Category Archives: Local News

Twelve positions that were furloughed as a money-saving measure by Westmoreland County officials were eliminated yesterday. The Trib reports that Seven of the positions were in the human services depa...

A bridge in Irwin was closed yesterday after a foot-wide hole formed in the deck. The Trib reports that engineering firm Gibson-Thomas could not provide Irwin Borough Council with a timeline for repai...

A Mt. Pleasant man was ordered to serve 10 to 20 years in state prison for the repeated sexual abuse of a teen. The Trib reports that 41-year-old Joshua Tamblyn was convicted in July of last year on c...

Governor Josh Shapiro made an appearance at the Pennsylvania Farm Show on Wednesday. The governor shook hands and said hello to fellow visitors at the Commonwealth's annual agricultural showcase. It w...

Trial dates are being set for three suspects accused of killing a Westmoreland County grandmother. In December of 2023, 71-year-old Alice Robson was found dead in a crawlspace underneath the porch of ...

Greensburg will soon be getting a new Sheetz convenience store and gas station. Greensburg council this week approved of plans for a Sheetz to be built in the area of East Pittsburgh Street and Humphr...

A man is dead after being struck by a vehicle in Lower Burrell yesterday. Authorities say the wreck happening at Greensburg Road and New York Avenue sometime in the early morning hours. The body of 62...

More details have been released on the shooting on Tuesday in East Huntingdon. The Trib reports that 38-year-old Steven Heald is charged in connection with the shooting outside the Planet Fitness in C...

A New York woman was ordered to serve two years of probation for offering to perform illegal sex acts at a Hempfield massage parlor. The Trib reports that 61-year-old Zhang Peiyun was admitted into th...

A Derry woman has pleaded guilty to forging the death certificate of her husband. The Trib reports that 54-year-old Lori Shawley yesterday entered guilty pleas to two felony counts of forgery. Prosecu...