Category Archives: Local News

While a sidewalk on the New Kensington bridge will be closed for the next four months, a shuttle service for pedestrians will be made available. The Trib reports that the sidewalk will close Monday at...

Discussion will continue between two business partners and North Huntingdon officials on a lease for a proposed $30 million sports complex. The Trib reports that the complex would be on township-owned...

Attorneys for a former Jeannette man convicted of first degree murder connected with a fire 30 years ago are seeking to bar new testimony about how the fire started. The Trib reports that 57-year-old ...

The Pennsylvania House LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus is pushing for an update to the state's hate crime laws in response to the murder of a transgender teen in Mercer County. The caucus is urging the state S...

Marc Fogel's mother says she is requesting a meeting with Donald Trump in an effort to get her son back home. Malphine Fogel told the Trib she had no success trying to get assistance from President Bi...

Friends and family gathered last night for a fundraiser in honor of a Penn Township man killed while trying to clean up storm damage last week. WTAE-TV reports that Jacob Lazar died last Thursday afte...

A Monessen native is currently serving as the president of Rotary International. The Trib reports that Stephanie Urchick, a member of the Peters Township McMurry Rotary Club served last year as the pr...

Ligonier Valley school district is getting ready to make upgrades to its baseball field. The Trib reports that plans for the field include rotating it by 90 degrees. The move is meant to alleviate a s...

A lottery ticket worth $2.3 million was sold recently in Westmoreland County. The PA Lottery reports that the ticket for the Match 6 game was sold at the Giant Eagle in Penn Township on Tuesday that m...

A Penn Hills man pulled over for a traffic stop on Tuesday handed police a baggie of drugs. The Trib reports that agents with the PA Attorney General's office and Westmoreland County Drug Task Force w...