Category Archives: Local News

THIS SUNDAY ON WESTMORELAND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: FOOD 2 GO KIDS PROGRAM
Community Organizations throughout the Hempfield Area are teaming up to feed hungry children. In fact, last year, the Food 2 Go 4 Kids program assisted more than 150 elementary school children with ba...
Cindy Perino Jun 20, 2025

PARISHONERS GIVE FAREWELL TO BISHOP BRANDT
Parishioners in the Greensburg Catholic Diocese are giving their farewells to the former bishop who died earlier this month. KDKA-TV reports that the remains of Bishop Lawrence Brandt arrived at Bless...
Cindy Perino Jun 20, 2025

OFFICIALS IDENTIFY MAN WHO JUMPED FROM TARENTUM BRIDGE
Officials are identifying a man who died after jumping from the Tarentum Bridge on Tuesday morning. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office says 68-year-old Thomas Peter Link, of New Kensington...
Cindy Perino Jun 20, 2025

MT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP MAN'S ATTORNEY PLANNING INSANITY DEFENSE
A lawyer representing a Mount Pleasant Township man who allegedly stabbed his mother says his client was suffering delusions from over-the-counter supplements. Attorney Tim Andrews has informed the co...
Cindy Perino Jun 20, 2025

ROSTRAVER MURDER SUSPECT ORDERED TO STAND TRIAL
The suspect in the death of Jennah Seibert was ordered to stand trial yesterday. The Trib reports that Dorian Jeri-Greene faces charges of homicide and other crimes related to the shooting death in Ap...
Cindy Perino Jun 20, 2025

FROM HEAVY RAIN TO SCORCHING TEMPS
We go from strong rainfall to scorching temperatures this weekend. An extreme heat watch from the National Weather Service for Westmoreland, Allegheny and Indiana Counties will start at 11 Sunday morn...
Cindy Perino Jun 20, 2025

APPLICATIONS FOR PA PARDONS AVAILABLE ONLINE
Applications for pardons in Pennsylvania are now available online. The State Board of Pardons launched an online application for clemency on its website earlier this week. Lieutenant Governor Austin D...
Cindy Perino Jun 19, 2025

U.S. STEEL AND NIPPON STEEL DEAL BEING FINALIZED
A deal to merge U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel is being finalized. Under the agreement, U.S. Steel will keep its headquarters in Pittsburgh and more than 100-thousand jobs are expected to be created acro...
Cindy Perino Jun 19, 2025

PROTESTORS DEMAND JUSTICE FOR DECEASED PETS
Protestors were outside the Allegheny County Courthouse yesterday demanding justice for deceased pets they believe were mistreated by Patrick Vereb at funeral homes he ran in Pittsburgh and in Harriso...
Cindy Perino Jun 19, 2025

WESTMORELAND COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY LOOKING FOR SPONSOR OF STATE APLLICATION
The Westmoreland County Housing Authority is looking for another sponsor for a state application to fund a $2.3 million construction project. The Trib reports that it will consist of nine cottage-styl...
Cindy Perino Jun 19, 2025