Category Archives: Local News

SENATOR FETTERMAN INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO MAKE AFFORDABLE BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE PERMANENT
Pennsylvania US Senator John Fetterman has introduced legislation that would make affordable broadband internet service permanent. A federal program that provides discounts to eligible residents is se...
Cindy Perino May 02, 2024

HEAD OF PA GAME COMMISSION RESIGNS
The head of the Pennsylvania Game Commission has resigned. Bryan Burhans stepped down this week as Executive Director, due to an allegation of ethics violations and responsibility for a toxic work env...
Cindy Perino May 02, 2024

PLUM BOROUGH WOMAN ACQUIESCES TO CLEAN UP PROPERTY
A Plum Borough woman has acquiesced to calls from her neighbors to clean up her property. The woman, whose name has not been shared, is a Shelbourne Drive resident who has allowed all sorts of items t...
Cindy Perino May 02, 2024

FORMER GREENSBURG POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY
A former Greensburg police officer is pleading guilty to her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Regina McAtee admitted that she and former Greensburg police Chief Shawn Denning conspi...
Cindy Perino May 02, 2024

WANTED FLORIDA MAN ARRESTED IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY
A Florida man wanted in the death of his brother is in custody after being arrested in Westmoreland County. John Tolbert was taken into custody Tuesday after a traffic stop by Pennsylvania State Polic...
Cindy Perino May 02, 2024

SOUTH GREENSBURG MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH 2023 CRASH
A man from South Greensburg was charged in connection with a crash in July that left one person seriously injured. The Trib reports that 63-year-old Victor Machesky, Jr. was allegedly under the influe...
Cindy Perino May 02, 2024

PERSON IN CUSTODY AFTER SALEM TOWNSHIP POLICE CHASE
A police chase came to an end on Route 22 with one person taken into custody. The Trib reports that the chase started with a traffic stop in Salem and fled west into Murrysville around 1:30 PM. The su...
Cindy Perino May 02, 2024

EFFORTS TO LEVEL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS PLAYING FIELD DISCUSSED IN HARRISBURG
Efforts to level the playing field regarding high school athletics in Pennsylvania were discussed in Harrisburg on Tuesday. Coaches and athletic directors joined Representative Scott Conklin to talk a...
Cindy Perino May 01, 2024

PA EXPANDED PUBLIC TRANSIT ADVOCATES RALLY AT STATE CAPITAL
Advocates for expanded public transit in Pennsylvania rallied at the State Capitol on Tuesday. A small crowd gathered and joined in the Shapiro Administration's call for bus service to be extended to ...
Cindy Perino May 01, 2024

PLUM FIREFIGHTERS NOW USING OLD BOROUGH BUILDING FOR TRAINING
Volunteer firefighters in Plum are now using the old borough building for training. Emergency responders brushed up on skills like forceful entry and long hallway searches at the vacant property last ...
Cindy Perino May 01, 2024








