Category Archives: Local News

A Southwest Greensburg man now faces charges in connection with his son's death last July at a home in Mt. Pleasant Township. The Trib reports that 38-year-old Jason F. Ludwig was arrested yesterday o...

Governor Shapiro wants to attract more tourists to the Keystone State. That's why he launched a new tourism brand on Monday called "Pennsylvania: The Great American Getaway." It includes a summer trav...

PennDOT is looking for volunteers to join the Pedalcycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. The group will be given the task of providing direction on rules and programs for both cyclists and pedestri...

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is asking for 300-million dollars next year. This, despite declining prison populations across the state. The DOC also closed two state facilities recently. ...

A free document shredding event is happening in Westmoreland County this week. State Representative Jill Cooper is bringing a mobile shredder to her office on Pfeffer Road in Washington Township on Th...

The Jeannette Redevelopment Authority is hosting monthly flea markets through September. The first of the events is happening this Sunday at the Magee Avenue parking lot, behind the American Legion bu...

A New Kensington man is facing criminal troubles for alleged acts committed against a woman that authorities say he had previously assaulted. Zachery Hickman was on probation when reports say he broke...

A North Huntingdon man faces charges of criminal solicitation, child pornography and other crimes connected with an incident in January. The Trib reports that 21-year-old Michael McFarland is accused ...

A Homer City woman who police claimed was the ringleader of a series of catalytic converter thefts was granted leniency by a Westmoreland County judge and orders her to serve seven years of probation....

A man from New Kensington pleaded guilty to a charge of simple assault in one case and ransacking her home in a second. The Trib reports that 22-year-old Jamar Al Gee, Jr., entered the pleas as part o...