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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...
Cindy Perino 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 ...
Cindy Perino 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...
Cindy Perino 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...
Cindy Perino 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...
Cindy Perino 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...
Cindy Perino 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...
Cindy Perino 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 ...
Cindy Perino Mar 27, 2024

MORE THAN A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS COLLECTED FOR JEANNETTE FAMILY
More than a quarter-of-a-million dollars in donations has been collected for survivors of a Jeannette fire that left five people dead. Last Wednesday, five members of the King family, including four y...
Cindy Perino Mar 27, 2024

MAN CHARGED IN 2021 NEW KEN SHOOTING ENTERS PLEA
A man charged in connection with a June 2021 drive-by shooting in New Kensington has entered into a plea deal. Twenty-year-old Isaac Weihrauch pleaded guilty yesterday to charges including aggravated ...
Cindy Perino Mar 27, 2024