Category Archives: Local News

Westmoreland County has hired a new warden to run the prison. Steven Pelesky, 49, of Ligonier, was promoted Wednesday to serve as the full-time warden after having serving in the same role in an inter...

A former Westmoreland County assistant public defender was found not guilty of evading arrest by a Greensburg police officer last fall following a traffic stop. Following a lengthy hearing Tuesday, Da...

Work to install new high-speed internet service to as many as 400 Westmoreland County residents unserved by broadband is set to begin this spring. County officials announced Wednesday that after month...

One motorist was injured in a multi-vehicle crash that temporarily blocked one lane of eastbound traffic Wednesday afternoon on the Pennsylvania Turnpike just past the New Stanton interchange. A woman...

Independence Health System continued to lose money as it passed its one-year mark at the end of December 2023, though annual losses have shrunk by almost $9 million, according to recently released fin...

State House Democrats are continuing to try to pass a medical debt relief program. Lawmakers held a news conference Tuesday, saying the program should be passed during the second part of the legislati...

Congresswoman Summer Lee this week has canceled an appearance that she was scheduled to make at an upcoming event hosted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The Democratic lawmaker was to de...

The DoubleTree hotel next to the Monroeville Convention Center is shutting down today. Employees who spoke with WPXI-TV say they received notices just this week that the operation was permanently clos...

A man from West Mifflin is in custody after selling $520 worth of heroin and fentanyl to an undercover officer and confidential informant in North Huntingdon. The Trib reports that local police, the c...

A man who fled from state police earlier this month that prompted a lockdown of Seton Hill was arrested last week at a junkyard at the border of Hempfield and Greensburg. The Trib reports that 31-year...