Category Archives: Local News

The registered nurse who confessed to trying to kill 19 people at several facilities near Pittsburgh -- Heather Pressdee -- says she wants it to be done. Pressdee, from Harrison, was in Butler County ...

Two were injured after a car crashed into a home in Indiana County early Saturday morning. The incident happened around 2:20 in the morning at a home in the 100 block of Philadelphia Street in Indiana...

A boy is in stable condition after he was hit by a vehicle in Arnold on Friday. The Trib reports that the incident happened around 3:00 PM on Friday near the intersection of Freeport Road and Rankin S...

Hempfield School District will test out a new weapons detection system on February 21st at the high school. The Trib reports that the OPENGATE weapons detection system are walk-through weapons detecto...

A tuition increase is being considered at Westmoreland County Community College. The Trib reports that the tuition hike could come in the fall after the county cut $1 million in funding from the colle...

A Unity couple were acquitted of all counts in a retrial on charges connected with the alleged rape of a girl. The Trib reports that both Bruce Palmer and his wife Marie Farabaugh Palmer had been trie...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry is asking Congress to approve bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims Fund. She's joined a bipartisan group of 41 attorneys general in urging Congress...

The Westmoreland County Sheriff has appointed a new chief deputy. The Trib reports that Sheriff James Albert named Jennifer Shipley as his new second-in-command. The 37-year-old from Youngwood has bee...

After over five hours of deliberation, a Westmoreland County Jury found a Vandegrift man guilty of sexually assaulting two children. The Trib reports that 38-year-old Timothy Robert Johnson was found ...

The investigation into a threatening note and bullet found in a classroom building at IUP is continuing. The university reported yesterday that the items were found in a first-floor classroom of Leona...