Category Archives: Local News

Things are looking up for Pennsylvania's job numbers. State number crunchers say more than 15-thousand non-farm jobs were added to the Commonwealth last month, maintaining a three-point-four-percent s...

Some voting precincts in Westmoreland County remain at locations that are not ADA-compliant. Local elections officials say there are still 16 polling places that are not accessible to voters who are i...

A Latrobe man pleaded guilty to beating three people in August of 2020. KDKA-TV reports that 30-year-old Nicholas McIntyre pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted homicide, burglary, aggravated assa...

North Huntingdon officials will start the process to create new rules for keeping chickens in the backyard. The Trib reports that Township commissioners voted last week to repeal an ordinance that all...

Some road projects are scheduled to get underway today. The Trib reports that Boyer Road is set to close today became Hecla Road and Mt. Pleasant-Calumet Road as crews overlay existing asphalt on the ...

A Hempfield man is facing charges of trying to hire someone to kill his sister. The Trib reports that Westmoreland County sheriff's deputies arrested 63-year-old Peter Cute on Friday after meeting wit...

Earlier this week, 11 students from Jeannette City and Hempfield Area schools and Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center got a firsthand look at operations in General Carbide's three plants...

A fatal crash along Interstate 70 this morning in Rostraver is under investigation, according to Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson. The crash happened around 7:45 a.m. on the eastbound side of th...

April is donate life awareness month. More than 100,000 people are on the waiting list for a donor. Organ donation is the topic on this week's Westmoreland Community Connections. Join host Jennifer Mi...

Scottdale contractor Jason Pirl was sentenced Thursday to serve an additional five to 10 years in prison for bilking 16 Westmoreland County homeowners from 2017 to 2022. Prosecutors said 43 year old P...