Category Archives: Local News
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SENIOR HOUSING UNDERWAY IN EAST VANDERGRIFT
Work to build new affordable senior citizen housing units is underway in East Vandergrift. The Trib reports that the Morning Sun Senior Lofts is a $16 million residential complex going in where the Ea...
Oct 10, 2023
NEW SIGN WELCOMES PEOPLE TO GREENSBURG
A new sign welcoming people to Greensburg has gone up near the southern gateway to the town. The Trib reports that the sign was installed late September at the intersection of South Main Street and Eu...
Oct 09, 2023
TWO DRYRIDGE FIREFIGHTERS HONORED FOR LIFESAVING EFFORT
Two firefighters were honored for lifesaving efforts in an incident in August of last year during a flood incident. The Trib reports that Russell Withrow Jr., assistant chief with mutual aid fire depa...
Oct 09, 2023
SALEM MAN KILLED IN VEHICLE CRASH IN MURRYSVILLE
A Salem man was killed in a crash on Route 22 in Murrysville Saturday evening. The Trib reports that 65-year-old Michael D. Poholsky was trying to turn left from School Road to Route 22 when his car w...
Oct 09, 2023
IRWIN MAN DIES IN CRASH AT KEYSTONE RACEWAY
One person died in a crash at the Keystone Raceway in Derry. The Westmoreland County Coroner's office confirmed the victim as 37-year-old Ronnie John Ruggiero of Irwin. He was drag racing a pickup tru...
Oct 09, 2023
POLICE SEARCH FOR SUSPECTS IN INDIANA SHOOTING INCIDENT KILLING ONE PERSON, INJURING EIGHT OTHERS
Police in Indiana County are looking for those responsible for a shooting at a community center in White Township that killed one person. The shooting happened around midnight Sunday morning at a priv...
Oct 09, 2023
PORTION OF GREENSBURG STREET TO CLOSE FOR WATER LINE REPAIR
A portion of North Pennsylvania Avenue in Greensburg will close for a few days next week to allow for repairs to a water line. The Trib reports that the road behind the courthouse will be closed to ve...
Oct 05, 2023
COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY FINDS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR CRIMINAL CHARGE IN DEATH OF DERRY POLICE DOG
The Westmoreland County DA's office said there is not enough evidence to support a criminal offense connected with the death of a Derry Borough Police Dog. The Trib reports that K-9 officer Smoke was ...
Oct 05, 2023
SHETLER TRIAL BEGINS WITH POLICE TESTIMONY
The trial of Ray Shetler Jr. got underway yesterday with testimony from the law enforcement officials who went to arrest him for failing to attend a probation revocation hearing. The Trib reports that...
Oct 05, 2023
MURRYSVILLE MAN ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE TRAFFIC STOP
A Westmoreland County assistant public defender was arrested Wednesday by Greensburg police on charges related to a traffic stop. The Trib reports that 38-year-old David Mulock of Murrysville walked a...
Oct 05, 2023
