Category Archives: Local News

FAMILY OUTDOOR EVENT AT SAINT XAVIER NATURE PRESERVE THIS SUNDAY
Honors students at Seton Hill University are working with the Westmoreland Land Trust to host a family outdoor event this weekend. It is happening on Sunday at the Saint Xavier Nature Preserve in Unit...
Cindy Perino Apr 08, 2025

ARRAIGNMENT HEARING TODAY FOR MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING CAR AND DOG
An arraignment hearing is scheduled today for the man accused of stealing a Westmoreland County veteran's car with his dog still inside last year. Kenneth Crider has been returned to Western Pennsylva...
Cindy Perino Apr 08, 2025

MCKEESPORT MAN FACES 16 CHARGES
A McKeesport man faces 16 charges connected to the stabbing of a woman and the assault of another over the weekend in Arnold. The Trib reports that 26-year-old Maurice Johnson is charged with attempte...
Cindy Perino Apr 08, 2025

WESTMORELAND COUNTY JUDGE APPOINTS CONSERVATOR TO CLOSE LATROBE LAW PRACTICE
A Westmoreland County judge has appointed a conservator to close the practice of a Latrobe lawyer accused of bilking a client. The Trib reports Judge Christopher Feliciani has assigned John Eric Buter...
Cindy Perino Apr 08, 2025

PA SUPREME COURT HALTS EFFORTS OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY COUPLE
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has halted efforts of a Westmoreland County couple to sue a gunmaker whose product killed their son in 2016. The Trib reports that Mark and Leah Gustafson had filed the ...
Cindy Perino Apr 08, 2025

SENATOR FETTERMAN LOOKING TO STOP DRUG SMUGGLING IN FEDERAL PRISONS
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman is looking to stop drug smuggling in federal prisons. The Democrat Fetterman and Republican West Virginia Senator Jim Justice have teamed up to introduce the Bureau...
Cindy Perino Apr 07, 2025

WESTMORELAND GARDEN COUNCIL ACCEPTING SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS
The Westmoreland Garden Council is now accepting applications for their Katherine Mabis McKenna Scholarship. The fund supports young people who are going into fields connected to plants and plant life...
Cindy Perino Apr 07, 2025

PIRATES PRESIDENT SAYS CLEMENTE LOGO GOING BACK UP
Pirates President Travis Williams says the Roberto Clemente logo that was on a pad at right field is going back up after its removal sparked some controversy over the weekend. Williams says the remova...
Cindy Perino Apr 07, 2025

SCAM BILKS HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP WOMAN OUT OF $70K
State police are investigating a scam that bilked a Hempfield Township woman out of $70,000. KDKA-TV reports that the victim, an 83-year-old woman was lead to believe that she was being investigated b...
Cindy Perino Apr 07, 2025

WESTMORELAND COUNTY JUDGE REJECTS PLEA DEAL
A Westmoreland County Judge on Friday rejected the plea deal of a North Huntingdon man charged with a crash in July of 2024. The Trib reports that Judge Scott Mears said that he understood the victim'...
Cindy Perino Apr 07, 2025








