Category Archives: Local News

A new panel in Westmoreland County is looking for ways to prevent suicides. The county's Suicide Fatality Review Team held their first organizational meeting last month. The group consists of social w...

A significant milestone has been reached in the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport expansion project. The Trib reports that the final steel beam was put in place yesterday. Crews were making up time after...

State police have accused a Jeannette woman with fleeing a traffic stop, trying to hit an officer with her car and other crimes for an incident on July 4th. The Trib reports that 36-year-old Amanda Ne...

A Mt. Pleasant man was convicted of sexually assaulting a teen about a decade ago. The Trib reports that 41-year-old Joshua Tamblyn was found guilty of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of someon...

One person is dead and another is injured after an accident Tuesday at the site of a PennDOT bridge project. Workers were servicing a bridge that takes Route 933 over Brush Creek in Westmoreland Count...

Rescue crews from Pennsylvania are headed to Texas. Governor Josh Shapiro announced yesterday that Pennsylvania Task Force One is being deployed to the Lone Star State after devastating flooding. Offi...

An effort is being planned to raise as much as half-a-million dollars to support a project at the site of the Flight 93 Memorial in Somerset County. The group Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial ho...

State police are issuing a citation to a former candidate for mayor in Jeannette because he reportedly refuses to take down campaign signs. Troopers say they have asked Ed Day to get rid of his signs ...

Police in Upper Burrell have a new contract that will give them 4% salary raises over the next five years. The Ttrib reports the new contract starts on January 1st of 2026 and runs until the end of 20...

The Westmoreland County Diversity Coalition closed last month after serving the county for 10 years. The Trib reports the closure came on the heels of the founder's retirement and a changing landscape...