Category Archives: Local News

Officials said yesterday that construction of a new, larger terminal at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity is about two months behind schedule. This winter's cold and snow delayed ongoing work to...

Megan Loughner of Hempfield, who is the global sourcing manager for Kennametal in Unity, was chosen for the annual United Way Shopping Spree, which recognizes a donor from Westmoreland County each yea...

The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County notified customers in 3 of its 4 systems that conservation is no longer necessary, following the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection lift...

New attorneys for a former Loyalhanna business owner on death row for the murder of his sister, mother and elderly aunt in 2009 claim they have identified two other men as the potential killers. The e...

The proposed revamp of the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Breezewood interchange will likely take a toll on businesses that have built up around the highway's connections to Interstate 70 and Route 30. The c...

Greensburg City council yesterday unanimously approved the $166,400 bid from Nutall Golf Courses for 26 new golf carts for Mt. Odin Golf Course from a New York-based vendor. Two bids were received, an...

The Norwin School Board has a new secretary and the district's superintendent has a new executive assistant. The school board Monday hired Leslie DeZori as the board secretary and as executive assista...

60 year old Rene Davis of Hempfield was killed Friday morning when the school van she was driving was struck by a tractor-trailer that ran through a red light on Route 22 in Salem. The Trib reports th...

Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada's next prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader on Sunday. Carney won in a landslide, winning 85.9% of the vote. He ...

Federal immigration authorities arrested Palestinian graduate student Mahmoud Khalil Saturday night. Khalil played a prominent role in last spring's anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. Khalil...