Category Archives: Local News

A House Republican is calling for legislation that would mandate that children exploited by employers get the proceeds from any financial penalties levied against the businesses. Representative Joseph...

Officials with the Norwin School District are asking area residents to chime in on the search for a new superintendent. The district is hosting a public forum on the subject next Tuesday evening at No...

The former Fort Pitt brewery complex could be torn down as soon as this summer. The Trib reports that the Westmoreland County Redevelopment Authority will hold a public meeting in May before bids are ...

A Hempfield man is charged with intentionally ramming a vehicle that was waiting at a school bus stop. The Trib reports that 32-year-old Casey Anthony is charged with aggravated assault, reckless enda...

The criminal case of a Mt. Pleasant man charged with trying to kill his mother will continue even though she has said she no longer wants to see her son jailed for the alleged attack. The trib reports...

A family in Blairsville was displaced by a fire Monday morning. Crews from Westmoreland and Indiana county were called out to North Liberty Street at 9:45 am for the fire that started in the front rig...

Criminal charges were filed on Monday against a state trooper currently suspended in connection with a domestic violence allegation. The Trib reports that troopers in the internal affairs division hav...

The Lower Burrell community is honoring a local business owner who was shot to death late last year. Customers packed Mogie's Irish Pub yesterday on Saint Patrick's Day, one of David "Mogie" Magill's ...

Westmoreland County's Coroner reports that while the number of accidental drug overdose deaths is dropping, there is an increase in the number of deaths due to a veterinary sedative that cannot be cou...

Westmoreland County Commissioners last week voted to divert over $1.3 million in local hotel revenue to fund some tourism programs for this year, but they are also looking ahead to next year, when the...