Category Archives: Local News

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds Soccer Club is announcing plans for a new sports complex in Westmoreland County. The facility is going on a 42-acre property on Public Works Drive, off of Route 30 on the we...

Two people from Vandegrift are facing charges after borough police and Westmoreland County detectives conducted a drug raid on their home. The Trib reports that 26-year-old Kaeona Booker and 54-year-o...

The municipal authority of Westmoreland County has approved spending nearly $3 million on repainting and repairing water tanks, and replacing 17 trucks and work vans in its fleet of vehicles. The Trib...

Revenue that was generated by the county's register of wills office for the first four months of this year has not been turned over to the county yet. The Trib reports that as much as $500,000 generat...

A new report by the PA Prison Society says state inmates are undernourished and their food is quoted as being "abysmal." The Patriot News says the organization conducted a survey and say it found that...

Officials are taking steps to improve security at Jeannette Junior/Senior High School. Earlier this week, school directors approved a contract with Safe Haven Defense to install some forced entry resi...

Derry Borough is mourning the loss of the president of borough council. The Trib reports that 57-year-old Al Checca died unexpectedly on Sunday at UPMC Presbyterian, where he had been in recovery for ...

Hempfield School District has hired its next superintendent. The Trib reports that the school board approved hiring Mark Holtzman, the current superintendent at Beaver School District at a meeting thi...

The Westmoreland City Post Office reopened yesterday, nine days after an SUV plowed into one of the walls of the building. The Trib reports that postal customers were asked to use the post office in M...

A lawsuit filed in Westmoreland County Court accuses the owners of the Delmont-area McDonalds of not adequately investigating the criminal background of a manager that was charged by police of sexuall...