Category Archives: Local News
STUDENTS TOUR GENERAL CARBIDE PLANTS
Earlier this week, 11 students from Jeannette City and Hempfield Area schools and Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center got a firsthand look at operations in General Carbide's three plants...
Apr 19, 2024
FATAL CRASH ON I-70 THIS MORNING
A fatal crash along Interstate 70 this morning in Rostraver is under investigation, according to Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson. The crash happened around 7:45 a.m. on the eastbound side of th...
Apr 19, 2024
THIS SUNDAY ON WESTMORELAND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: THE CENTER FOR ORGAN RECOVERY AND EDUCATION
April is donate life awareness month. More than 100,000 people are on the waiting list for a donor. Organ donation is the topic on this week's Westmoreland Community Connections. Join host Jennifer Mi...
Apr 19, 2024
SCOTTDALE CONTRACTOR SENTENCED FOR BILKING WESTMORELAND COUNTY HOMEOWNERS
Scottdale contractor Jason Pirl was sentenced Thursday to serve an additional five to 10 years in prison for bilking 16 Westmoreland County homeowners from 2017 to 2022. Prosecutors said 43 year old P...
Apr 19, 2024
OUTCRY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR MIDDLE CLASS WORKERS
There has been an outcry for affordable housing for middle class workers in Westmoreland County, Brian Lawrence, executive director of the Westmoreland County Redevelopment and Land Bank, said It is a...
Apr 19, 2024
LATROBE MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING STUDENTS AT BUS STOP
A Latrobe man is accused by city police of threatening seven students who were waiting for a school bus outside his apartment earlier this month. The Trib reports that 51 year old Stanley Brosnick was...
Apr 19, 2024
HALF MILLION PEOPLE DROPPED FROM STATE MEDICAID ROLLS
About half a million people have now been dropped from the state's Medicaid rolls. State officials say the change has come about because so many people lost eligibility after their COVID coverage expi...
Apr 18, 2024
STATE HOUSE PASSES LEGISLATION TO OFFER TAX BREAKS TO "ZOMBIE MALLS"
The state House has passed legislation that offers tax breaks to redevelop so-called zombie malls. The legislation would allow local governments to exempt malls for ten years from any property-tax inc...
Apr 18, 2024
PRESIDENT BIDEN MAKES PROMISE TO LOCAL STEELWORKERS
President Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh yesterday with a promise for local steelworkers. In remarks delivered at the United Steelworkers headquarters downtown, the president said that U.S. Steel has be...
Apr 18, 2024
UPTICK IN WOUND INJURIES DUE TO XYLAZINE ABUSE
County agencies that are seeing an uptick in wound injuries due to the effects of xylazine abuse could see some kits come their way to help them combat those wounds. The Trib reports that non-profit g...
Apr 18, 2024
