Category Archives: Local News
OUTCRY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR MIDDLE CLASS WORKERS
There has been an outcry for affordable housing for middle class workers in Westmoreland County, Brian Lawrence, executive director of the Westmoreland County Redevelopment and Land Bank, said It is a...
Apr 19, 2024
LATROBE MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING STUDENTS AT BUS STOP
A Latrobe man is accused by city police of threatening seven students who were waiting for a school bus outside his apartment earlier this month. The Trib reports that 51 year old Stanley Brosnick was...
Apr 19, 2024
HALF MILLION PEOPLE DROPPED FROM STATE MEDICAID ROLLS
About half a million people have now been dropped from the state's Medicaid rolls. State officials say the change has come about because so many people lost eligibility after their COVID coverage expi...
Apr 18, 2024
STATE HOUSE PASSES LEGISLATION TO OFFER TAX BREAKS TO "ZOMBIE MALLS"
The state House has passed legislation that offers tax breaks to redevelop so-called zombie malls. The legislation would allow local governments to exempt malls for ten years from any property-tax inc...
Apr 18, 2024
PRESIDENT BIDEN MAKES PROMISE TO LOCAL STEELWORKERS
President Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh yesterday with a promise for local steelworkers. In remarks delivered at the United Steelworkers headquarters downtown, the president said that U.S. Steel has be...
Apr 18, 2024
UPTICK IN WOUND INJURIES DUE TO XYLAZINE ABUSE
County agencies that are seeing an uptick in wound injuries due to the effects of xylazine abuse could see some kits come their way to help them combat those wounds. The Trib reports that non-profit g...
Apr 18, 2024
MAWC AWARDS SEWER LINE CONTRACT
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County has awarded the contract to install over 7000 feet of sewer lines to extend service near Baltzer Meyer Road and Fort Allen Elementary in Hempfield. The T...
Apr 18, 2024
GREENSBURG MAN KILLED IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP CAR CRASH
A Greensburg man was killed in a crash in Washington Township on Wednesday. The Trib reports that the crash happened on Greensburg Road also known as Route 366. 37-year-old Andrew Malarkey was driving...
Apr 18, 2024
SEVERE WEATHER RIPS THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN PA
Severe weather once again ripped through Southwestern PA yesterday, with the national weather service issuing a tornado watch for most of the area for last night. West Penn power reports that over 120...
Apr 18, 2024
PROPOSED LAW TO INCREASE FINE FOR KILLING BALD EAGLES
It's up to Pennsylvania's governor to sign a proposed law that would increase the penalties for killing bald eagles in the state. Lawmakers last week approved a plan to hike the fine for killing an ea...
Apr 17, 2024
