Category Archives: Local News

SPIRIT CUTTING BACK ON FLIGHTS TO ORLANDO
Spirit Airlines is planning to eliminate some of its flights from Latrobe to Orlando Florida in August and September. The Trib reports the plan is to go to four flights a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, ...
Cindy Perino Jul 02, 2024

CONNELLSVILLE MAN FACING CHARGES OVER ROAD-RAGE INCIDENT IN SOUTH GREENSBURG
A Connellsville man is facing charges connected with a road-rage incident last Month in South Greensburg. The Trib reports that local police charged 36-year-old Michael Gravely with ethnic intimidatio...
Cindy Perino Jul 02, 2024

MONESSEN TEEN TO SERVE TIME IN PRISON
The teenager responsible for the death of Amari Altomore in 2022 was ordered yesterday to serve time in prison. The Trib reports that 17-year-old Terry Newton will serve between eight and 25 years in ...
Cindy Perino Jul 02, 2024

PA BUDGET NOT SIGNED BY DEADLINE
Lawmakers are optimistic even though a budget for the state is not in place. For the second consecutive year, the PA Budget was not signed off by the state-mandated deadline of June 30th. But official...
Cindy Perino Jul 01, 2024

LEBANON COUNTY CAPITOL RIOTER CHARGED
On Friday, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a January 6th Capitol rioter from Lebanon County was charged with obstruction improperly. The case involved former police officer Joseph Fischer, who was c...
Cindy Perino Jul 01, 2024

RECORD ATTENDANCE EXPECTED AT ANTHROCON IN PITTSBURGH
Organizers are expecting record attendance at Anthrocon in Pittsburgh later this week. VisitPITTSBURGH says more than 15-thousand furries will be downtown for the return of the event at the David Lawr...
Cindy Perino Jul 01, 2024

TWO MORE FIRE COMPANIES LOOKING TO GO UNDER HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP MANAGEMENT
Another two fire companies are looking to go under the management of Hempfield Township. The Grapeville and Adamsburg departments are taking the steps needed to become non-chartered companies and have...
Cindy Perino Jul 01, 2024

NORTH HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP TO MOVE TO NEW EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
Officials in North Huntingdon Township are planning a move to a new emergency alert system this month. Local leaders say they are connecting to an app that will allow residents to get various warnings...
Cindy Perino Jul 01, 2024

GREENSBURG NATIVE HEADED TO THE 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS
A Greensburg native is headed to the 2024 Olympics in Paris. WPXI-TV reports that Bridget Williams of the University of Virginia's Track and Field team qualified for the pole vault, placing first in t...
Cindy Perino Jul 01, 2024

ONE PERSON INJURED IN ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP CRASH
One person was hurt Saturday morning in a crash on Route 981 in Rostraver Township. KDKA-TV reports that two vehicles collided head-on in the crash in the 100 block of Route 981. The condition of the ...
Cindy Perino Jul 01, 2024