Category Archives: Local News

Jeannette Mayor Curtis Antoniak says he wants new panic buttons installed at City Hall. The mayor is calling for the alert system after Administrative Assistant Andrea Beneke reported that someone bar...

Valley High School in New Kensington will reopen today after a broken boiler was fixed. The Trib reports that the school was closed Monday, like many other schools across the area, but was closed the ...

The trial of a Monessen man charged with sexual assault got underway yesterday. The Trib reports that 63-year-old Jerry Griest is charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and other cr...

Westmoreland County officials want to have a new leadership team for the election bureau in place in time for the May primary election. The Trib reports that former director Greg McCloskey retired in ...

A man suing the Ligonier Valley Police department and has approved litigation against the commission that oversees the force is now serving on the commission. The Trib reports that Ligonier Township S...

A North Huntingdon zoning board has approved the construction of a solar farm in the township at a meeting last night. The Trib reports that Bear Peak Power, LLC was looking to build the large-scale s...

State police are looking for a missing 88-year-old Latrobe man that is considered endangered. WPXI-TV reports that Edward Griswald was last seen around 7:00 last night in the area of Marguerite Road i...

A veterans service officer is providing assistance to former military members in New Kensington this week. The official is meeting with people at State Representative Jill Cooper's office on Freeport ...

Latrobe City Council will soon consider an ordinance concerning permitted zones for smoke and vape shops and neighborhood convenience stores and another for establishments operating gaming devices. Th...

A Florida man is accused of stealing a $156,000 check from a Mt. Pleasant Township company. The Trib reports that 26-year-old Potensky Jean-Pierre was charged with theft, forgery, corrupt organization...