Category Archives: Local News

LOCAL POLL RESULTS
Voters went to the polls yesterday with more than the presidential nominees on the ballot for the primary. In the 12th Congressional District, incumbent Summer Lee earned the Democratic nomination in ...
Cindy Perino Apr 24, 2024

RICK SEBAK TO PRESENT "KENNYWOOD MEMORIES" AT GREATER LATROBE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Rick Sebak, longtime producer of documentaries for WQED and PBS, will revive thoughts of those carefree times May 5 when he presents one of his most popular programs, "Kennywood Memories," in the Grea...
Cindy Perino Apr 23, 2024

PA MILLIONAIRE POPULATION INCREASES
Pennsylvania is reported to be among the top ten states whose population of millionaires has increased. Data from the Internal Revenue service says the Keystone State ranks ninth in the country for ha...
Cindy Perino Apr 23, 2024

UNSECURED RITE AID CREDITORS CRYING FOUL
The unsecured creditors involved in Rite Aid Corporation's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings are crying "foul." They're concerned about the retail pharmacy chain's plan to award its new CEO a 20-milli...
Cindy Perino Apr 23, 2024

FIRE AT LATROBE 30 PLAZA THIS MORNING
First responders are busy this morning with a fire at a shopping center in Latrobe. Firefighters were called out at 3:00 AM at the Latrobe 30 Plaza. No word if anyone was hurt, but the fire seems to b...
Cindy Perino Apr 23, 2024

NEW ARCHITECHTURE COMPANY APPROVED FOR HEMPFIELD HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION
A new architecture company is now coming on board to work on the Hempfield Area High School renovation. Yesterday, the school board approved an agreement to work with Mechanicsburg-based Crabtree, Roh...
Cindy Perino Apr 23, 2024

PA GAME COMMISSION TO SPRAY INSECTICIDE ON GAME LANDS
The Pennsylvania Game Commission plans to spray insecticide on game lands in the southwestern part of the state in an effort to control invasive spongy moth. The Trib reports that over 120,000 acres o...
Cindy Perino Apr 23, 2024

GREENSBURG POLICE SEARCH FOR OWNER OF ABANDONED DOG
Police in Greensburg are looking for the owner of a stray dog that they found Sunday night chained to a fence or railing at Rohrer Street and Westminster Avenue. The Trib reports that the dog was foun...
Cindy Perino Apr 23, 2024

TEXAS TRUCK DRIVER PAROLED AFTER SERVING TIME FOR HEMPFIELD HIT AND RUN
A truck driver from Texas was scheduled to return to his home in Dallas after serving nearly 16 months for a hit-and-run crash in a Hempfield auto parts store parking lot. The Trib reports that 26-yea...
Cindy Perino Apr 23, 2024

PA PRIMARY ELECTION TODAY
Today is the Pennsylvania Primary Election, and while the Presidential primary is all but official for former president Donald Trump and current president Joe Biden, there are still offices up for ele...
Cindy Perino Apr 23, 2024