Category Archives: Local News

A jury yesterday acquitted a woman accused of hurting an autistic child in her care. The Trib reports that it took 25 minutes for the jury to return not guilty verdicts on counts of aggravated assault...

Governor Josh Shapiro is laying out his spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. His 48-point-three-billion-dollar budget proposal invests heavily in education and economic development. The governo...

A New Kensington man is charged with assaulting an officer in a city holding cell. The Trib reports that the incident happened on friday night after 46-year-old Eugene Sharpley was arrested for public...

Westmoreland County's Commissioners have announced that they will hold three public meetings on the road. The Trib reports that the three meetings outside the courthouse will be held at the activity c...

A trial is now underway for a New Stanton woman charged with assaulting an autistic child in her care. The Trib reports that 52-year-old Tonya Piper is charged with aggravated and simple assault along...

A Herminie man was arrested on charges that he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl multiple times between September and October of 2022. The Trib reports that 20-year-old John Risher III was accused...

A Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation that would expand the powers of sheriffs and deputies. Representative David Zimmerman from Lancaster says in his proposing memo that the measure would ...

Governor Shapiro is preparing his budget proposal that will be delivered to state lawmakers today. Not much has been revealed about what he'll be asking for but he has made it clear in other recent ta...

A man who spent nearly four decades teaching English at Greensburg Salem High School is shifting his focus to creating art. Al Sanfilippo has paintings and drawings from his "Seasons of Color" collect...

One person was taken to the hospital after a car hit another vehicle and pushed it into a building in Harrison. The Trib reports that the crash happened near the intersection of Freeport and Burtner r...