Category Archives: Local News

Over 850 West Penn Power customers in Penn Township were without power after some strong isolated storms rolled through the area last night. The Trib reports that storm-related damage was reported at ...

Allegheny County Police say the death of a Westmoreland County man following an arrest in early July on a charge of public drunkenness is now being investigated as a homicide. The Trib reports that po...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has announced changes to its mentored hunting program. The Trib reports that a licensed adult hunter can now bring up to three people, any combination of child or adul...

Sexual assault charges will be held for a former Ligonier Valley police chief. The Trib reports that on Friday, the accuser testified about how she met John Berger while the two were patients at a Don...

State police will file charges against a truck driver for harassing a woman at a Westmoreland county gas station. WTAE-TV reports that this happened at the Citgo station on Motordrome Road in South Hu...

A Mt. Pleasant man was killed after hitting a deer with his motorcycle Friday night. The Trib reports that 50-year-old Jayson Halterman was driving his motorcycle in the 400 block of Stone Church Road...

Six people escaped injury in an East Huntingdon mobile home fire on Friday night. The Trib reports that the fire was reported Friday evening when a neighbor banged on the door of the mobile home on Ho...

A New Kensington man who was shot at the rally for President Trump on Saturday is now in a medically-induced coma. WTAE-TV reports that 57-year old Donald Dutch is in stable condition. He was shot in ...

The summer is packed with free events sponsored by Hempfield Township Parks & Recreation, including movies in the park and a concert series. Marissa Haynes, Director of Parks & Recreation is t...

Pennsylvania lawmakers have passed a 2024-25 fiscal year budget. Reports say that the $47.6 billion spending plan is a 6% increase over last fiscal year, with most of the new money going to public sch...