Category Archives: Local News

Westmoreland County Sheriff James Albert has filed a lawsuit to challenge the county's updated policy concerning fleet vehicles. The Trib reports that the sheriff said that the new policy violates his...

Westmoreland County has returned nearly three-quarters of a federal grant meant to pay for mobile backups for the county's 911 dispatch system. The Trib reports that bookkeeping errors impacted the $5...

PennDOT will have projects starting today in Rostraver and Derry Township. The Trib reports that Route 982 between Garrigan Hill and Laughlin Farm roads in Derry Township will be closed as a box culve...

A woman was fatally stabbed on Liberty Avenue in Arnold Sunday night. The Trib reports that Arnold Police said the victim was a 73-year-old woman. The suspect, identified only as a man in his 30s, all...

Family members are upset after finding that Marc Fogel was not included in a historic prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Russia yesterday. Marc's sister Anne Fogel calls his omission from the deal...

A man charged in connection with the robbery of a Monessen bank has pleaded guilty to charges. Twenty-nine-year-old Dylan Adams of Belle Vernon was accused of stealing more than 37-hundred dollars fro...

Efforts to remediate mine-related pollution in Brush Creek may finally be coming to fruition. The Trib reports that the County Commissioners yesterday approved a $75,000 interest-free loan to the Turt...

Local leaders in Westmoreland County are not planning to conduct a property value reassessment anytime soon. The issue is reaching a tipping point with residents of West Leechburg who say they can't a...

The attorney for a Greensburg woman charged in connection with the suicide of her ex-boyfriend is arguing to have the case thrown out. Mandie Reusch is charged with involuntary manslaughter and aiding...

A 13-year-old boy was charged as an adult on Thursday in connection with the stabbing of a 10-year-old child. The Trib reports that James Campbell is accused of stabbing Hunter Meyers in the head mult...