Category Archives: Local News
BUTLER COUNTY FAMILY OF MOTORCYCLE CRASH VICTIM SUES ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP AND WESTMORELAND COUNTY
The family of a Butler county man killed in a motorcycle crash in 2024 filed a lawsuit yesterday against Allegheny Township and Westmoreland County. The Trib reports that 25-year-old Roger Davis Jr. d...
Jan 29, 2026
GOVERNOR SHAPIRO SAYS NEXT LARGE-SCALE ICE OPERATION COULD HAPPEN IN LANCASTER
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro says the next large-scale ICE operation could happen in Lancaster. Shapiro listed Lancaster as a possible spot for ICE raids yesterday along with Philadelphia and Pi...
Jan 28, 2026
MCKEESPORT MAN ORDERED TO SERVE PRISON TIME FOR GUN THEFT
A McKeesport man was ordered to serve five to ten years in prison for stealing guns from a home in North Huntingdon in 2021. The Trib reports that 50-year-old John Steven Hudak pleaded guilty last yea...
Jan 28, 2026
ELDERLY COUPLE ESCAPES NORTH HUNTINGDON FIRE
An elderly couple was able to escape a fire that destroyed a home in the Hahntown section North Huntingdon. The Trib reports that the fire was reported at 11:30 yesterday morning at a home in the 300 ...
Jan 28, 2026
RETIRED CITY FOREMAN TO FILL JEANNETTE COUNCIL VACANCY
A man who worked in the Jeannette local government for well over three decades is now taking a seat on the city council. Retired city foreman Rich Ault has been appointed to fill a council vacancy. Th...
Jan 28, 2026
LIGONIER TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS HOLD OFF ON LIGONIER COUNTRY MARKET PERMITS VOTE
Ligonier Township Supervisors have held off on a vote concerning one of the permits for Ligonier Country Market. The Trib reports that township officials said they want the event organizers and the Lo...
Jan 28, 2026
LOWER BURRELL SHOOTING SUSPECT DECLARED COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL
The suspect in the shooting at Mogie's in Lower Burrell was declared competent to stand trial yesterday. The Trib reports that 47-year-old Nathan Salem of Lower Burrell is charged with first-degree mu...
Jan 28, 2026
CONTINUED COLD WEATHER
Another night of cold weather is expected tonight. A cold weather advisory is now in place until 11 this morning, and another cold weather advisory will start at 7:00 PM tonight and run through 11 AM ...
Jan 28, 2026
SENATOR MCCORMICK CALLS FOR FULL INVESTIGATION OF SECOND MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTING
Pennsylvania Senator Dave McCormick is calling for a full investigation into the second deadly shooting of a U.S. citizen by federal agents in Minneapolis. In a statement on social media, McCormick sa...
Jan 27, 2026
WESTMORELAND COUNTY LIBRARIES OFFERING FREE RADON TESTS
Westmoreland County Libraries are making free radon test kits available to residents. Forty of the digital testing devices are being distributed to the 26 library branches in the coming weeks. Radon i...
Jan 27, 2026
