Category Archives: Local News
STATE HOUSE ADVANCES BILL THAT WOULD BAN TIKTOK FROM STATE-OWNED DEVICES
The state House has advanced a bill that would ban the TikTok app from state-owned devices. The wording on the measure was also expanded to include any video app controlled by a quote "foreign adversa...
Mar 28, 2024
PA EMPLOYERS COULD GET TAX CREDIT FROM CONTIBUTION TO EMPLOYEE'S TUITION SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Pennsylvania employers could soon get a tax credit if they make contributions to their employees' tuition savings account. A bill that passed the state House last week would allow employers to contrib...
Mar 28, 2024
NORTH HUNTINGDON VFW LAUNCHES FUNDRAISER TO HELP RENOVATE THE KATTIC PAVILION
The VFW post in North Huntingdon is launching a fundraiser to help renovate the Kattic Pavilion. The organization is looking to generate 25-thousand dollars to make improvements and repairs to the fac...
Mar 28, 2024
WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITIES COULD SAVE MILLIONS BY INSTALLING SOLAR POWERED SYSTEMS
A Pittsburgh nonprofit says a couple of Westmoreland County communities could save millions of dollars by installing solar power systems. Volunteers with the Pennsylvania Solar Center recently mapped ...
Mar 28, 2024
CHARGES FILED AGAINST ALLEGHENY COUNTY DETECTIVE REDUCED
Charges filed against a detective with the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office in a 2023 case have been reduced. State police say that Detective Raymond Bonacci punched two women, knocking one...
Mar 28, 2024
DUQUESNE MAN CHARGED WITH GROPING FEMALE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY
A Duquesne man is charged with groping a female Westmoreland County Sheriff's Deputy this week just after he entered a guilty plea and was sentenced in a drug-related case. The Trib reports 23-year-ol...
Mar 28, 2024
ARNOLD MAN SENTENCED EARLIER THIS WEEK
An Arnold man was sentenced earlier this week to serve time in state prison for illegal possession of a firearm and possession of a controlled substance. The Trib reports that 38-year-old Tyson Barger...
Mar 28, 2024
PROSECUTORS ASK JUDGE TO REVOKE BOND OF EAST HUNTINGDON MAN
Westmoreland County prosecutors have asked a judge to revoke the $500,000 bond that was posted by an East Huntingdon man charged with firing at police officers in January. The Trib reports that 61-yea...
Mar 28, 2024
FUNDING APPROVED BY STATE SENATE TO SUPPLEMENT COUNTY SPENDING FOR INDIGENT DEFENSE
Funding has been approved by the state senate that would supplement county spending for indigent defense. Governor Shapiro's budget had proposed spending seven-and-a-half-million dollars for people wh...
Mar 27, 2024
LATROBE PLANNING TO BID OUT GARBAGE COLLECTION CONTRACTS
Local leaders in Latrobe are planning to bid out the city's garbage collection contracts for 2026. The city has been forced to increase rates for residents by two percent this year and will likely do ...
Mar 27, 2024
