Category Archives: Local News

Fire crews returned to the scene of a fire that happened last night in Rostraver Township as it rekindled this morning. WTAE-TV reports that the fire was at a home in the 500 block of Webster Hollow R...

Local leaders in Plum are looking for candidates interested in filling a vacancy on the borough council. Current council president Mike Doyle will not be joining the other members who are seated on th...

Officials in West Deer say a house at a former alpaca farm is destroyed following a fire yesterday. Local Fire Chief Anthony Creaturo says the homeowner called 911 after attempting to start a fire in ...

Three Rite Aid locations in Westmoreland County are on the latest list of the company's closures. WTAE-TV reports that the Stevenson Boulevard location in New Kensington, Murrysville's location on Wil...

Arnold police accused a man of selling drugs and carrying an illegal handgun. The Trib reports that 18-year-old Charles Bacon of East Deer was a passenger in a car that was pulled over near 4th Avenue...

A Greensburg man pleaded guilty to charges connected to a series of burglaries in late 2019 and 2020. The Trib reports that 34-year-old James E. Dickant Jr. was charged in six separate cases where he ...

The New Kensington City Council is considering a new garbage collection contract that could see costs for residents increase by more than 70 percent. Members are set to vote on a new five-year collect...

According to unofficial election results, a write-in candidate has secured one of the three open seats on Latrobe City Council. The Trib reports that Dawn Vavick received 179 write-in votes, two of wh...

Police in Latrobe have issued a statement on an incident on Sunday in the 500 block of Chestnut Street. In the statement posted to the police department's Facebook page, a conversation took place betw...

Crawford Run Road in East Deer and the sidewalk along that road near Meadow Avenue have reopened. The Trib reports that the closures were needed as the Clarks Run Bridge repairs got underway. The work...