Category Archives: Local News
IRWIN MAN TO SERVE UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON
A man who pleaded guilty in the murder of a woman at a Monroeville hotel is headed to prison. Forty-year-old Matthew Gribschaw of Irwin killed 49-year-old Rochella Anderson on New Year's Day of 2022 a...
Jan 31, 2025
POLICE BELIEVE MOTHER'S KILLING WAS LAST ACT OF ONGOING DISPUTE
Westmoreland County Prosecutors say a long-lasting hostility between a New Florence woman and her mother provided the motive in her killing in late 2023. The Trib reports that 50-year-old Melissa Fox-...
Jan 31, 2025
CLAIRTON MAN ARRESTED AS PART OF WEST NEWTON DRUG STING
A Clairton man was arrested as part of a drug sting in West Newton earlier this month. The Trib reports that 28-year-old Ismail Hamlin faces numerous drug and weapons charges in Westmoreland and Alleg...
Jan 31, 2025
SCOTT TOWNSHIP TACO BELL MANAGER TRIAL UNDERWAY
The trial of a Scott Township Taco Bell manager charged in the killing of a restaurant employee is underway in Allegheny County. Twenty-six-year-old Zairyre Simmons fatally shot 32-year-old Dorian Car...
Jan 30, 2025
GS INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES CLAIMED THEY WERE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS OF TEACHERS
Defense attorneys for the two instructional aides at an elementary school in the Greensburg-Salem School District said the two were following the directions of teachers in the classroom when they alle...
Jan 30, 2025
ROSTRAVER MAN SENTENCED UP TO 80 YEARS IN PRISON
A Westmoreland County Judge yesterday sentenced a Rostraver man to up to 80 years in prison in connection with a road rage incident on New Year's Day in 2022 that left a woman dead. The Trib reports t...
Jan 30, 2025
GREENSBURG MAN TO SERVE UP TO 40 YEARS
A Greensburg man will serve up to 40 years in prison for raping a child. The Trib reports 35-year-old James Dickant Jr. was convicted of nine counts in a nonjury trial in October where prosecutors cla...
Jan 30, 2025
THEFT SUSPECT IN JAIL
One of the suspects in the theft of over $4 million from the Greensburg Beverage CEO's estate is now in jail on $1 million bond. The Trib reports that 26-year-old Angela Lynne Valesky and her mother, ...
Jan 30, 2025
UNITY MAN DIES AFTER HEAD-ON COLLISION
A Unity man severely injured in a head-on collision on Monday in Ligonier Township has died. The Trib reports that 18-year-old Colin Keough was pronounced dead in the intensive care unit at Conemaugh ...
Jan 30, 2025
LOCAL NONPROFIT FORUM AT GREENSBURG GARDEN AND CIVIC CENTER TOMORROW
A community forum showcasing local nonprofit services is happening in Greensburg tomorrow. The event is planned at the Greensburg Garden and Civic Center from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Organization representa...
Jan 29, 2025
