Category Archives: Local News
LIGONIER VALLEY POLICE ON SCENE AT GRAVEL HILL ROAD INCIDENT
Ligonier Valley Police were on the scene of an incident on Gravel Hill Road. The Westmoreland County DA's department confirmed the incident in a news release, saying it happened between Settler and Ol...
Apr 29, 2024
ATTORNEY FOR MCKEESPORT MAN ACCUSES PROSECUTORS OF MISCONDUCT
The lawyer for a McKeesport man convicted of first-degree murder at a hotel in New Stanton has accused prosecutors of misconduct during the 2016 trial. The Trib reports that Christipher Smarr was conv...
Apr 29, 2024
WATER TANKER TRUCK CRASHES INTO MURRYSVILLE COLLISION CENTER
One person was hurt as a water tanker truck crashed into a Murrysville Collision Center. The Trib reports that the crash happened at the Bowswer collision center on Route 22 Friday afternoon shortly b...
Apr 29, 2024
MONESSEN FIRE DAMAGES VACANT BUILDINGS
A fire damaged two vacant buildings early Sunday morning in Monessen. Reports say that the fire crews were dispatched at 3:30 AM to Rostraver Street. Monessen firefighters were assisted by neighboring...
Apr 29, 2024
USC CANCELS GRADUATION CEREMONY
The University of Southern California canceled its main stage graduation ceremony Thursday as college officials across the U.S. worried that ongoing campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war could ...
Apr 26, 2024
SOUTH SIDE SLOPES MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
A South Side Slopes man pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder for the stabbing death last year of his estranged wife. 51 year old William Fitzgerald will be sentenced May 13 to a mandatory te...
Apr 26, 2024
THIS SUNDAY ON WESTMORELAND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: THE GOLDEN APPLE AWARDS
The Golden Apple Awards honor outstanding teachers in faith-based learning. Dr. Nancy Rottler, Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Greensburg, is the guest on this week's Westmoreland...
Apr 26, 2024
GREENSBURG MAYOR AMAZED AT NIGHT MARKET GROWTH
Greensburg's Night Market kicked off its sixth season of vendor browsing and live music Thursday evening, as the city's civic and business leaders looked forward to the spotlight the monthly event shi...
Apr 26, 2024
NORTH HUNTINGDON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO 32 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
A North Huntingdon man pleaded guilty Thursday to 32 felony offenses related to allegations he created and distributed images of child pornography. 41 year old James C. Gockel was charged in 2022 afte...
Apr 26, 2024
HOSTETTER MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE
A Hostetter man is charged with attempted homicide in connection with a stabbing that happened Wednesday at the Hostetter Hotel. The Trib reports that 62-year-old William Evans, Jr. was arrested in co...
Apr 25, 2024
