Category Archives: Local News

It looks like no major leadership shake-ups are planned for U.S. Steel in the merger with Nippon. Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission show U.S. Steel president and CEO David Burritt is...

The Burrell School Board is approving a property tax hike as part of the district's new budget. The board has passed an overall spending plan of nearly 37-and-a-half-million dollars with a tax increas...

The Greensburg Salem School Board last night approved the 2025-26 budget with a 2.5 mill tax hike. The Trib reports that the $53 million budget includes a $38 tax increase for the average homeowner. T...

Westmoreland Couinty Commissioners yesterday accepted a grant from a Pittsburgh foundation to help plans for a centralized hub to house its human services program. The Trib reports that the presentati...

A Greensburg man charged with a hit-and-run crash in 2023 had his sentence modified on Thursday. The Trib reports that 46-year-old Christopher Degnan was ordered to spend 20 months of probation and 90...

A portion of Route 30 was closed for a few hours due to a multi-vehicle crash near the Route 119 interchange. The Trib reports that the crash happened around 5:30 last night, and the road was closed u...

The vice chairman of Japan's Nippon Steel is again promising major investment in the Mon Valley and Western Pennsylvania now that the merger with U.S. Steel is approved. Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori pe...

Governor Josh Shapiro is honoring the state troopers who responded to the assassination attempt against President Donald Trump in Butler County last summer. The state police Presidential Rally Inciden...

Commissioners in Westmoreland County are expected to approve funding aimed at helping to improve high-speed internet access for low-income residents. A vote on a proposed digital technology grant prog...

Latrobe city officials have announced the paving schedule and awarded the contract for the project. The Trib reports that Derry Construction was awarded the $367,343 contract. The schedule includes ex...