Category Archives: Local News

Bond has been revoked in the case of an East Huntingdon man who is charged with the shooting involving police officers after a Westmoreland County Judge said that he was a danger to the community. The...

Registration is open for an event honoring the memory of a fallen Westmoreland County state trooper. The 14th annual Trooper Iwaniec Memorial Race is planned for April 20th at Saint Vincent College. T...

An Allegheny County man who had been facing charges of attempted homicide involving three New Kensington police officers, has struck a deal on lesser charges. Investigators report the officers were ri...

Jeannette School District will have a flexible instruction day on Friday to allow students, staff and the community to attend a memorial service for five people killed in a house fire last month. The ...

The Westmoreland County Commissioners have pushed back their upcoming night meeting by one week. The Trib reports that a scheduling conflict prevents the meeting to be held at 7 PM this Thursday, so t...

If the rain stops, some bridge rehab work is expected to get underway today. The Trib reports the work will affect both directions on a stretch of I-70 in Rostraver and South Huntingdon. The restricti...

A Seward man was ordered to serve two years of probation for the indecent assault of a girl in 2018. The Trib reports that 38-year-old Timmy Betts entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor count of indec...

Weather officials are keeping an eye to the sky for rain as a flood warning remains in effect for Westmoreland County and the surrounding areas until 3:45 this afternoon. The National Weather Service ...

A bill that would call for a moratorium on new cyber schools has been introduced in the state Senate. The minority chairwoman of the Senate Education Committee has introduced Senate Bill 27, which wou...

Pennsylvania State Police officers kept a watchful eye on Western Pennsylvania and the rest of the Commonwealth over the just-concluded Easter weekend. The department reports that, for the period that...