Category Archives: Local News

Ligonier Valley school district is getting ready to make upgrades to its baseball field. The Trib reports that plans for the field include rotating it by 90 degrees. The move is meant to alleviate a s...

A lottery ticket worth $2.3 million was sold recently in Westmoreland County. The PA Lottery reports that the ticket for the Match 6 game was sold at the Giant Eagle in Penn Township on Tuesday that m...

A Penn Hills man pulled over for a traffic stop on Tuesday handed police a baggie of drugs. The Trib reports that agents with the PA Attorney General's office and Westmoreland County Drug Task Force w...

The former medical provider at the Westmoreland County Prison has been removed from a federal lawsuit that was filed by an inmate. The Trib reports that Robert Frantz, formerly of Hempfield, claimed t...

Pennsylvania has unveiled a new driver's license plate to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States. The Governor's office unveiled the plate yesterday, which will match the new signs that ...

There were more crashes in Pennsylvania during the Fourth of July weekend this year. State police say there were 774 wrecks from Wednesday through Sunday, an increase of more than 100 from 2023. Fatal...

The Westmoreland County Republican Party has elected Bill Bretz as its chairman. The Trib reports that Bretz ran unopposed for a third term as the chairman of the party. The election was held June 27t...

Work will get underway soon on a new sewage plant in North Huntingdon. The Trib reports that the $46.1 million facility near the Youghiogheny River in North Huntingdon will replace a facility that is ...

Police in Murrysville used a police department drone to find a man who they said assaulted a woman and tried to set her house on fire. The Trib reports that 28-year-old Jeremy Rupp of Pittsburgh alleg...

Latrobe City Council has voted to end it's K-9 officer program and retire K-9 officer Zeus. The Trib reports that Zeus is now over 8 years old, and has reached retirement age, and the current police c...