette, Somerset and Westmoreland counties held i...
Apr 10, 2025
NEW KEN BIOLOGY TEACHER RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY
A biology teacher at New Kensington's Valley High School is being recognized nationally for the impact she is making on students. Kathy Jo Sagwitz was chosen as the grand prize winner in the Shell Sci...
Apr 10, 2025
