Category Archives: Local News

TRIANGLE TECH TO CLOSE ALL SCHOOLS
Triangle Tech has announced that it is closing all of its schools, including its Greensburg location. The Trib reports that the school is closing after 80 years in existence. The Pittsburgh-based scho...
Cindy Perino Jun 06, 2024

NEW KEN CITY COUNCIL REJECTS LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFER
New Kensington City Council rejected a liquor license transfer request to a gas station. The Trib reports that the license for Valero gas station at the intersection of Seventh Street and Constitution...
Cindy Perino Jun 06, 2024

RIALTO STABBING JURY WATCHES INTERROGATION VIDEO
Jurors in the trial of a man accused of stabbing someone outside the former Rialto bar in Downtown Greensburg watched video of the interrogation yesterday. The Trib reports that in the video, 23-year-...
Cindy Perino Jun 06, 2024

DELMONT MAN CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED SEXUAL ASSAULT
A Delmont man was convicted Wednesday of attemped sexual assault a woman that investigators say he later threatened to prevent her from testifying against him. The Trib reports that 28-year-old Brando...
Cindy Perino Jun 06, 2024

STATE REPRESENTATIVES PRESS GAME COMMISSION FOR TRANSPARENCY
The latest questions for Pennsylvania Game Commission leaders focus on paper checks, and once again transparency. State representatives pressed Game Commission leaders during a hearing at the State Ca...
Cindy Perino Jun 05, 2024

CITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO HEROIC WORKER
The City of Pittsburgh is paying tribute to a city worker who tackled a gunman who was taking aim at a pastor at a church in North Braddock. The heroics happened last month at the Jesus' Dwelling Plac...
Cindy Perino Jun 05, 2024

FEES TO TAP INTO NORTH HUNTINGDON SEWER SYSTEM GOING UP
Fees for tying a drain line into the sewer system in North Huntingdon Township are going up. A tap-in fee of 55-hundred dollars is included in the latest municipal authority budget. That is up 125 dol...
Cindy Perino Jun 05, 2024

TRIAL CONTINUES FOR NEW KEN SHOOTING
Westmoreland County prosecutors are trying to prove that a New Kensington man with robbing and killing an Arnold man in a vacant parking lot over four years ago. The Trib reports that opening statemen...
Cindy Perino Jun 05, 2024

NORWIN SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES TAX INCREASE
The Norwin school board on Monday approved the 2024-25 school year budget, and it includes a tax increase. The Trib reports that the board voted 5-4 to approve the budget. Taxes will increase by 6.8%,...
Cindy Perino Jun 05, 2024

SOUTH GREENSBURG MAN FACES CHARGES STEMMING FROM HUNTING INCIDENT
A South Greensburg man is facing charges of shooting at a person while hunting and illegally having a hunting license. The Trib reports that 32-year-old Cody Ostrosky is charged with the incident that...
Cindy Perino Jun 05, 2024








