Category Archives: Local News
WASHINGTON COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH DUI IN CRASH WITH MOTORCYCLISTS IN LIGONIER TOWNSHIP
Charges of DUI were filed in a crash involving three motorcycles on Route 30 in Ligonier Township. The Trib reports that 67-year-old William Strogish of Ellsworth in Washington County was driving an S...
Nov 17, 2023
APOLLO MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING WIFE
An Apollo man was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder for the shooting death of his wife in 2022. The Trib reports that the jury took four hours to deliver the verdict against 44-year-old Alfre...
Nov 17, 2023
POSSIBLE SPIRIT, JETBLUE MERGER RAISES QUESTIONS AT ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL AIRPORT
A possible merger involving Spirit Airlines is leaving officials with Arnold Palmer Regional Airport with questions about the future. Spirit is the only commercial carrier that serves the Westmoreland...
Nov 15, 2023
POLICE SEEKING COUPLE SUSPECTED OF THEFT FROM HEMPFIELD LOWE'
State police are looking for a couple who stole about $3000 worth of merchandise from the Lowe's in Hempfield. State police say a man and a woman went into the store on October 13th around 12:45 and s...
Nov 15, 2023
TWO MAIL COLLECTION BOXES TO BE REMOVED NEAR GREENSBURG POST OFFICE
Two of the four outdoor mail collection boxes along South Pennsylvania Avenue near the post office in Greensburg will be removed as soon as this week. The Trib reports that postal representatives say ...
Nov 15, 2023
TRIAL CONTINUES FOR APOLLO MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING WIFE
Testimony continued in the trial of an Apollo man charged with killing his wife. The Trib reports that Alfred Steele is charged with killing his wife Kelly in May of 2022 at a U-Haul storage center in...
Nov 15, 2023
PITT-GREENSBURG STUDENT HIT BY VEHICLE IN HEMPFIELD
A Pitt-Greensburg student is in the hospital after a car hit her near the entrance to the campus in Hempfield. The Trib reports that the student was hit at the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Road and Un...
Nov 15, 2023
DERRY TOWNSHIP COUPLE ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING TEEN BOY
Charges have been filed against a Westmoreland County couple accused of assaulting a teenage boy to the point of permanent disfigurement. State police, acting on a tip, went to the Derry Township home...
Nov 14, 2023
TRIAL UNDERWAY FOR MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING APOLLO WOMAN
The trial of a man who killed an Apollo woman last year at a storage facility in Lower Burrell got underway yesterday. The Trib reports that Alfred Steele is on trial for allegedly shooting and killin...
Nov 14, 2023
WESTMORELAND SANITARY LANDFILL IN ROSTRAVER FINED FOR BREAKING STATE RULES
The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver was fined over $60,000 by the state Department of Environmental Protection after breaking several state rules. The Trib reports that the DEP fined the l...
Nov 14, 2023
