Category Archives: Local News

After three weeks at a kennel, Jeannette K-9 officer Diesel is back with his partner, Sgt. Jim Phillips. The Trib reports that Diesel was housed in the kennel after city officials shut down the progra...

A review of security protocols is underway for the Westmoreland County Prison after an inmate attempted to escape and assaulted a guard making early-morning rounds last week. The Trib reports that 37-...

The lawyer for a Greensburg Teenager charged in connection with an armed robbery in April said that his client's case should be settled in Juvenile Court. The Trib reports that 16-year-old Cayden Essw...

Giant Eagle has announced plans to sell all of their GetGo gas stations. The deal with Canadian company Couche-Tard is expected to close next year. Couche-Tard is the parent company of Circle K. In a ...

Registration is now open for a rare whiskey lottery through the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. Residents 21 and up and state liquor license holders can enter for a chance to purchase one of more t...

Students within the Norwin School District will have a new resource to use this upcoming school year. The district says it has hired licensed school social worker Johanna Belako to work within the dis...

Police in New Kensington last Thursday charged a local woman with abandoning a one-year-old dog in a cage and then removing the corpse before police could retrieve it. The Trib reports that 39-year-ol...

A Derry Township man pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting six teenage girls last year. The Trib reports that 20-year-old Christopher Frazier pleaded guilty to 19 counts over six cases where he had se...

Jeannette's Mayor has ordered that K-9 police officer Diesel be brought back to service. The Trib reports that after the city closed the K-9 unit in July over cost concerns, Diesel was sent to a kenne...

A Westmoreland County judge will rule early next year whether there is sufficient evidence for a murder case against Thomas Stanko to proceed. The Trib reports that Stanko is accused of killing his fo...