Category Archives: Local News

For the 35th straight year, the Hempfield Township supervisors will hold the line on property taxes. The Trib reports that the $17 million spending plan for 2025 keeps property taxes at 3 mills. A pro...

Westmoreland County leaders are planning to dip into reserve dollars to cover the latest budget. Republican commissioners Sean Kertes and Doug Chew approved the 2025 spending plan yesterday, with Demo...

Pennsylvania's Bob Casey is saying goodbye to the Senate. Casey, who was defeated last month for re-election by Republican Dave McCormick, delivered farewell remarks on the Senate floor on Wednesday. ...

At least two guns were stolen in a string of overnight thefts in New Kensington. The Trib reports that residents in the area across seventh street from New Kensington's Mt. Vernon neighborhood said th...

Authorities are acknowledging that a cat seen running loose in Unity likely belongs to a recently deceased woman. Sixty-four-year-old Elizabeth Pollard was searching for her cat December 2nd when she ...

The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County is looking to take over operations of a small water system in Gilpin in Armstrong County. Gilpin supervisors this week solicited an offer from the county...

County Commissioners are expected to approve a contract to buy a new backup generator for the Greensburg Courthouse complex. The Trib reports that the project will cost about $2.2 million. Commissione...

Residents of two Mt. Pleasant nursing homes were evacuated last night due to a natural gas leak. The Trib reports Westmoreland County Public Safety reported people in the Harmon House and Amber House ...

A Latrobe attorney has been temporarily suspended from practicing law by the state Supreme Court. The Trib reports that 70-year-old J. Allen Roth is currently in jail on charges that he stole $31,000 ...

A man from North Huntingdon is accused of taking money from three people who registered their children for a lacrosse training camp and never holding it. The Trib reports that 46-year-old Christopher ...