Category Archives: Local News
PA GAME COMMISSION TO SPRAY INSECTICIDE ON GAME LANDS
The Pennsylvania Game Commission plans to spray insecticide on game lands in the southwestern part of the state in an effort to control invasive spongy moth. The Trib reports that over 120,000 acres o...
Apr 23, 2024
GREENSBURG POLICE SEARCH FOR OWNER OF ABANDONED DOG
Police in Greensburg are looking for the owner of a stray dog that they found Sunday night chained to a fence or railing at Rohrer Street and Westminster Avenue. The Trib reports that the dog was foun...
Apr 23, 2024
TEXAS TRUCK DRIVER PAROLED AFTER SERVING TIME FOR HEMPFIELD HIT AND RUN
A truck driver from Texas was scheduled to return to his home in Dallas after serving nearly 16 months for a hit-and-run crash in a Hempfield auto parts store parking lot. The Trib reports that 26-yea...
Apr 23, 2024
PA PRIMARY ELECTION TODAY
Today is the Pennsylvania Primary Election, and while the Presidential primary is all but official for former president Donald Trump and current president Joe Biden, there are still offices up for ele...
Apr 23, 2024
IMPROVEMENT IN PA JOB MARKET NUMBERS
Things are looking up for Pennsylvania's job numbers. State number crunchers say more than 15-thousand non-farm jobs were added to the Commonwealth last month, maintaining a three-point-four-percent s...
Apr 22, 2024
16 WESTMORELAND COUNTY POLLING PLACES NOT ADA COMPLIANT
Some voting precincts in Westmoreland County remain at locations that are not ADA-compliant. Local elections officials say there are still 16 polling places that are not accessible to voters who are i...
Apr 22, 2024
LATROBE MAN PLEADS GUILTY
A Latrobe man pleaded guilty to beating three people in August of 2020. KDKA-TV reports that 30-year-old Nicholas McIntyre pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted homicide, burglary, aggravated assa...
Apr 22, 2024
NEW RULES COMING FOR NORTH HUNTINGDON CHICKENS
North Huntingdon officials will start the process to create new rules for keeping chickens in the backyard. The Trib reports that Township commissioners voted last week to repeal an ordinance that all...
Apr 22, 2024
ROAD PROJECTS UNDERWAY TODAY
Some road projects are scheduled to get underway today. The Trib reports that Boyer Road is set to close today became Hecla Road and Mt. Pleasant-Calumet Road as crews overlay existing asphalt on the ...
Apr 22, 2024
HEMPFIELD MAN FACES MURDER FOR HIRE CHARGES
A Hempfield man is facing charges of trying to hire someone to kill his sister. The Trib reports that Westmoreland County sheriff's deputies arrested 63-year-old Peter Cute on Friday after meeting wit...
Apr 22, 2024
